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A Multimodal Approach in Dealing with Chronic Epstein‐Barr Viral Syndrome
Author(s) -
WEIKEL WILLIAM J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1989.tb02137.x
Subject(s) - weakness , headaches , chronic fatigue syndrome , medicine , depression (economics) , disease , chronic pain , chronic fatigue , psychiatry , test (biology) , pediatrics , physical therapy , psychology , surgery , pathology , paleontology , biology , economics , macroeconomics
Chronic Epstein‐Barr Viral Syndrome (CEBV) is a puzzling and controversial disease with a variety of symptoms that frequently include depression and emotional debilitation. The following article describes CEBV, offers some diagnostic signs, and suggests a possible treatment strategy based on the multimodal approach. I am writing this letter in an attempt to try and explain the way my life has changed due to an illness called Chronic Epstein‐Barr Viral Syndrome, or CEBV. I was not diagnosed at first. … I saw doctor after doctor and (had) test after test before being diagnosed … all of this began three years ago. I started getting weak, fatigued, headaches, swollen glands, sleep disturbances, light‐headed and having pain and weakness in my joints. I soon was unable to perform at work or in my various sports activities. I sought help medically … he (the physician) put me in the hospital and ran numerous tests, all showing normal … this did not help either, I was still sick.