Neuroscience & Neurology | By March 31, 2008 | By Lindsey Kay, MD | 4 Comments

New Treatment Option for Difficult Diseases: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia

Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia are two diagnosis that remain difficult discern, both to patients and physicians. Both produce nonspecific symptoms of fatigue and pain, with no clear underlying cause. They are a diagnosis of exclusion, given when all other possibilities have been ruled out.

Many people believe that chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia result from an underlying psychiatric illness, based on the associated of anxiety and depression. Still others think an underlying autoimmune disorder or viral infection may be to blame. Read more →