Medical Etiology, Assessment, and Treatment of Chronic Fatigue and Malaise: Clinical Differentiation and Intervention; What Does the Research Say?

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CRC Press, 29 oct. 2004 - 655 pages
A handy reference guide to living with fatigue!

Medical Etiology, Assessment, and Treatment of Chronic Fatigue and Malaise: Clinical Differentiation and Intervention is the single reference source you need for vital information on the fatiguing illnesses that affect more than 800,000 Americans. Written by one of the foremost experts in the field, the book is a comprehensive guide to the debilitating, and often misunderstood, phenomenon of fatigue, examining its multiple causes and treatments. Through a detailed history of chronic fatigue and a look at the factors that influence evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment, the book gives you immediate access to the answers you—and your patients—have been searching for.

Practical and easy-to-use, Medical Etiology, Assessment, and Treatment of Chronic Fatigue and Malaise: Clinical Differentiation and Intervention saves you the time and trouble of sorting through extensive research findings for the information you need on the many contexts and consequences of fatigue. The book examines how fatigue is defined and measured and how it relates to autoimmune diseases, cancer, neurological disease, and a variety of other pathologies. You’ll also get immediate access to the latest related findings in cardiovascular medicine, epidemiology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, psychology, and psychiatry that served as the basis for research and therapeutic interventions.

Medical Etiology, Assessment, and Treatment of Chronic Fatigue and Malaise: Clinical Differentiation and Intervention provides valuable information on:
  • complicating factors in the diagnosis and treatment of fatigue
  • symptom distress and quality of life
  • body defense factors
  • fatigue perception and severity
  • chronic fatigue syndrome
  • fatigue and the environment
  • predisposed and perpetuating factors for chronic fatiguing illnesses
  • cytokines
  • endocrine factors
  • and much more!
Medical Etiology, Assessment, and Treatment of Chronic Fatigue and Malaise: Clinical Differentiation and Intervention also includes tables, figures, and references. This accessible reference guide is crucial for anyone suffering the effects of this baffling disorder and for the healthcare professionals they depend on.
 

Table des matières

Definition and History
1
Factors That Influence the Diagnosis and Treatment
29
Relevance of Fatigue to Other Symptoms
63
Relevance of Fatigue in the Diagnosis of Other Diseases
79
Relevance of Fatigue in the Treatment of Other Diseases
86
Possible Causative Predisposing
121
Endocrine Factors
176
Neurological Factors
187
Psychological and Psychiatric Factors
208
Hematological Factors
223
Nutritional Factors
229
Treatment of Chronic Fatiguing Illnesses
237
References
343
Index
613
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