Science Chronic fatigue syndrome may link to stomach virus | Chronic fatigue syndrome may link to stomach virus |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Sunday, 16 September 2007 | |
  
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Science DiscussionsDr. John kai-sheng Chia, an infectious disease specialist in California, conducted the study with 165 patients suffering from CFS. He found that over 80% of the specimens taken from these patients contained viral particles in the gastrointestinal tract. Only seven of the 34 specimens from healthy persons contained the viral particles. According to a 2006 article in the Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, about four in one thousands adults in the United States suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, commonly abbreviated CFS. The disorder affects normally healthy persons who suffer from chronic exhaustion and other related symptoms. Additional information on the study appears at the MedPage Today website containing the article “Stomach Virus Associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”.
The abstract from the original scientific article by John K.S. Chia, entitled “Chronic fatigue syndrome is associated with chronic enterovirus infection of the stomach”, which will be published in the Journal of Clinical Pathology appears at: http://jcp.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/jcp.2007.050054v1. |
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