Chronic fatigue syndrome following typhoid infection: neurasthenia, 2019, Gantait

[Dolphin]

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Chronic fatigue syndrome following typhoid infection: neurasthenia

Journal of Neurology & Stroke
Volume 9 Issue 1 - 2019
Amitabh Saha, VV Gantait
Department of Psychiatry, India
Correspondence: Dr. Amitabh Saha, MD Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Kolkata, India, Email Received: October 15, 2018 |Published: January 09, 2019

Abstract

Chronic fatigue syndrome is often the least diagnosable psychiatric illness. It mostly presents to the physician with vague symptoms. The usual presentation is characterised by profound fatigue, sleep abnormalities, pain and other symptoms that are made worse by exertion. There are no medical causes for this illness however all of them have to be excluded to come to a diagnosis of CFS. It may affect women more than males and maybe associated with some viral or bacterial infections etc but usually all investigations are normal. There is no specific treatment for this condition.

Keywords:chronic fatigue syndrome, typhoid, hypothyroidism, weakness, tiredness

 

[NelliePledge]

That first sentence

 

[Kitty]

That's 30 seconds of my life I won't get back!

 

[John Mac]

Chronic fatigue syndrome is often the least diagnosable psychiatric illness.

There may well be a reason for that

 

[spinoza577]

Chronic fatigue syndrome following typhoid infection ...

There are no medical causes for this illness however all of them have to be excluded to come to a diagnosis of CFS.

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what is it, hell or kindergarden?

 

[DokaGirl]

From the article:

"Despite increased research efforts and advanced investigative modalities, CFS remains a poorly understood condition with no absolute or palliative cure in sight with many patients continuing the treatment for a long time."

It appears often the case that BPS researchers report great biomedical effort and funds have been put into ME without result. The opposite is actually the case. Pathetically little funds and government effort have been expended on this prevalent, very debilitating physical disease. Those not in the know about the 50 year dearth of research funding may assume that ME is indeed a psychological illness, as they assume all efforts have been made to find a physical cause. Whereas in actual fact, very little effort has been made to find the physical cause or causes of ME.
If one compares government funds allotted to this disease to what others of lesser impact receive, the picture of neglect starts to emerge.

 

[rvallee]

There may well be a reason for that

Particularly this part:

There are no medical causes for this illness however all of them have to be excluded to come to a diagnosis of CFS

Which almost never happens precisely because of the false psych narrative. It's literally advised not to try to diagnose as part of the model. Do these people ever hear themselves talk? They just like the sound of their voice and aren't bothered about saying nonsense?

 

[rvallee]

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what is it, hell or kindergarden?

Ah yes well when you reject things you don't like you get to claim anything you want as an alternative.

 

[rvallee]

This case report is all over the damn place. What a complete mess the psychiatrist did with this disease. They just broke everything.

 

[Snow Leopard]

That first sentence

The third and last sentences are bad too...

 

[Sid]

From the article:

"Despite increased research efforts and advanced investigative modalities, CFS remains a poorly understood condition with no absolute or palliative cure in sight with many patients continuing the treatment for a long time."

It appears often the case that BPS researchers report great biomedical effort and funds have been put into ME without result. The opposite is actually the case. Pathetically little funds and government effort have been expended on this prevalent, very debilitating physical disease. Those not in the know about the 50 year dearth of research funding may assume that ME is indeed a psychological illness, as they assume all efforts have been made to find a physical cause. Whereas in actual fact, very little effort has been made to find the physical cause or causes of ME.
If one compares government funds allotted to this disease to what others of lesser impact receive, the picture of neglect starts to emerge.

It's such a vicious cycle of abuse and marginalisation.

Illness gets no funding --->> LOL your illness has no identifiable physical cause ---->> illness gets even less funding and becomes even more of a career suicide for researchers to enter the field and so on.