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==Diagnostic criteria== The most commonly used diagnostic criteria is the 1994 [[Fukuda criteria]], uses the name [[chronic fatigue syndrome]], and allows for non-viral triggers.<ref name="fukuda1994" /> This requires at least '''6 months''' of "persistent or relapsing" fatigue which persists despite rest, has a significant impact on daily life, and includes at least ''four'' of the following symptoms: *[[post-exertional malaise|post-exertional malaise]] (PEM) lasting more than 24 hours *substantial impairment in short-term memory or concentration *sore throat *tender lymph nodes *muscle pain *multi-joint pain without swelling or redness *[[headache]]s of a new type, pattern, or severity *[[sleep dysfunction|unrefreshing sleep]]<ref name="fukuda1994">{{Cite journal | last = Fukuda | first = K. | authorlink = Keiji Fukuda | last2 = Straus | first2 = S.E. | authorlink2 = Stephen Straus | last3 = Hickie | first3 = I. | authorlink3 = Ian Hickie | last4 = Sharpe | first4 = M.C. | authorlink4 = Michael Sharpe | last5 = Dobbins | first5 = J.G. | authorlink5 = James Dobbins | last6 = Komaroff | first6 = A. | authorlink6 = Anthony Komaroff | date = 1994-12-15 | title = The chronic fatigue syndrome: a comprehensive approach to its definition and study. International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Study Group | url =https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Sharpe2/publication/247808895_The_Chronic_Fatigue_Syndrome_A_Comprehensive_Approach_to_Its_Definition_and_Study/links/0c96053201643bfc4b000000/The-Chronic-Fatigue-Syndrome-A-Comprehensive-Approach-to-Its-Definition-and-Study.pdf|journal=Annals of Internal Medicine|volume=121|issue=12 | pages = 953–959|issn=0003-4819|pmid=7978722|via=|publisher=American College of Physicians}}</ref> More recent definitions have emphasized post-exertional malaise rather than fatigue, and used alternative for the illness, including the [[Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease]] (2015) and the [[International Consensus Criteria|International Consensus Criteria for ME]] (2011).<ref name="ICC2011primer" /><ref name="seid">{{Cite web|url=http://iom.nationalacademies.org/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2015/MECFS/MECFScliniciansguide.pdf | title = Beyond Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Redefining an Illness | last = Clayton | first = Ellen Wright | date = 2015 | website = National Academies|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date= | authorlink = Ellen Wright Clayton | last2 = Alegria | first2 = Margarita | authorlink2 = Margarita Alegría | authorlink3 = Lucinda Bateman | authorlink4 = Lily Chu | authorlink5 = Charles Cleeland | authorlink6 = Ronald Davis | authorlink7 = Betty Diamond | authorlink8 = Theodore Ganiats | authorlink9=Betsy Keller | last3 = Bateman | first3 = Lucinda | last4 = Chu | first4 = Lily | last5 = Cleeland | first5 = Charles | last6 = Davis | first6 = Ronald | last7 = Diamond | first7 = Betty | last8 = Ganiats | first8 = Theodore | last9 = Keller | first9 = Betsy | last10 = Klimas | first10 = Nancy | authorlink10=Nancy Klimas | last11 = Lerner | first11 = A Martin | authorlink11=Martin Lerner | last12 = Mulrow | first12 = Cynthia | authorlink12=Cynthia Mulrow | last13 = Natelson | first13 = Benjamin | authorlink13 = Benjamin Natelson | last14 = Rowe | first14 = Peter | authorlink14=Peter Rowe | last15 = Shelanski | first15 = Michael | authorlink15=Michael Shelanski}}</ref><ref name="Jason2015">{{Cite journal | last= Jason | first = Leonard A. | author-link = Leonard Jason | last2 = Sunnquist | first2 = Madison | authorlink2 = Madison Sunnquist | last3 = Brown | first3 = Abigail | authorlink3 = Abigail Brown | last4 = Newton | first4 = Julia L. | authorlink4 = Julia Newton | last5 = Strand | first5 = Elin Bolle | authorlink5 = Elin Strand | last6 = Vernon | first6 = Suzanne D. | authorlink6 = Suzanne Vernon | date = 2015-07-03 | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome versus systemic exertion intolerance disease|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2015.1051291|journal = Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior |volume=3|issue=3|pages=127–141|doi=10.1080/21641846.2015.1051291|issn=2164-1846|pmc = 4556426|pmid=26345409|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref>
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