Health officials on Friday released the first nationally representative estimate of how many U.S. adults have chronic fatigue syndrome: 3.3 million.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s number is larger than previous studies have suggested, and is likely boosted by some of the patients with long COVID. The condition clearly “is not a rare illness,” said the CDC’s Dr. Elizabeth Unger, one of the report’s co-authors.
Chronic fatigue is characterized by at least six months of severe exhaustion not helped by bed rest. Patients also report pain, brain fog and other symptoms that can get worse after exercise, work or other activity. There is no cure, and no blood test or scan to enable a quick diagnosis.
Doctors have not been able to pin down a cause, although research suggests it is a body’s prolonged overreaction to an infection or other jolt to the immune system.
I guess the stress our senseless profit hunting puts on us also plays a role.
If you never can do what you will and be who you are, because you always need to perform and play a role in work, this is just not healthy.
I believe it, times are generally pretty stressful right now. cost of everything is up, home ownership is out the window for most people, work is trying to squeeze you for every ounce of productivity you have while trying to pay you as little as possible. I wonder why people are exhausted/unhappy eh. cost of living outweighing the benefits.
All you people talking about stress. Stress does not cause ME/CFS. Stress, depression, etc, are their own things. Patients with this condition already struggle with doctors who tell them they’re just stressed when in fact they’re actually ill. You’re just perpetuating the problem.
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