How does chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome develop?
Many experts suspect that this condition has an autoimmune component, as many of those diagnosed with CFIDS have been found to have circulating antinuclear autoantibodies in their blood. However, most autoimmune diseases are associated with tissue destruction or organ damage, but in CFIDS there is no specific damage identified. Chronic fatigue is a major symptom in many other illnesses, especially autoimmune diseases, so other conditions must be ruled out before a diagnosis of CFIDS is made. These conditions include lupus, multiple sclerosis, Lyme disease, AIDS, antiphospholipid syndrome, thyroid disease, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyositis, and depression. It’s also thought that CFIDS may develop from a common virus by those with a genetic predisposition to develop the illness, as is the case with some of the other autoimmune diseases. What are the symptoms of chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome? The main symptom of CFIDS is an unusually debilitating fatigue that lasts six mon
