PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D O Ho-Yen
TI  - Patient management of post-viral fatigue syndrome.
DP  - 1990 Jan 01
TA  - British Journal of General Practice
PG  - 37--39
VI  - 40
IP  - 330
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/40/330/37.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/40/330/37.full
SO  - Br J Gen Pract1990 Jan 01; 40
AB  - A case definition for post-viral fatigue syndrome is proposed within which various subgroups of patients exist. Any one treatment may not apply to all the subgroups. In particular, patients' experiences do not show that avoidance of exercise is maladaptive. It is proposed that the recently ill often try to exercise to fitness whereas the chronically ill have learnt to avoid exercise. Recovery is more likely to be achieved if patients learn about their illness and do not exhaust their available energy.