CONTENTS 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE: WHY BUY THIS BOOK?
Other options. This book. Your best choice. 
Summary.

CHAPTER TWO: THE PROBLEM 
Names. Case histories. Summary. Important facts.

CHAPTER THREE: HISTORY 
Infections. Outbreaks. (encephalitis lethargica. arboviral encephalitis).
Sporadic cases. Patient groups. Summary. Important facts.

CHAPTER FOUR: SYMPTOMS
Viral infections. Viral-like infections. PVFS. 
Summary. Important facts.

CHAPTER FIVE: MANAGEMENT 
Diagnostic Criteria. Diagnosis of PVFS.
Investigations. Time to Recovery. The Solution.
Summary. Important facts.

CHAPTER SIX: FIRST STEP: REMAIN SANE 
The illness. Psychiatric disorders (depression, anxiety, paranoia, suicide). 
Associated disorders (tension headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, primary fibromyalgia syndrome, chronic pain syndrome)
 Management. Disheartened. Summary. Important facts.

CHAPTER SEVEN: SECOND STEP:
 ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE 
General and self Knowledge. Daily Diary (desire, format, regularity, content, precision). Scoring system. Answer questions. Get higher scores.
Summary. Important facts.

CHAPTER EIGHT: THIRD STEP: LOSING ENERGY:
EXERCISE, STRESS AND RELATIONSHIPS 
Energy as money. Exercise (type, exercise/rest debate) Stress.
Relationships (friends, relatives,family, partners). 
Summary. Important facts.

CHAPTER NINE: FOURTH STEP: GAINING ENERGY:
 SLEEP AND UNWIND
Sleep (Sleep fallacies, insomnia, aids to sleep, naps).
Unwind. Daily diary. Summary. Important facts.

CHAPTER TEN: FIFTH STEP:
MAKING ENERGY LAST: 
Use less (go slow, never do two things at once). Be more efficient (boredom periods, save little bits). Be joyful (activities, scores). 
Summary. Important facts.

CHAPTER ELEVEN: FOOD
Putting on weight. Food causes PVFS (self-testing, hospital testing, commercial allergy testing, pseudo-food allergy, food intolerance). Abnormal response to food (illness/age, alcohol). Diets. Summary. Important facts.

CHAPTER TWELVE: EMPLOYMENT
Full-time employment (keeping a job, sick leave, return to work, change of job). Part-time employment (Patients in work, patients not in work, voluntary work). Unemployment. Social Security Benefits. Conclusion. 
Summary. Important facts.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: YOUNG PEOPLE 
Learning (honesty, clear limits; assessment, prizes/rewards). 
School. College/University. 
The Future. Summary. Important facts.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 
Considerations (cost, advantages, philosophy) Historic treatments (homeopathy, acupuncture, spiritual healing, massage, T’ai Chi). Mind techniques (meditation, self-hypnosis). Foods. Toxins.
Conclusion. Summary. Important facts.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: LYME BORRELIOSIS AND PVFS
Clinical features. Investigations (laboratories, tests).
Diagnosis (Clinical picture, medical assessment, trial of treatment). 
Management. Precautions. Summary. Important facts).

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ASSESSMENT
Medical knowledge (cognitive behaviour therapy, graded exercise, pacing). Medical assessment (diagnosis, differential diagnosis, identify the patient’s problems). Summary. Important facts.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: TREATMENT 
Supportive treatment (encourage patients to help themselves, support the patient, self-help groups). Drug treatment (pain killers, antidepressants, sleeping tablets, anti-fungal measures, vitamins and minerals, other drugs). Patient’s role. Summary. Important facts.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: CONCLUSION 
Future medical treatment. Opportunities. Advantages.

REFERENCES                                  

APPENDIX: How to use this book.                  

INDEX                                          

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