Disease history

• Often rapid onset, in some cases after upper respiratory infection
• Feeling of fever, but without measurable abnormal temperature
• Disabeling fatigue
• Impaired memory and concentration (Cognitive difficulty)
• Sore throat and sore lymph nodes
• Muscle and joint pain
• Increased sensitivity to light, smell and sound
• Numbness
• Exhaustion (more than expected) after physical or mental exertions

Examinations

Blood tests

• • Full cell counts in blood (anemia, leukemia and other blood disorders)
  • Sedimentation rate (ESR)
  • Electrolytes
    • Calsium and PTH (parathormone)
  • Thyroid function (f-T4 and TSH) (metabolic disorder)
  • CK and LD (muscle enzymes)
  • Liver enzymes (liver injury)
  • Creatinine (renal failure)
  • Antinuclear Factors (ANA) (SLE, Sjögren's syndrome)
  • α-CCP (ACPA) (Rheumatoid arthritis)
  • Immunoglobulins
  • Plasma cortisol (Addison's disease)
  • Borrelia Antibody (Boreliose, Lymphatic Disease)
  • Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV and other virus antibodies
  • IGRA Test (Tuberculosis)
  • Urinary Stix (infection, glomerulonephritis)

MRI of cerebrum (brain)

• Applicable in some cases

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