Post-viral fatigue syndrome

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Post-viral fatigue syndrome
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 G93.3

Post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS) is a condition that presents a fatigue-like state resulting from a viral infection. The term is not widely used, but the state of prolonged or severe fatigue after illness is not uncommon. Some persons will experience fatigue and related symptoms for months or years following a severe viral infection.

Classification

In the WHO's ICD10, PVFS is a group header within 'other disorders of the brain', a neurological category G93.3. It is furthermore explicitly excluded from neurotic disorders. Listed under PVFS is Benign Myalgic encephalomyelitis[1] (ME); several alternative diagnoses to ME such as Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and Neuromyasthenia are included in the alphabetic list of the ICD10.

Post-viral syndromes may also include: post-polio syndrome, late Lyme disease, and possibly chronic mononucleosis or other severe chronic viral infections.

Some researchers claim that post-viral fatigue syndrome is a biological state of weakness or activation of, or damage to the immune system[1], and that it is common to many post-viral syndromes. It is hoped that immune system research, especially that connected to HIV, may lead to better understanding of, and treatments for, other post-viral syndromes.

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Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .

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