Chronic fatigue syndrome physical examination

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

• People with CFS function at a significantly lower level of activity than they were capable of prior to becoming ill. The illness results in a substantial reduction in occupational, personal, social or educational activities.

• A CFS diagnosis should be considered in patients who present with six months or more of unexplained fatigue accompanied by other characteristic symptoms. These signs include:

• impaired cognitive dysfunction,
• tender cervical or axillary lymph nodes

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