What is Chronic Fatigue Immunodeficiency Syndrome?

People with Chronic fatigue immunodeficiency syndrome suffer from a wide variety of symptoms, but the most common and generally the most severe are fatigue, muscle aching and difficulty in concentrating. These symptoms are generally made worse by exercise. Other symptoms comprise of feverishness, bowel irregularity, sleep disturbances, headache and tender lymph glands in the neck. There are many a symptoms of chronic fatigue immunodeficiency syndrome. Symptoms like fatigue and muscle aching are very common in almost all illness caused due to chronic fatigue immunodeficiency syndrome. If these symptoms are for long time then only the disease is diagnosed. There are many patients that date the onset of their illness to a particularly bad attack of flu from which they fail to make a full recovery. Other patients become ill more rapidly with no definite point of onset. A syndrome is basically a collection of various symptoms and physical abnormalities.

Theories supporting the concept of the disease

Chronic fatigue immunodeficiency syndrome has been the subject of intense research for many years. There have been many a theories that have been created till the date relating to the chronic fatigue immunodeficiency syndrome. There are some theories that suggest that the chronic fatigue immunodeficiency syndrome is a virus infection, while others suggest it to be a psychological cause. A minority of people, who develop symptoms are suggestive of chronic fatigue immunodeficiency syndrome, will have an underlying physical disorder, such as anemia or hypothyroidism, which may explain all the symptoms experienced. Perhaps a similar number will have an underlying psychiatric disorder, like that of depressive illness or an anxiety disorder. In both cases, treatment of the underlying disorder should lead to relatively rapid return to well-being.

The Immune System

The immune system consists of a range of white blood cells and body organs which keep us healthy, by fighting infection. It has been suggested, but not proven, that patients with chronic fatigue immunodeficiency syndrome have defective immune systems and are therefore incapable to rid themselves of viruses or other microbes. The immune system is very complex, but so far there is no scientific evidence that patients with chronic fatigue immunodeficiency syndrome have any signs of immune damage. The immune system is unquestionably affected by stress. Although we do not fully understand the links between the mind and the immune system, the old idea that we are more possible to be ill when we are run-down seems to be true.