“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
“PVFS (post-viral fatigue syndrome) This term was introduced during the eariy 1980s in Britain as an alternative to ME. It remains a useful description for anyone whose illness can clearly be traced back to an acute viral infection. The drawback to PVFS is that it cannot be used to describe cases where some other factor (e.g. vaccination or pesticide) acted as the principal trigger.” Chronic Fatigue SyndromeMyalgic EncephalomyelitisMe Cfs QuotesPost Viral Fatigue SyndromePostviral Fatigue SyndromePvfs Book:Living with M.E.: The Chronic/Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome Source: Living with M.E.: The Chronic/Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome
“It was some months before I acknowledged to myself that I had not improved, that I wasn't simply tired because I'd gone back to work, that my muscles ached regardless of whether I rested, and that the symptoms had remained a constant presence since their initial onset. Some symptoms such as the muscle pain were becoming worse. I went back to the medical practitioner. I was now diagnosed with post-viral syndrome... After 11 months from the initial onset, the medical practitioner told me that she thought I might have CFS.” Chronic Fatigue SyndromeMyalgic EncephalomyelitisMe Cfs QuotesPost Viral Fatigue SyndromePostviral Fatigue SyndromePvfs Author:Michele Kerry Travers