Children with EBV more likely to develop Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

A Study reveals that Children with Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) are more likely to develop Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The study was published on June 16, 2013 in the International Journal of Pediatrics.

“Because children cannot always say how they feel, chronic fatigue syndrome can be mistaken for other things such as stress or school phobia”, says an expert.

Study authors wrote that for these children, “Having a disabling condition like CFS in childhood and adolescence may pose major consequences regarding mental health, personal relationships, school attendance and participating in social life.”

An article in Parenting and Child Health agreed. The authors of that article said that children 12 and under, “often have a gradual onset of symptoms so it might seem that they are ‘not coping’, or ‘complaining’ or ‘lazy’ rather than unwell”.

Over the past few years, healthcare professionals have identified a growing number of children with EBV infections that show symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. As study authors noted “During the last years an increased focus on fatigue symptoms/syndrome among children has been observed, together with an increase in referrals to our hospital.”

CFS in kids can be just as crippling as the syndrome is in adults. In fact, “Krilov et al. found that children and adolescents with chronic fatigue have a syndrome that is similar to that described in adults but that the syndrome presents earlier in the course of the illness.”

Interestingly, abnormalities in the immune system have been reported in CFS patients and study authors specifically noted that “Almost all patients reported a previous infection as the onset of fatigue symptom.” Moreover, “Almost all patients reported themselves to be previously healthy prior to their fatigue and also ascribed the onset due to an infection.”

The CDC says that “Chronic fatigue syndrome, or CFS, is a devastating and complex disorder. People with CFS have overwhelming fatigue and a host of other symptoms that are not improved by bed rest and that can get worse after physical activity or mental exertion. They often function at a substantially lower level of activity than they were capable of before they became ill .” The CDC’s page was last reviewed on May 13, 2012.

“If your child suffers from symptoms that could be attributed to CFS, you should talk to your child’s pediatrician about Gene-Eden-VIR. This natural remedy was clinically proven to reduce symptoms in EBV infected individuals.” says Mike Evans of polyDNA