Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, more commonly known as Kawasaki disease, is a pediatric vasculitis of unknown origin that particularly affects medium-sized arteries, including the coronary arteries. It causes inflammation in the walls of some blood vessels in the body. Key symptoms often include fever, rash, swelling of the hands and feet, irritation and redness of the whites of the eyes, swollen lymph glands, and swollenness or redness of the mouth, lips and throat. It is primarily seen in children and can lead to serious complications if left untreated, but it is also treatable with the right medical care.
Chronic fatigue syndrome
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Chronic fatigue syndrome refers to long-standing severe and disabling fatigue without a proven physical or psychologic cause and without objective abnormalities found on physical examination or laboratory testing.
Unexplained fatigue lasts for 6 consecutive months or longer.
Sometimes symptoms begin during or after an illness that resembles a viral infection.
Treatments include relieving symptoms, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and graded exercise.Although as many as 25% of people report being chronically fatigued, only 0.5% of people (1 in 200) have chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Chronic fatigue syndrome affects people primarily between the ages of 20 and 50 and is more often described among young and middle-aged women than men, although it has been noted in people of all ages, including children. People with chronic fatigue syndrome have real and often disabling symptoms. Chronic fatigue syndrome is not the same as pretending to have symptoms (a disorder known as malingering).
Chronic fatigue syndrome meaning & definition 1 of Chronic fatigue syndrome.
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an illness, sometimes lasting for several years, in which a persons muscles and joints (= places where two bones are connected) hurt and they are generally very tired
Chronic fatigue syndrome meaning & definition 2 of Chronic fatigue syndrome.