Chronic Fatigue Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Chronic fatigue immunodeficiency syndrome, also known as CFIDS, is a immunodeficiency condition that has many different causes. Chronic fatigue syndrome is indicated by being severely fatigued, fatigued or aching muscles, and continual difficulty in concentrating. Symptoms are constant and usually last at least six months or longer, but not necessarily for a lifetime. CFIDS is diagnosed when no other cause for these symptoms can be found.

CFIDS-Continual and Constant Fatigue

Whereas most people feel better after exercising and have more energy, people who suffer from CFIDS feel more fatigued and suffer from even more exhaustion. A person with CFIDS may also experience continual or constant bowel irregularities, fever, sleep disorders, constant headaches, and swollen and tender glands in the neck.

CFIDS can be caused by intestinal parasites, digestive disorders, food allergies, and yeast infections, toxins in the body, allergies, stress, hypoglycemia, and a chemical imbalance in the brain, a thyroid problem, obesity, or other health problems. If you are chronically fatigued, you should visit your health care professional to find out whether or not you are suffering from CFIDS. Because CFIDS is often caused by other health problems, those problems must be treated before CFIDS can be treated – and often the treatment and cure of the underlying health problems is the cure of CFIDS.

If you suffer from the symptoms of CFIDS for a long period of time, and no other medical condition is found to be causing these symptoms, your doctor may order lab tests that include tests for food allergies, hair analysis, digestive and stool analysis, and a female hormone profile test if you are female. These tests do not actually show that you have CFIDS, they simply rule out other possible medical conditions that may be causing your fatigue or exhaustion.

Again, if you are in a continual state of exhaustion or fatigue, you should visit your health care provider to find out what is causing the condition. Ignoring the condition will not make it go away, and in most cases, treatment will be required before the fatigue and exhaustion will ease.

See Also: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association

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