Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

by Patarca-Montero; Roberto

• ISBN13: 9780789009234
• ISBN10: 0789009234
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-04-25
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

At your fingertips -- the A-to-Z of CFS! The Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome summarizes current knowledge about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) to help CFS patients and everyone working with them become familiar with recent developments and facts about this and related fatiguing disorders.The Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome contains a wealth of information, including the relationships between HIV/AIDS and fatigue, brain injury and fatigue, and cancer and fatigue. Also discussed are the demographics of CFS, MAO inhibitors, the neuropsychology of CFS, stress factors, and much more!The information presented here has been thoughtfully organized so that readers will be able to easily access and become familiar with highlights of the most relevant topics. Comprehensive and thorough, The Concise Encyclopedia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome will give both health care professionals and the general public a greater awareness of this widespread and growing problem.

Table of Contents

Preface	xix
List of Abbreviations	xxi
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and fatigue	1	(1)
Age	1	(1)
Adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH)	1	(1)
Akureyri disease	1	(1)
Allergies	1	(1)
Amantadine	2	(1)
Ankylosing spondylitis	2	(1)
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)/Arginine vasopressin	2	(1)
Anxiety disorders	3	(1)
Apoptosis	3	(1)
Atopy	4	(1)
Attention	4	(1)
Attributions	4	(1)
Autoantibodies	4	(1)
Autoimmunity	4	(1)
Autonomic function	5	(3)
Beta-2 microglobulin	8	(1)
Blood volume	8	(1)
Borna disease virus (BDV)	8	(1)
Brain injury and fatigue	9	(1)
Brain positron emission tomography (PET)	9	(1)
Branched-chain amino acids (BCAA)	9	(1)
Cancer and fatigue	9	(1)
Cardiovascular deconditioning	10	(1)
Celiac disease	11	(1)
Chlorinated hydrocarbons	11	(1)
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), definition	11	(4)
Ciguatera	15	(1)
Circadian rhythms	15	(1)
Circulating immune complexes	16	(1)
Cognitive behavioral therapy	16	(1)
Cognitive function	16	(1)
Concentration	17	(1)
Connective tissue and rheumatologic disorders	17	(1)
Coping	17	(1)
Core body temperature	18	(1)
Coronary artery disease	18	(1)
Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)	18	(1)
Cortisol	18	(1)
Creatine	18	(1)
Cyanocobalamin	18	(1)
Cysteine	18	(1)
Cytokines	18	(1)
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)	19	(1)
Daytime sleepiness	19	(1)
Demographics	19	(1)
Dental amalgam fillings	20	(1)
Depression	21	(1)
Dermatomyositis	21	(1)
Dexamethasone	21	(1)
Dieting disorders	21	(1)
Disability	21	(1)
Energy expenditure	22	(1)
Enteroviruses	22	(1)
Environmental chemicals	22	(1)
Eosinophils	22	(1)
Epidemiology	23	(1)
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)	24	(1)
Exercise	24	(1)
Familial chronic fatigue syndrome	25	(1)
Fatigue	26	(1)
Fibromyalgia	26	(1)
Folic acid	27	(1)
Fluoxetine	27	(1)
Food intolerance	27	(1)
Gait	27	(1)
Gastric emptying	27	(1)
Gastrointestinal pathology	27	(1)
Gender	28	(1)
Glandular fever	28	(1)
Glucocorticoids	28	(1)
Glutamine/L-Glutamine	28	(1)
Glutathione	28	(1)
Glycogen	28	(1)
Glyconutrients	28	(1)
Growth hormone (GH)	29	(1)
Gulf War syndrome	29	(1)
Gynecology	30	(1)
Heart rate variability	30	(1)
Herpesviruses	30	(2)
HLA-DR	32	(1)
Hirsutism	32	(1)
Homocysteine	32	(1)
Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6)	32	(1)
Human herpesvirus-7 (HHV-7)	32	(1)
Hydrocortisone	32	(1)
Hyperventilation	32	(1)
Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis	33	(1)
Hypothyroidism	33	(1)
Iceland disease	33	(1)
Illness beliefs	33	(3)
Immune cell phenotypic distributions	36	(1)
Immunoglobulins	36	(1)
Inflammatory bowel disease	37	(1)
Information processing	37	(1)
Inner ear disorders	37	(1)
Inomapil	37	(1)
Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs)	37	(1)
Interferons (IFNs)	37	(1)
Interleukin-1 (IL-1) and soluble IL-1 receptors	38	(3)
Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and soluble IL-2 receptor	41	(1)
Interleukin-4 (IL-4)	41	(1)
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and soluble IL-6 receptor	42	(1)
Interleukin-10 (IL-10)	42	(1)
Interstitial cystitis	43	(1)
Ion channels	43	(1)
Irritable bowel syndrome	43	(1)
Juvenile onset chronic fatigue syndrome	43	(1)
Lactate	43	(1)
Lead poisoning	43	(1)
Learning	43	(1)
Lentiviruses	43	(1)
Light therapy	43	(1)
Low cysteine-glutathione syndrome	44	(1)
Lung function	44	(1)
Lymphocytes	44	(3)
Magnesium	47	(1)
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)	47	(1)
Marital relationship	47	(1)
Melatonin	48	(1)
Memory	48	(1)
Menstrual Cycle	48	(1)
Midodrine	48	(1)
Mitochondria	48	(1)
Moclobemide	48	(1)
Monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors	48	(1)
Monocytes	48	(1)
Motor function	49	(1)
Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) syndrome	49	(2)
Multiple sclerosis (MS)	51	(1)
Muscle fibers	52	(1)
Muscle physiology	52	(2)
Myalgic encephalomyelitis	54	(1)
Mycoplasma	54	(1)
Myofascial pain	54	(1)
Natural killer (NK) cells	55	(2)
Neopterin	57	(1)
Neurally mediated hypotension	58	(1)
Neurasthenia	58	(1)
Neuroendocrinology	58	(4)
Neurofeedback treatment	62	(1)
Neuroimaging	62	(1)
Neurophysiology	63	(1)
Neuropsychology	63	(2)
Neutrophils	65	(1)
Nighttime hypotension	65	(1)
Nitric oxide	65	(1)
Nutrition	65	(3)
Occupational medicine	68	(1)
Orthostatic hypotension	68	(1)
Ovarian cysts	68	(1)
Overtraining	68	(1)
Pain	69	(1)
Parvovirus B19	69	(1)
Pediatric chronic fatigue syndrome	69	(1)
Personality traits	70	(1)
Phosphate	71	(1)
Phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy	71	(1)
Physical activity	71	(1)
Platelet volume	71	(1)
Polio vaccination	71	(1)
Polycystic ovarian syndrome	71	(1)
Polysomnography	71	(1)
Post-dialysis fatigue	72	(1)
Post-Lyme disease syndrome (PLS)	72	(1)
Post-polio syndrome	72	(1)
Post--Q-fever fatigue syndrome	72	(1)
Postural tachycardia syndrome	72	(1)
Premenstrual syndrome	72	(1)
Prevalence	72	(1)
Progesterone	73	(1)
Prognosis	73	(1)
Prolactin	73	(1)
Protein kinase RNA (PKR)	73	(1)
Prozac	73	(1)
Psychiatric morbidity	73	(1)
Psychoneuroimmunology	74	(1)
Psychopathology	75	(1)
Psychosocial measures	76	(1)
Psychosomatic disorders	77	(1)
Q fever	77	(1)
Quality of life (QOL)	77	(1)
Red blood cell distribution width	77	(1)
Red blood cell mass	77	(1)
Regulation of respiration	77	(1)
Rehabilitation	77	(1)
REM sleep	78	(1)
Reticular activating system	78	(1)
Rh blood group	78	(1)
Rheumatoid arthritis	78	(1)
Rhinitis	78	(1)
RNase L	78	(1)
Ross River virus	78	(1)
Seasonal affective disorder	79	(1)
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)	79	(1)
Selegeline	79	(1)
Self-efficacy	80	(1)
Serotonin	80	(1)
Sick building syndrome (SBS)	80	(1)
Silicone breast implants	80	(2)
Sjogren's syndrome	82	(1)
Sleep	82	(1)
Socioeconomic status	83	(1)
Sociosomatics	83	(1)
Soluble CD8 (sCD8)	83	(1)
Soluble ICAM-1 (sICAM-1)	83	(1)
Somatization	83	(1)
Somatoform disorder	83	(1)
Somatomedin C	83	(1)
Spasmophilia	83	(1)
Spect Scan	83	(1)
Spleen	83	(1)
Stealth viruses	83	(1)
Stress	83	(1)
Sub-anaerobic threshold exercise test	84	(1)
Sympathetic hypersensitivity	84	(1)
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)	84	(1)
Tapanui flu	84	(1)
Temporomandibular disorders	84	(1)
Testosterone	84	(1)
Thyroxine	84	(1)
Transfer factors (TFs)	85	(1)
Tryptophan	85	(1)
Tumor growth factor-beta (TGF-beta)	85	(1)
Tumor necrosis factors (TNFs) and soluble TNF receptors	85	(1)
Tyrosine	86	(1)
Urinary metabolites	86	(1)
Vitamins	87	(1)
Yersinia	87	(2)
Notes	89	(66)
Index	155