Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Risk Factors
NEWS:
Childhood Trauma Linked to Increased Risk for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome “Investigators also found that adults with CFS who report abuse have decreased levels of the stress hormone cortisol, a finding that suggests a potential biological mechanism for the disease.. … The researchers found that individuals with CFS had significantly higher overall childhood trauma scores than controls in each trauma category. Any type of childhood trauma was associated with a 5.6-fold increased risk for CFS. However, sexual abuse and emotional abuse and neglect were the most predictive of CFS. In addition CFS cases who had comorbid PTSD had a 9-fold increased risk, which Dr. Heim described as a "huge odds ratio for this type of research." “
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Chronic fatigue syndrome after infectious mononucleosis in adolescents. (Pediatrics. 2009) “CONCLUSIONS: Infectious mononucleosis may be a risk factor for chronic fatigue syndrome in adolescents. Female gender and greater fatigue severity, but not reported steroid use during the acute illness, were associated with the development of chronic fatigue syndrome in adolescents.”
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