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A look at the very problematic condition “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”

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A look at the very problematic condition “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” | News Article

Feeling very tired most of the time and battling to get a foot out of the bed, morning after morning, could be indications of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Feeling very tired most of the time and battling to get a foot out of the bed, morning after morning, could be indications of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. In years gone by people generally referred to a similar condition as “yuppie flu” and there were no identifiable cause for this or medicine.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is viewed with similar skepticism because there is no specific test or clinical sign to indicate CFS. It is now generally accepted that CFS is not caused by one aspect and is seen as a complex condition.

André Grobler spoke to Professor Alan StClair Gibson, head of the Medical School at the University of the Free State, about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome …

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