

Symptoms vary widely in severity and people may have some symptoms more severely than others. Severity of chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms Pain, including pain on touch, muscle pain, headaches, eye pain, tummy (abdominal) pain, or joint pain.Increased sensitivities, including to light, sound, touch, taste and smell.Intolerance to alcohol, or to certain foods or chemicals.Flu-like symptoms, including sore throat, tender glands, nausea, chills or muscle aches.Twitching and other abnormal uncontrolled body movements.Increased sensitivity to temperature, causing increased sweating, chills, hot flushes or feeling very cold.Dizziness, palpitations, fainting, nausea on standing or sitting upright from a lying position.Other symptoms that may be associated with CFS/ME include: The diagnosis can only be confirmed after three months of persistent symptoms, but only if the symptoms cannot be explained by any other condition. Inability to engage fully in work, educational, social or personal activities.


Often doesn't start until hours or days after the activity.Post-exertional malaise (PEM): feeling unwell with no energy after activities, with a worsening of symptoms that:.Extreme tiredness (fatigue) that is worsened by activity, but is not caused by excessive exertion, and is not significantly relieved by rest.CFS should be suspected if the following symptoms are not explained by any other condition, and persist for a minimum of six weeks in adults, or four weeks in children and young people: The onset of chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms can be fairly sudden (over a few days or so), or more gradual. What are the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome?
