Dr. Abhijit Chaudhuri, Queen's Hospital, Romford and Professor
Hugh Perry, Southampton University Louise - Think back to the
last time you had the flu. You probably had some muscle pain and
a bad headache, felt completely exhausted, and you might even
have had trouble thinking straight. Most people get over the flu
and other viral infections including glandular fever in a few
weeks or so. But for a few people, those symptoms continue for
months and years afterwards, becoming chronic fatigue syndrome.
Not everyone with chronic fatigue syndrome has a viral infection
before they develop the disease, but many patients do, and it is
often the flu or glandular fever. And although chronic fatigue
syndrome was first defined in 1988, we still don't know how, or
why, these viral infections seem to be able to trigger the
condition. And in fact, we have very little idea of what's
happening in patients’ bodies to cause their symptoms. Post
mortem studies are one of the best places to start. Now, a team
including Dr. Domin