Chronic fatigue syndrome from vagus nerve infection: A psychoneuroimmunological hypothesis

Medical Hypotheses ^ | June 21, 2013 | Michael B. VanElzakker

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“Yes, my lyme disease doctor says chronic fatigue is really chronic lyme disease helped with antibiotics and many other things.”

That is not correct. Chronic fatigue caused by Lyme disease is an exclusionary condition for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS).

When a person presents to a clinician with symptoms that might be CFS one of the required tests is the Western Blot to exclude Lyme disease.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_fatigue_syndrome

“The CDC proposes that persons with symptoms resembling those of CFS consult a physician to rule out several treatable illnesses: Lyme disease, ‘sleep disorders, depression, alcohol/substance abuse, diabetes, hypothyroidism, mononucleosis (mono), lupus, multiple sclerosis (MS), chronic hepatitis and various malignancies.’ Medications can also cause side effects that mimic symptoms of CFS.”