How will my doctor confirm that I have CFS?
How will my doctor confirm that I have CFS?
Currently, there is no single test to diagnose CFS. Doctor makes a diagnosis by excluding all other illnesses after a person has had symptoms continually for six months. To meet the diagnostic criteria of chronic fatigue syndrome, you must have unexplained, persistent fatigue for six months or more, along with at least four of the following signs and symptoms:
- Loss of memory or concentration
- Frequent sore throat
- Enlarged lymph nodes in your neck or armpits
- Unexplained muscle pain
- Pain that moves from one joint to another without swelling or redness
- Headache of a new type, pattern or severity
- Sleep that is not refreshing
- Extreme exhaustion lasting more than 24 hours after physical or mental exercise.