Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

By Kenneth Kee

This book describes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases

The last time I wrote about fatigue in my blog in 2011, I had a lot of comments about chronic fatigue syndrome by the readers of the blog.

They insisted that I should write about the chronic fatigue syndrome that they were suffering from:

Pam Bryan said:
Hello Kenneth,
It's great to see another life-learner. It's a great way to go through life.
While it is good to see you are learning about fatigue I'm afraid your teachers are confusing 'chronic fatigue' with 'chronic fatigue syndrome' and they are very different things. The confusion arises mostly through definitions created by the CDC many years ago.
Unfortunately 'chronic fatigue syndrome' now referred to as ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis) is MUCH more complex than simple fatigue the 'cause' is simply not understood yet, but it is not anything of the things you have listed, which are more correctly, possible causes for chronic fatigue.
Unfortunately the prognosis for true ME/CFS is NOT good. People are truly very ill with what is more correctly understood as a NeuroEndocrineImmune (NEI) condition. Many treatments and approaches can alleviate symptoms and make life more bearable, so far they do not seem to get to the root cause or provide a cure.
You can learn more here http://phoenixrising.me/ where there are currently some great summaries from the recent State of Knowledge meeting sponsored by the NIH in the US. You can view the videos from the SoK here Day 1: http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?16575
Day 2: http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?16571
Agenda: https://www.infinityconferences.com/...557/Agenda.htm and I'm sure you will find them very interesting.
If you have any interest in healthcare politics, you'll find http://www.oslersweb.com/ interesting indeed.
April 22, 2011 at 12:25 AM

Kennethk said:
You are right. I was thinking more about chronic fatigue.
Thanks for letting me know.
Kenneth
April 22, 2011 at 8:56 PM

Mikerosss said:
Pretty nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed browsing your blog posts. In any case I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again soon!
April 26, 2011 at 4:48 AM
Kennethk said:
Hi
Thank you for your comments. I am really glad that there are people reading my blog.
All these additional information on the chronic fatigue syndrome will let other readers have a better picture of the CFS.
Thank you again
Kenneth
May 1, 2011 at 3:18 PM

SlowDescent said:
Dear Family Doctor: You wrote about CFS when I was enduring a particularly bad stretch of that illness, and though I wanted to comment, I wasn't coherent enough to do so. I am glad that you received such articulate comments from others, and I admire your enlightened response to them.
I am sure you can imagine how distressing it is for CFS patients to interact with doctors who confuse their illness with "chronic fatigue," or who believe the condition springs from "inappropriate illness beliefs" and refer the sufferer to a psychiatrist. In my experience of trudging from doctor to doctor, their minds are often closed and their manner condescending.
For this reason, I thank you for your fair, open-minded response.
May 2, 2011 at 8:59 AM

Pam Bryan said:
Hi Kenneth,
Thanks so much for your positive and open minded response. Best wishes for your ongoing studies. The world will be a better place with more inquisitive Dr's such as you practicing.
Pam
May 3, 2011 at 4:28 AM

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a new situation of fatigue that has persisted for at least 6 months and can be so serious that it disrupts the normal daily activities, at home and at work.

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kenneth Kee
• Release date: Feb 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463867242

Kenneth Kee

Medical doctor since 1972. Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009. Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993. Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 70. However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com. His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com This autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com. From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks. He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books. He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures. Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple. For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients. The later books go into more details of medical disorders. He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter. The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks. He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke. His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre. The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall. He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) starting with the Apple computer and going to PC. The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core. The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive. He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance. His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner. The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned. This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale. Dr Kee is the author of: "A Family Doctor's Tale" "Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine" "Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,

A

Simple

Guide

To

The Condition,

Diagnosis,

Treatment

And

Related Conditions

By

Dr Kenneth Kee

M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

Copyright Kenneth Kee 2020 Smashwords Edition

Published by Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

Dedication

This book is dedicated

To my wife Dorothy

And my children

Carolyn, Grace

And Kelvin

This book describes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases which is seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

(What You Need to Treat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)

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Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

Introduction

I have been writing medical articles for my blog: http://kennethkee.blogspot.com (A Simple Guide to Medical Disorder) for the benefit of my patients since 2007.

My purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of my patients.

Health Education was also my dissertation for my Ph.D (Healthcare Administration).

I then wrote an autobiography account of my journey as a medical student to family doctor on my other blog: http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com.

This autobiography account A Family Doctor’s Tale was combined with my early A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders into a new Wordpress Blog A Family Doctor’s Tale on http://kenkee481.wordpress.com.

From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 800 eBooks.

Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.

For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.

The later books go into more details of medical disorders.

The first chapter is always from my earlier blogs which unfortunately tends to have typos and spelling mistakes.

Since 2013, I have tried to improve my spelling and writing.

As I tried to bring the patient the latest information about a disorder or illness by reading the latest journals both online and offline, I find that I am learning more and improving on my own medical knowledge in diagnosis and treatment for my patients.

Just by writing all these simple guides I find that I have learned a lot from your reviews (good or bad), criticism and advice.

I am sorry for the repetitions in these simple guides as the second chapters onwards have new information as compared to my first chapter taken from my blog.

I also find repetition definitely help me and maybe some readers to remember the facts in the books more easily.

I apologize if these repetitions are irritating to some readers.

Chapter 1

Chronic fatigue syndrome

The last time I wrote about fatigue in my blog in 2011, I had a lot of comments about chronic fatigue syndrome by the readers of the blog.

They insisted that I should write about the chronic fatigue syndrome that they were suffering from:

Pam Bryan said:

Hello Kenneth,

It's great to see another life-learner. It's a great way to go through life.

While it is good to see you are learning about fatigue I'm afraid your teachers are confusing 'chronic fatigue' with 'chronic fatigue syndrome' and they are very different things. The confusion arises mostly through definitions created by the CDC many years ago.

Unfortunately 'chronic fatigue syndrome' now referred to as ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis) is MUCH more complex than simple fatigue the 'cause' is simply not understood yet, but it is not anything of the things you have listed, which are more correctly, possible causes for chronic fatigue.

Unfortunately the prognosis for true ME/CFS is NOT good. People are truly very ill with what is more correctly understood as a NeuroEndocrineImmune (NEI) condition. Many treatments and approaches can alleviate symptoms and make life more bearable, so far they do not seem to get to the root cause or provide a cure.

You can learn more here http://phoenixrising.me/ where there are currently some great summaries from the recent State of Knowledge meeting sponsored by the NIH in the US. You can view the videos from the SoK here Day 1: http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?16575

Day 2: http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?16571

Agenda: https://www.infinityconferences.com/...557/Agenda.htm and I'm sure you will find them very interesting.

If you have any interest in healthcare politics, you'll find http://www.oslersweb.com/ interesting indeed.

April 22, 2011 at 12:25 AM

Kennethk said:

You are right. I was thinking more about chronic fatigue.

Thanks for letting me know.

Kenneth

April 22, 2011 at 8:56 PM

Mikerosss said:

Pretty nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed browsing your blog posts. In any case I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again soon!

April 26, 2011 at 4:48 AM

Phoebe Snowden said:.

Dear Dr.,

There is no such diagnosis as Psychological Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Perhaps you are referring to idiopathic chronic fatigue? Chronic Fatigue Syndrome refers to a specific illness, defined originally