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ISBN-10: 0201626160
ISBN-13: 9780201626162
Edition: 1994
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"Written by one of the world's leading experts in Chronic Fatigue/Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS), this book is the most authoritative guide to a devastating illness that affects millions of men, women, and children." "Misunderstood by the public, and tragically, the medical community, CFIDS has been derided by some as the "Yuppie Flu"shunted aside as a condition in which people are just tired, or maybe bored, probably because they work too hard or are depressed. And among those who take this tragic disease seriously, rumors and misinformation make it next to impossible to determine what the true facts are." "David S. Bell, M.D., a Harvard medical instructor and noted expert and pioneer… in the diagnosis and treatment of CFIDS, has written this book to provide accurate, up-to-date, and accessible information for all those who need to understand this emerging health epidemic. This definitive guide to the history, symptoms, effects, theories, treatment, and continuing research and recent advances covers all that anyone who has been touched by this devastating illness needs to know to understand, treat, and live with CFIDS." "There is little about CFIDS that can be called simple, except perhaps its definition: it is an illness characterized by months or years of severe exhaustion and pain in nearly every part of the body. Finally recognized by the Centers of Disease Control as a syndrome, it has many symptoms - perhaps as many as forty - that may vary from patient to patient in intensity, but which form patterns that are recognizably consistent. These symptoms can be completely disabling and may persist for years, or they may be minor to the degree of being no more than a nuisance. Dr. Bell carefully details what is and is not CFIDS, and explains why it is so often confused with other illnessesor goes undiagnosed." "And The Doctor's Guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome goes beyond diagnosis, walking the reader through the morass of tests that many encounter, so that patients will not be overwhelmed by medical terms and procedures, but will have a full understanding of what each test is looking for, and what the results mean. Furthermore, this book details the tremendous strides that are being made in the search for the cause and the cure for CFIDS, and provides sufferers with the latest information on what they can do now to best treat the symptoms they suffer from." "For many of the victims of CFIDS, there are often more questions than answers. Here at last are the facts that make this book essential to gain an understanding of this disease, and that can help sufferers find the help, the treatment, and the answers they need."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved