0722 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - a podcast by tbs eFM

Today’s theme: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome



The Korean government recently implemented a measure to drastically reduce work hours from 68 to 52 hours a week to help people find balance in work and life. Question is, is it really going to alleviate the five major physical or psychological illnesses among workers, including Chronic fatigue syndrome, along with VDT syndrome,mental or emotional disorder, depression and neurological gastrointestinal disorder. These illnesses are often associated with consequences of long work hours. Or do these have direct correlation with overworking hours? These are some of the questions we explore with expert guests under the theme of chronic fatigue.



The Conversationalist

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Dr. Ronald Davis

- director of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Center at Stanford University



It seems like there are different degrees of the disease and there are people who manage to maintain normal life having it, but on the other hand you have people who are bed-ridden - unable to move or speak due to this disease. Your own son suffers from a serious case of the disease - can you tell us more about how this brought you closer to the issue and made you more passionate about solving the problem?

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is very hard to diagnose let alone to cure. There are a number of challenges facing the patients and their families and friends, from finding the right doctor to facing some stereotypes. Can you tell us more about these challenges?




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Professor Wei Wang

- at School of Medical and Health Sciences at Edith Cowan University in Perth

- the Director of the Beijing Municipal Key Laboratory-Centre of Excellence on Clinical Epidemiology in China.


In many of the cases involving chronic disease, it’s hard for patients or even doctors pin down specific name of the disease or symptoms. Can you describe the challenge of having ambiguous health complaints?

How do we draw a line between Chronic Fatigue Disease and just regular fatigue?






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