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Article: Once dismissed as malingering, chronic fatigue syndrome finally getting respect.
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- South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Article date:
- November 28, 2006
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Byline: Nancy McVicar
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Marly Silverman had a high-energy job as a financial consultant to a major U.S. bank, until she came down with a viral infection that she couldn't seem to shake. She was exhausted all the time, ran a low-grade fever and lost weight, and then the neurological symptoms began.
"I would be driving on I-95 and forget where I was going _ not a good thing," said Silverman, 52.
It took several months, but eventually she was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, the Rodney Dangerfield of diagnoses.
For years, people who complained of the symptoms _ exhaustion, joint pain, sleep problems, impaired ...