Research suggests that chronic fatigue is linked to gut bacteria and how our bodies convert food into energy
By Florienne Loder, University of Melbourne
What if your fatigue is so severe that you have had to substantially cut down on regular work, education or social activities?
This is what people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), experience. As the name implies, ME / CFS is a chronic, often severely disabling disease that comes with a myriad of symptoms rooted from the autonomic nervous system, immune system, endocrine system and gut. A good night’s sleep is not going to fix this severely debilitating disorder and treatments are hard to come by.