Updated List of Resources About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Format: Fact Sheet
Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Approximately one percent of the U.S. population is affected by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), a debilitating and complex affliction that can involve multiple symptoms and is characterized by profound fatigue. Caucasian women suffer from CFS more frequently than either men or women from other ethnic groups. This illness can cause people to function at substantially lower levels of activity than they did before its onset.

NIAID has updated its Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Information Resources fact sheet. Even though no specific cause, diagnostic test, or treatment has been identified for CFS, this fact sheet can help locate useful information.

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The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Information Resources fact sheet can be accessed at www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/cfs.htm.