
The Doctor's Guide To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Understanding, Treating, And Living With CFIDS
David S. Bell(Author)
Da Capo Press Inc
Published on 18. January 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-201-40797-6 (ISBN)
Description
Written by one of the world's leading experts in Chronic Fatigue/Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS), this book is the most authoritative guide to a devastating illness that affects millions of people. Misunderstood by both the public and the medical community, CFIDS has been subject to rumors and misinformation, making it next to impossible to determine what the facts are. David S. Bell, M.D., a noted expert and pioneer in the diagnosis and treatment of CFIDS, has written this book to provide accurate, up-to-date, and accessible information for all those who need to understand this emerging health epidemic. This definitive guide to the history, symptoms, effects, theories, treatment, continuing research, and recent advances covers all that anyone who has been touched by this devastating illness needs to know to understand, treat, and live with it. Furthermore, this book details the tremendous strides that are being made in the search for the cause and the cure for CFIDS, and provides sufferers with the latest information on what they can do to best treat the symptoms they suffer from. For many of the victims of CFIDS, there are often more questions than answers. Here at last are the facts from the acknowledged expert.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Hachette Books
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
426 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-201-40797-6 (9780201407976)
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Person
David S. Bell, M.D., an instructor at the Harvard Medical School and a staff member of Cambridge Hospital, is on the board of directors and the scientific advisory committee of The CFIDS Association of America, a national non-profit organization that funds both CFIDS research and advocacy efforts.
Content
An Overview Of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome * What Is CFIDS? Description Of An Illness * The Course of CFIDS * Could It Be Something Else? * CFIDS and Children The Tests * Laboratory Evaluation in CFIDS * Immunology of CFIDS * Epstein-Barr Virus * Research Testing * The Measurement of Disability Treatment of CFIDS * Prognosis or Outcome * General Treatment Principles * An Approach to Medication * What Does the Future Hold? The Search For A Cause * The Historical Perspective * Theories and Research * A Promising Theory