David S. Bushcer said, ?My personal theory on chronic fatigue is that the increased load of pollutants in our environment, such as pesticides, is causing people to have a breakdown of their immune systems.?
Bushcer further contended that ?70 percent of my patients with chronic fatigue had a chemical trigger; they moved into a new home, there was remodeling at the office, or a pesticide application, and now they have chronic fatigue. I think the mechanism is some kind of cellular poisoning from these chemicals. The affected person?s detoxification system is clogged up or destroyed, they get a backlog of chemicals, and their immune system goes down.?
Dr. Stephen B. Edelson and Deborah Mitchell, authors of the book
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Autoimmune Disorders
, phrase it this way: ?The hallmark of CFIDS is overwhelming, persistent, incapacitating fatigue that leaves those afflicted unable to carry on their normal physical functions.
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