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Attempts to diagnose the causes of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have failed. The CFS symptom picture is similar to other poorly understood conditions such as Gulf War Syndrome, Sjogren’s Syndrome, and fibromyalgia. They all share common symptom patterns that defy attempts to define the causes.

A large percentage of the population suffers from chronic fatigue which carries no medical diagnosis. A small subset suffer from CFS. The underlying causes of these conditions are unknown. On a sliding scale, people diagnosed with CFS (less than 2% of the population) suffer more than those who complain of chronic fatigue.

A small percentage of chronic fatigue sufferers are diagnosed with CFS. The symptoms experienced by people with CFS include:

* concentration and memory problems

* disabling fatigue

* headaches

Additional symptoms include:

* sleep disturbances

* feverishness

* skeletal muscle pain

* feverishness

* sore throats

* skeletal muscle pain

Due to these complaints, people often face social problems, loss of jobs, and the break-up of marriages. Although these symptoms are often less severe in one with chronic fatigue (no diagnosis), the complications of living with this condition are similar to CFS (diagnosed).

Chronic Fatigue Causes are Multi-Factorial and Defy One-Cause-Fits-All Descriptions

There is much medical work going on to try to figure out what causes these syndromes which make such a huge impact on people’s lives. Daily chronic fatigue plaques a large portion of the population.

One interesting new piece of research about Gulf War Syndrome was the notion that vaccines administered to soldiers, such as anthrax, caused the condition. It has been shown that viruses and vaccines induce an immune system response that does not turn off. What follows is a chronic activation of the immune system that’s clinically expressed as the symptoms of CFS.

The research was clear: vaccines, such as that used to fight anthrax, were involved in the cause of Gulf War Syndrome which is just another part of the chronic fatigue classification. This goes against the prevailing viewpoint and a great deal of resistance will arise to squash this notion so it doesn’t get a strong start.

Maybe taking a page out of non-medical treatments for autism, including the use of immune system builders such as colostrum, may be a good move. This points the way to the use of many unapproved-by-medicine treatments that rely on stimulating the body’s natural healing response rather than the current over-reliance on prescription medicines.

It’s clear that chronic fatigue and CFS patients possess an immune system imbalance. There is decreased function in:

* NK cells

* NK cells

* other immune system markers

Yet, there is no clear link between abnormal immunity and CFS. That’s what makes this whole subject so difficult to define and leads one to realize that only out-of-the-box solutions are workable to help provide relief for those who suffer from chronic fatigue.

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