by Dr Aletta | Sep 28, 2015 | Chronic Illness
If you’ve ever heard anyone say, “You don’t look sick,” while you are battling the pain and fear of a chronic illness you know what Invisible Illness means. September 28th through October 4th is one week in the year specifically focusing on the...
by Dr Aletta | Oct 22, 2009 | Chronic Illness
…the [Center for Disease Control] orchestrated a jocular referendum by mail among a handful of academics to come up with a name for it. The group settled on “chronic fatigue syndrome” — the use of “syndrome” rather than “disease” suggested a psychiatric rather...
by Dr Aletta | Oct 14, 2009 | Body/Mind, Chronic Illness
Chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, more commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), affects more than 4 million people in the United States according to the CFIDS Association of America. Last week people with CFS, and many who love and care for...