The chronic fatigue syndrome, a disease that devastates patients' lives and affects between 836 000 and 2.5 million Americans (1), is often ignored or mismanaged by clinicians. The disease affects both children and adults and both males and females. Affected individuals present with persistent, intense exhaustion that worsens after physical, cognitive, or emotional effort. Even basic household chores can be exhausting, and such tasks as grocery shopping may only be possible on a “good day.” People with the condition may also have trouble with cognition, finding simple questions hard to answer and describing themselves as having “brain fog” and having trouble ...
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Corresponding Author: Theodore G. Ganiats, MD, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1801 NW 9th Avenue, #470, Miami, FL 33136.
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