Chronic Fatigue Syndrome History WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome History
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is one of several names given to a poorly understood, variably debilitating disorder or disorders of uncertain causation. CFS is thought, based on a 1999 study, to affect approximately 4 per 1,000 adults in the United States. For unknown reasons, CFS occurs more often in women than men, and in people in their 40s and 50s. The illness is estimated to be less prevalent among children and adolescents, but studies are contradictory as to the degree. ...read more on Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- Like disorders have been described in literature since the 1930s.1
- Case reports of similar illnesses date back for centuries.1
- In 1988, its name was selected to reflect its most common symptom.1
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ProHealth (via Revolution Health): The History of CFS
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