Fatigue

Fatigue is a feeling of subjective feeling of tiredness, often called by other names including exhaustion. It is a core symptom of ME/CFS.

Symptom recognition
Persistent fatigue which is not relieved by rest, not life-long, persist over the long term, and does not result from another health condition is a compulsory symptom of chronic fatigue syndrome in the Fukuda criteria.

Multiple types of fatigue are common but optional symptoms of the International Consensus Criteria and Canadian Consensus Criteria for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.

Notable studies

 * 2010, Classification of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Types of Fatigue (Full Text) (Leonard Jason)


 * 2016, The aetiopathogenesis of fatigue: unpredictable, complex and persistent (Julia Newton)
 * 2018, Association of sleep disorders, chronic pain, and fatigue with survival in patients with chronic kidney disease: A meta-analysis of clinical trials via Sleep Medicine

Learn more

 * 2010, Classification of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Types of Fatigue (Full Text)