Cognitive Impairments Associated with CFS and POTS
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by fatigue, sleep dysfunction, and cognitive deficits (Fukuda et al., 1994). Research surrounding cognitive functioning among patients with CFS has found difficulty with memory, attention, and information processing. A similar disorder, postural tachyc...
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| author | Leonard A. Jason Lindzi L Shanks Meredyth eEvans Abigail eBrown |
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| description | Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by fatigue, sleep dysfunction, and cognitive deficits (Fukuda et al., 1994). Research surrounding cognitive functioning among patients with CFS has found difficulty with memory, attention, and information processing. A similar disorder, postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS), is characterized by increased heart rate, fatigue, and mental cloudiness (Raj et al., 2009). Potential implications of cognitive deficits for patients with CFS and/or POTS are discussed, including difficulties with school and/or employment. A few biological theories (i.e., kindling, impairments in the central nervous system, and difficulty with blood flow) have emerged as potential explanations for the cognitive deficits reported in both CFS and POTS Future research should continue to examine possible explanations for cognitive impairments in CFS and POTS, and ultimately use this information to try and reduce cognitive impairments for these patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3ec3426bf1ba41488392b67721e82e3f2022-12-21T20:20:27ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physiology1664-042X2013-05-01410.3389/fphys.2013.0011343439Cognitive Impairments Associated with CFS and POTSLeonard A. Jason0Lindzi L Shanks1Meredyth eEvans2Abigail eBrown3DePaul UniversityDePaul UniversityDePaul UniversityDePaul UniversityChronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by fatigue, sleep dysfunction, and cognitive deficits (Fukuda et al., 1994). Research surrounding cognitive functioning among patients with CFS has found difficulty with memory, attention, and information processing. A similar disorder, postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS), is characterized by increased heart rate, fatigue, and mental cloudiness (Raj et al., 2009). Potential implications of cognitive deficits for patients with CFS and/or POTS are discussed, including difficulties with school and/or employment. A few biological theories (i.e., kindling, impairments in the central nervous system, and difficulty with blood flow) have emerged as potential explanations for the cognitive deficits reported in both CFS and POTS Future research should continue to examine possible explanations for cognitive impairments in CFS and POTS, and ultimately use this information to try and reduce cognitive impairments for these patients.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2013.00113/fullAttentionFatigueMemorycognitive impairmentschronic fatigue syndromePOTS |
| spellingShingle | Leonard A. Jason Lindzi L Shanks Meredyth eEvans Abigail eBrown Cognitive Impairments Associated with CFS and POTS Frontiers in Physiology Attention Fatigue Memory cognitive impairments chronic fatigue syndrome POTS |
| title | Cognitive Impairments Associated with CFS and POTS |
| title_full | Cognitive Impairments Associated with CFS and POTS |
| title_fullStr | Cognitive Impairments Associated with CFS and POTS |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cognitive Impairments Associated with CFS and POTS |
| title_short | Cognitive Impairments Associated with CFS and POTS |
| title_sort | cognitive impairments associated with cfs and pots |
| topic | Attention Fatigue Memory cognitive impairments chronic fatigue syndrome POTS |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2013.00113/full |
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