Posts Tagged ‘muscle pain’
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Diagnostic summary
Mild fever, recurrent sore throat, painful lymph nodes, muscle weakness, muscle pain, prolonged fatigue after exercise, recurrent headache, migratory joint pain, depression, sleep disturbance.
Aetiology
• Epstein-Barr virus: EBV-herpes viruses produce latent lifelong infections; host’s immune system normally holds latent infection in check; immunocompromise allows recurrence; viral infection itself can disrupt immunity; elevated EBV antibody observed in diseases of immune dysfunction; elevated antibody titers to viruses observered in (more…)