Chronic fatigue syndrome in 57-year-old woman-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Chronic fatigue syndrome in 57-year-old woman

Published:2014-02-01 Issue:1 Volume:9 Page:126-132
ISSN:2391-5463
Container-title:Open Medicine
language:
Short-container-title:

Author:

Bitner Anna¹,Zalewski Paweł¹,Klawe Jacek¹,Kozakiewicz Mariusz²,Newton Julia³

Affiliation:

1. 1Chair and Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, The Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, The Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, M. Sklodowskiej-Curie 9, 85-094, Bydgoszcz, Poland

2. 2Department of Biochemistry, The Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, The Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Karłowicza 24, 85-092, Bydgoszcz, Poland

3. 3Institute for Ageing and Health, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE2 4HH, Great Britain

Abstract

AbstractChronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by unexplained fatigue lasting for more than 6 months and accompanied by flulike symptoms. It most commonly affects women aged between 30 and 60 years. To date, clear diagnostic criteria allowing for unambiguous diagno-sis of CFS have not been established. We present a case of a 57-year-old woman with chronic fatigue syndrome in order to showcase the symptoms of this condition and propose a diagnos-tic protocol.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.2478/s11536-013-0243-9.pdf

Reference29 articles.

1. Yancey J.R., Thomas S.M., Chronic fatigue syndrome: diagnosis and treatment, Am Fam Physician., 2012, 86(8), 741–746

2. Holgate S.T., Komaroff A.L., Mangan D., Wessely S., Chronic fatigue syndrome: under-standing a complex illness, Nat Rev Neurosci., 2011, 12(9), 539–544

3. Brkić S., Tomić S., Ruzić M., Marić D., Chronic fatigue syndrome, Srp Arh Celok Lek, 2011, 139(3-4), 256–261

4. Hunter M., Chronic fatigue syndrome could be costing UK economy pound 100m a year, study says. BMJ, 2011

5. Newton J.L., Okonkwo O., Sutcliffe K., Seth A., Shin J., Jones D.E., Symptoms of auto-nomic dysfunction in chronic fatigue syndrome, QJM, 2007, 100(8), 519–526