Fatigue

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a silent disease. Those who have it suffer, but no cause is known and there are no visible symptoms. It is hard for a lot of people who don't have it to understand what it's like to have CFS.

Recently it was proposed that a mouse virus was the cause. This attracted attention, because it having a target gave hope for a treatment and there would be something tangible to understand about the illness. Research now shows that XMRV (the mouse virus) is not likely the cause of CFS. The search for what this illness is continues.

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