Neurasthenia (medical condition): Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a syndrome that has only recently been described by the medical profession. Once controversial, it is gradually becoming accepted as a valid diagnosis by medical professionals. Typically CFS follows a ...more
Neurasthenia: See also:
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:
»Introduction: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
»Symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
»Causes of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
»Treatments for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Neurasthenia: A set of psychological and physical symptoms including fatigue, irritability, headache and dizziness.
Neurasthenia: An ill-defined condition, commonly accompanying or following depression, characterized by vague fatigue believed to be brought on by psychological factors. [neur- + G. astheneia, weakness]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Neurasthenia: nervous breakdown (not in technical use).
Source: WordNet 2.1
Neurasthenia: A mental disorder characterized by chronic fatigue and concomitant physiologic symptoms.
Source: MeSH 2007
Neurasthenia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Neurasthenia, or a subtype of Neurasthenia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Neurasthenia: Another name for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (or close medical condition association).
»Introduction: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
»Symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
»Causes of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
»Treatments for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Neurasthenia: Neurasthenia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
Some of the causes of Neurasthenia are included in the list below:
Read more about causes of Neurasthenia (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)
Some of the symptoms of Neurasthenia incude:
See full list of 54 symptoms of Neurasthenia (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)
Treatments for Neurasthenia (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) include:
See full list of 12 treatments for Neurasthenia
Treatment of Neurasthenia: For more treatment information about Neurasthenia, see treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Neurasthenia)
We all get tired. Many of us at times have felt depressed. But the mystery known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is not like the normal ups and downs we experience in everyday life. The early sign of this illness is a strong and noticeable fatigue that comes on suddenly and often comes and goes or never stops. You feel too tired to do normal activities or are easily exhausted with no apparent reason. Unlike the mind fog of a serious hangover, to which researchers have compared CFS, the profound weakness of CFS does not go away with a few good nights of sleep. Instead, it slyly steals your energy and vigor over months and sometimes years. (Source: excerpt from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or CFS, is characterized by persistent and debilitating fatigue and additional nonspecific symptoms such as sore throat, headache, tender muscles, joint pain, difficulty thinking and loss of short-term memory. Initial symptoms mimic the flu: on physical examination, patients may have nonspecific findings such as low-grade fever and redness of the throat, but frequently no abnormalities are found. No laboratory test or panel of tests is available to diagnose CFS so the diagnosis is made solely on clinical grounds. The cause of CFS is unknown. (Source: excerpt from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: NWHIC)
These medical disease topics may be related to Neurasthenia:
Source - NIH
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - WordNet 2.1
Source: CRISP
The following list attempts to classify Neurasthenia into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: WordNet 2.1
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