With more than one million people in the United States suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), do we have a national healthcare crisis on our hands?
If you're in that group, you probably think so. If you're not, you may be among the millions more people who have debilitating fatiguing illnesses, but you present with fewer or less severe symptoms than those of someone with CFS.
Many people are not getting help in dealing with CFS, while thousands and thousands of others don't even know that they have the illness at all.
That means they can't beg, borrow or steal a CFS diagnosis, yet they continue to suffer greatly while their life's in a tailspin.
Research facts of interest:
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), CFS is believed to affect people of both sexes and at every age (including adolescents and children), but it is quite common in 40- to 60-year-old women, among all races, and from all socioeconomic groups. Possibly because of healthcare insurance coverage issues, the majority of patients seen by medical professionals in private offices or clinics are Caucasian. However, studies suggest the highest occurrence rates actually may be in the Latino and African American populations.
If you suspect that you have CFS, do not pass go and do not stop to collect $200. Take action today. You deserve to have good medical care and you deserve to find answers that can help you reclaim your health and your life.
One place to start is here, the Health Matters Show.
Thanks, Cinda Crawford, host of the Health Matters Show
