慢性疲劳综合征(CFS)是正在欧美大流行的奇病。该病初期与感冒相似,有发热、咽痛、淋巴结肿大。特征是连续数月之内间断发作的极度疲劳感。发病初期感到倦怠,往往自以为过劳所致,但休息过后仍不能解除,并逐渐使患者陷入从未有过的极度疲劳、乏力感之中,甚至懒得拿筷子。此外80%以上的患者出现神经精神症状。尤为多见的是失眠和做恶梦。酒量减少、记忆力减退、耳鸣、焦虑不安、精神抑郁也较多见。美国于1984年发现首例,现在推测美国约有患者二百万～五百万。英国和澳大利亚也有报告。在日本 Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a strange disease that is pandemic in Europe and the United States. The initial stage of the disease is similar to a cold, fever, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes. The feature is a sense of extreme fatigue that breaks intermittently for months. The early onset of feeling tired, often thought to be due to overwork, but after the break still can not be lifted, and gradually make patients into the extreme fatigue never had, the sense of fatigue, and even too lazy to take chopsticks. In addition, more than 80% of patients with neuropsychiatric symptoms. Particularly common are insomnia and nightmares. Reduced drinks, memory loss, tinnitus, anxiety, depression is also more common. The first case was discovered by the United States in 1984 and it is now estimated that there are about two to five million patients in the United States. There are also reports in Britain and Australia. In Japan