CHRONIC-FATIGUE-SYNDROME

Fatigue is one of the most common medical complaints, Sometimes, fatig ue is chronic, unexplained and induces significant distress or impairm ent in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning, T his condition was described as neurasthenia by Beard at the end of the 19th Century; more recently the United States Centers for Disease Con trol and Prevention (CDC) suggested to call it ''Chronic Fatigue Syndr ome'' (SFC), Both are considered as physical diseases and share certai n therapeutic measures, Pathophysiology is still unknown and may invol ve viral agents, immunological processes or psychiatric disorders, Sim ilarly most of the treatments which have been properly evaluated seem to be more or less inefficacious.