Clinical features and diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome (systemic exertion intolerance disease)

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Clinical features and diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome (systemic exertion intolerance disease)

Author
Stephen J Gluckman, MD
Section Editor
Mark D Aronson, MD
Deputy Editor
Howard Libman, MD, FACP

"INTRODUCTION

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as systemic exertion intolerance disease (SEID), has received considerable attention but remains a complicated and controversial disease [1]. Much of this is due to the lack of objective findings. Nonetheless, patients with CFS/SEID have real symptoms and are not malingerers. The prevalence of this syndrome is unclear in part due to difficulties in proving the diagnosis."

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/c...yndrome-systemic-exertion-intolerance-disease

 

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Is this any good?

I went to 'subscription options', 'UpToDate Subscriptions for Patients and Caregivers', into 'search patient content', searched for 'cfs/seid' and chose the first of the 3 options.

I got a slightly different but more-complete page which mentions SEID. It does have a rather equivocal piece on GET!