“Characteristically, after an initial viral insult patients have relapsing and remitting mental and physical exhaustion, which is brought on by varying degrees of physical and mental exertion and relieved by rest, the fatigue often being accompanied by consistent associated symptoms. These people cope at a reduced level of activity because of ill health, not fear of ill health.” Chronic Fatigue SyndromeMyalgic EncephalomyelitisMe CfsMe Cfs QuotesPost Viral Fatigue SyndromeIllness BeliefsPostviral Fatigue SyndromePvfs Author:Karen Prince
“A heated and often bitter debate persists over whether chronic fatigue syndrome (or myalgic encephalomyelitis (or the postviral fatigue syndrome) is physical or psychological. Although many doctors avoid controversy by stating the obvious—namely, that the mind-body split is artificial and all diseases have physical and mental components—what is really at issue is whether this illness is real or imaginary.” Chronic IllnessChronic Fatigue SyndromeMyalgic EncephalomyelitisMe Cfs QuotesPost Viral Fatigue SyndromePostviral Fatigue SyndromePvfs Author:Karen Prince