The Centers
for Disease Control states
that in order to receive a diagnosis of chronic
fatigue syndrome, a patient must satisfy two
criteria:
Have severe chronic fatigue
of six months or longer duration with other
known medical conditions
excluded by clinical diagnosis,
and
Concurrently have four or more
of the following symptoms: substantial impairment
in short-term memory or concentration,
sore
throat, tender
lymph nodes, muscle
pain, multi-joint pain without swelling or
redness, headaches
of a new type,
pattern or severity,
unrefreshing sleep, and post-exertional malaise
lasting
more than 24
hours.
The symptoms must have persisted or recurred
during six or more consecutive months of illness and
must not have predated the fatigue.
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