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Article: Chronic fatigue syndrome is far more serious than its name implies
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- December 18, 1998
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Jill McLaughlin of executive director of the Needham-based
National CFIDS Foundation Inc.
The name "chronic fatigue syndrome" is pathetically inadequate
and trivializing for a serious illness. Those who know little about
the disease think it is nothing more than being run down, stressed
out, depressed, or unable to cope. The frequent reaction to CFS is:
"Oh, I think I have that, too. Ha, ha."
Much of this is due to public puzzlement. Even though chronic
fatigue syndrome has been recognized as an official diagnosis since
the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta published its case
definition in 1988, "chronic fatigue syndrome," the illness, has
constantly been confused with "chronic ...