[Chronic fatigue syndrome: its importance in occupational medicine].
The paper reviews the etiology of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), its clinical symptoms and diagnostic procedures. Forasmuch the fatigue is the main symptom of CFS and it may appear in many somatic and mental disorders. The principles of differential diagnostics are reviewed and the methods of management and treatment are presented. The knowledge of CFS is needed among occupational medicine physicians, especially from the point of view of health protection.
Kliniki Chorób Zawodowych, i Ośrodka Alergii Zawodowej i Srodowiskowej Instytutu Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra med. J. Nofera w Lodzi. martaz@imp.lodz.pl
Marta
M
Wiszniewska
Jolanta
J
Walusiak
Tomasz
T
Wittczak
Cezary
C
Pałczyński
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012931:Social Environment; D016526:Workload; D017132:Workplace