His life changed by chronic fatigue


Two years after contracting the flu, a woman is still feeling the effects of the disease and has been on the hook since February 2020.

“I had a flu that never healed. I was left with a lot of symptoms, first gastrointestinal, then, later, a lot of fatigue and exhaustion. I did not get up, ”explained Stéphanie Debien-Dubé at the microphone of Geneviève Pettersen on QUB Radio.

The list of symptoms is long: muscle aches, headaches and exercise intolerance, among others. After a long process, she manages to obtain a diagnosis to explain her health problems: she has myalgic encephalomyelitis, commonly known as chronic fatigue.

“I’m lucky to have a family doctor and a family doctor who believed me. There are many patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis who experience a lot of misunderstanding from the medical profession, who are told that it’s in their head,” she lamented.

More than 120,000 people in Quebec suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome. The disease was recognized in 1969 by the World Health Organization, but remains unknown.

“The journey to diagnosis can take years, it’s by exclusion. It can take years. There are no biomarkers, explained Ms. Debien-Dubé. We really need to move things forward and there is more understanding of this disease.”

• Listen to Geneviève Pettersen’s interview with Stéphanie Debien-Dubé on QUB Radio.




Reference-www.journaldemontreal.com

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