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Author Ali, Naheed, 1981- author.
Title Understanding chronic fatigue syndrome : an introduction for patients and caregivers / Naheed Ali.
Publisher Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
©2015
Description xv, 250 pages ; 24 cm
 book jacket
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 Moon Nonfiction  616.0478 ALI     AVAILABLE
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Summary "Naheed Ali presents an overview of CFS, its causes, symptoms and outcomes, and the treatment options available to sufferers. He also includes information about lifestyle changes, preventative measures, and emotional and mental approaches to having the disorder. Readers will find here a ready resource for understanding CFS and the various ways of approaching it, and living well in spite of it,"--Amazon.com.
Contents Part I. Groundwork -- Energy and the human body -- History of chronic fatigue syndrome -- Part II. Clinical picture -- Causes and risk factors -- Pathology of chronic fatigue syndrome -- Diagnosing chronic fatigue syndrome -- Role of the family physician, internist and neurologist -- Role of the hospital in chronic fatigue syndrome -- Part III. Many faces -- Fatigue and the human body -- Viral, neuropsychiatric, and neuroendocrine hypotheses -- Resolutions -- Natural approaches to chronic fatigue syndrome -- Pharmacological approaches to chronic fatigue syndrome -- Addressing the mind in chronic fatigue syndrome -- Collective efforts.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-246) and index.
Subject Chronic fatigue syndrome -- Popular works.
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Caregivers -- Popular works.
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ISBN 9781442226579
1442226579