What Causes Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Syndromes?
Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Syndromes are complex overlapping health conditions for which there is currently no medical consensus on their causes or treatment. Each person with these syndromes presents a unique set of symptoms and complications that include but are not limited to severe fatigue, headaches, disordered sleep, chronic flu-like symptoms, muscle aches, gastrointestinal problems, cognitive issues also known as brain or fibro fog, night sweats, dry mouth and eyes, visual disturbances, allergies and hypersensitivities. These symptoms present clues to what is contributing to the poor health of individual sufferers but to understand the entire puzzle one must view the syndromes as a whole. When I think about the majority of health professionals who study and treat chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia I am reminded of the story of the blind men and an elephant. In this tale, which originated in India, a group of blind men touch an elephant to learn what it is like. Each one touc
