New study suggests that chronic fatigue syndrome can be caused by a rare mouse related virus. Researchers found proof murine leukaemia virus that is known to cause cancer in eighty-six percent of chronic fatigue patients. ME also called chronic fatigue syndrome affects millions of people worldwide. It typically develops in people aged between twenty to forty years.
The symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome may include tiredness, sleep disturbances, memory and concentration difficulties, a sore throat, pain in joints and muscles and headache. Presently there is no test to cure the condition. In its most severe form, it can leave sufferers bedridden and can lead to death.
The symptoms of the condition are analogous to flu and vary between sufferers that experts are able to diagnose it only after ruling out each probable cause. Further study is required to required to resolve how frequently the murine leukemia is in people and if might be causing the condition.
Chronic fatigue syndrome is an incapacitating disorder defined solely by clinical symptoms. So far no solitary means has been connected with a large portion of cases, said lead researcher Harvey Alter of the National Institutes of Health. Proves of xenotropic murine related virus- XMRV has been found in prostate cancer.
It is tremendously hopeful to see positive results connecting different strains of viruses and CFS, after disappointing results from other studies, said Sir Peter Spencer the chief executive of M.E’s. M.E affects thousands of people from toddlers aged two to people in their eighties. Many become so severely affected they are bedbound.