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Yellow highlights are the symptoms I have had....
General or Physical Symptoms
- Fatigue, often accompanied by nonrestorative sleep, generally worsened by
exertion: 95-100%
- Fatigue
alternating with periods of normalcy: 70%
- Nausea: 60-90%
- Irritable bowel syndrome (diarrhea, nausea,
gas, abdominal pain): 50-90%
- Chronic
sore throat: 50-90%
- Fevers/chills/sweats/feeling hot often: 60-95%
- Muscle
and/or joint pain, neck pain:
65-95%
- Bladder/prostate problems, frequent urination: 20-95%
- Low blood pressure: 86%
- Recurrent illness and infections: 70-85%
- Malaise: 80%
- Low grade afternoon fever: 78%
- Heat/cold intolerance: 75-80%
- Swollen
lymph glands: 70%
- Painful and/or swollen lymph nodes: 50-80%
- Systemic yeast/fungal infection: 30-80%
- Fungal infection of skin and nails: 71%
- Weight gain: 50-70%
- Increased/severe PMS (premenstrual syndrome): 70%
- Swelling, fluid retention: 55-70%
- Shortness of breath: 30-70%
- Subnormal body temperature 65%
- Severe allergies: 40-65%
- Sensitivities to medicines, inhalants, odors, and foods: 25-65%
- Difficulty swallowing: 55-60%
- Heart palpitations: 40-60%
- Sinus pain: 56%
- Rash or flushing of face: 35-45%
- Chest pain: 40%
- Hair loss: 20-35%
- Eye pain: 30%
- Pressure at the base of the skull: 30%
- Weight loss: 20-30%
- Tendency to bruise easily: 25%
- Vomiting: 20%
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Cough
- Dryness of mouth, eyes
- Endometriosis
- Frequent canker sores
- Hypoglycemia
or hypoglycemia-like symptoms
- Impotence
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Pain in teeth, loose teeth, and endodontal problems
- Periodontal (gum) disease
- Pressure sensation behind eyes
- Pyriform muscle syndrome, causing sciatica
- Serious cardiac rhythm disturbances
- Swelling of nasal passages
- Thyroid inflammation
- TMJ syndrome
(jaw pain or
locking)
Neurological/Central Nervous System-related Symptoms
- Confusion; inability to think clearly: 75-100%
- Concentration/attention deficit: 70-100%
- Sleep disorder/disturbance (insomnia, unrestorative sleep, unusual
nightmares): 65-100%
- Muscle weakness: 85-95%
- Headache: 75-95% (daily headache: 50%)
- Memory problems (especially short-term memory): 80-90%
- Photosensitivity: 65-90%
- Disequilibrium, spatial disorientation, dizziness, vertigo: 60-90%
- Spaceyness, light-headedness: 75-85%
- Muscle twitching, involuntary movements: 55-80%
- Aphasia (inability to find the right word, saying the wrong word)
and/or dyscalculia (difficulty with numbers): 75-80%
- Alcohol intolerance: 45-75%
- Seizure-like episodes: 70% (seisures: 2%)
- Coordination problems/clumsiness: 60%
- Parethesias
(numbness, tingling or other
odd sensations in face and/or extremities): 25-60%
- Visual disturbance (scratchiness, blurring of vision, "floaters'
- harmless spots behind the lens of the eye): 45-55%
- Episodic hyperventilation: 40-45%
- Fainting or blackouts: 40%
- Strange taste in mouth (bitter, metallic): 25%
- Temporary paralysis after sleeping: 20%
- Earache: 20%
- Decreased libido
- Hallucinations
- Alteration of taste, smell, hearing
- Tinnitus
Emotional/Psychological Symptoms
- Anxiety 70-90%
- Mood swings, excessive irritability, overreaction: 70-90%
- Depression: 65-90%
- Personality change: 55-75%
- Anxiety attacks: 50%
- Panic attacks: 30-40%
- Isolative tendencies
Symptom list from
Running on Empty - The Complete Guide to
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFIDS) by Katrina Berne, Ph.D.
and Depression-Free Naturally
by Joan Mathews Larson, Ph.D.
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A Head-to-Toe List of CFIDS Symptoms
Here is a list of the many symptoms and the approximate percentage of
CFIDS sufferers who experience them.
These are the symptoms that cause the most discomfort, in order of
frequency:
- Fatigue or exhaustion (100%)
- Headache (90%)
- Lack of restful sleep (90%)
- Malaise - feeling of the "flu" (80%)
- Short-term memory loss (80%)
- Muscle pain (75)%
- Difficulty concentrating (70%)
- Depression (65%)
- Joint pain (65%)
- Abdominal pain (60%)
- Lymph node pain (50%)
- Sore throat (50%)
Other, less predominant symptoms include:
- Allergies (60%)
- Balance disturbance (30%)
- Bitter or metallic taste (25%)
- Bloating (60%)
- Blurred vision (80%)
- Bouts
of diarrhea or
constipation
(50%)
- Bruising easily (25%)
- Burning during urination (20%)
- Chemical sensitivities
(25%)
- Chills
(30%)
- Clumsiness (30%)
- Dizziness (30%)
- Double vision (10%)
- Earache (20%)
- Eye pain (30%)
- Fainting spells (40%)
- Fever or sensation of fever (65%)
- "Floaters" - seeing spots
(30%)
- Flushing rash of the face and cheeks (40%)
- Hair loss (20%)
- Hearing changes (20%)
- Incontinence (10%)
- Insomnia (65%)
- Lightheadedness
(75%)
- Loss of sexual drive or performance (20%)
- Muscle weakness
(30%)
- Night sweats (50%)
- Numbness and/or tingling in extremities (60%)
- Palpitations (55%)
- Panic attacks (30%)
- Pressure at base of skull (30%)
- Scratchiness in eyes (60%)
- Sensitivity to bright light (80%)
- Shortness of breath
(30%)
- Swelling of the extremities or eyelids (20%)
- Weight gain (40%)
- Weight loss (10%)
Symptom list from Pages 66-67 of Curing
Fatigue by David S. Bell, M.D.
- Intolerance of alcohol
- Craving for sugar
http://www.annhilltrust.org/treatment-of-cfs-by-complementary-medicine.html
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