From the symptom fatigue to an etiological diagnosis--an attempt at differential diagnosis
Mumenthaler, M.
Therapeutische Umschau. Revue Therapeutique 48(11): 762-768
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0040-5930 PMID: 1754974 Document Number: 369917
One out of three patients seeking the doctors advice complain about fatigue. Two out of three are fatigued because of psychological reasons. A systematic way of analysis of this symptom is described, as well as the characteristics of somatic fatigue syndromes as opposed to psychogenic ones. Finally a brief description is given of the main diseases accompanied by fatigue.