Suggest Treatment For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Posted on Mon, 16 Mar 2015

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Question : Before diagnosing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome do doctors test for Hepatitus C to rule it out? Or would they have tested for it in the recent past?

Answered by Dr. Indu Kumar (35 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Hepatitis C do cause fatigue,,this may be the reason for testing hepatitisC

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Chronic hepatitis like hepatitis C do cause fatigue and it is important to exclude all pathological conditions that can mimic chronic fatigue syndrome,this may be the reason for testing hepatitis C.
Fatigue is seen in many medical conditions,so chronic fatigue syndrome should be diagnosed very cautiously.Other conditions like depression,sleep disorder,alcohol use,hypothyroidism,lyme 's disease,diabetes mellitus etc should also be ruled out as these conditions may cause same symptoms.

Get well soon.
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Dr.Indu XXXXXXX

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar