Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), the illness, is often preceded by an infection of Mononucleosis. That’s not always the case, but CFS can begin this way.
Recently this topic became newsworthy again because of a published article in Pediatrics. Then it came to the attention of Yahoo News, which is where I discovered it.
In the article, statistics indicate that large numbers of young people come down with full-blown cases of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome after having suffered with Mononucleosis (from EBV, the Epstein Barr virus). The figures of how often this is happening are significant.
The researchers monitored 301 adolescents with the infection. Six months after the mononucleosis diagnosis, 70 patients (24 percent) had not made a full recovery.
Thirty-nine of these subjects were diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, reflecting 13 percent of the original group of 301.
If you know of a child or young person who has had Mononucleosis, find out now what you need to know about the possibility of them getting even sicker long-term with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. You don’t want that to happen if there is any way it can be avoided. CFS is a worse illness!
All kinds of illness triggers can precede CFS, Fibromyalgia and serious autoimmune problems.
Before you leave today, be sure to sign up for the teleseminar series starting Monday. I will talk and teach about “How to Heal from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia” over a 5-week period (all 5 Monday evenings in August). You’ll find the sign up box toward the top right corner of the Health Matters Show blog website. The title of this series is called Get Well Healing Teleseminars.
Stay tuned for tomorrow’s broadcast with lots more information!
Thanks, Cinda Crawford
Host of the Health Matters Show
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