{"id":61,"date":"2009-02-26T19:01:20","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T19:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/psyfatigue\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T21:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T21:00:31","slug":"psyfatigue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/psyfatigue\/","title":{"rendered":"Diagnostic Criteria for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"99c380e4b4a7b96c35d7ddf7dcb434e8\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MC 2019- Horizontal -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0127150553352455\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3806776041\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Centers for Disease Control Diagnostic Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Clinically evaluated, unexplained, persistent, or relapsing fatigue that is:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Of new or definite onset<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Not a result of ongoing exertion<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Not alleviated by rest<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Results in a substantial reduction in previous levels of occupational, social, or personal activity <!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Four or more of the following symptoms that persist or recur during 6 or more consecutive months of illness and that do not predate the fatigue:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Self-reported impairment of short-term memory or concentration<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Sore throat<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Tender lymph nodes<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Muscle pain<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Multijoint pain without swelling or redness<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Headaches of a new type, pattern, or severity<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Unrefreshing and\/or interrupted sleep<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Postexertion malaise (a feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness) lasting more than 24 hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Exclusion criteria: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Active, unresolved or suspected disease that is likely to cause fatigue<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Psychotic, melancholic, or bipolar depression (but not uncomplicated major depression)<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Psychotic disorders<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Dementia<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Anorexia or bulimia nervosa<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Alcohol or other substance misuse<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Severe obesity (body mass index equal to or greater than 45)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Oxford<\/strong><strong> Diagnostic Criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Severe, disabling fatigue of at least six months&#8217; duration that:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">affects both physical and mental functioning<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">was present for more than 50% of the time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Other symptoms, particularly myalgia and sleep and mood distrubance, may be present<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Exclusion criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Active, unresolved, or suspected disease likely to cause fatigue<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Psychotic, melancholic or bipolar depression (but not uncomplicated major depression)<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Psychotic disorders<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Dementia<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Anorexia or bulimia nervosa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"Section1\">\n<div class=\"Section1\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Reid S, Chalder T, Cleare A, Hotopf M, Wessely S. Chronic fatigue syndrome. BMJ. 2000 Jan 29;320(7230):292-6. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/10650029\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fukuda K, Straus SE, Hickie I, Sharpe MC, Dobbins JG, Komaroff A. The chronic fatigue syndrome: a comprehensive approach to its definition and study. International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Study Group. Ann Intern Med. 1994 Dec 15;121(12):953-9. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/7978722\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Created: Aug 17, 2005<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1814,146,16,15,145,14,1813,1812,1300,1644,1070,5,4],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neurology","tag-cfs","tag-chronic","tag-criteria","tag-criterios","tag-cronica","tag-diagnostic","tag-fatiga","tag-fatigue","tag-neurology","tag-psychiatric","tag-rheumatology","tag-sindrome","tag-syndrome"],"modified_by":"Guillermo Firman","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9064,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/9064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}