At first she thought his persistent fatigue was simply the aftermath of the flu.
Later symptoms include severe muscle weakness, frequent falls, breathing difficulty, persistent fatigue, spasticity, and intense twitching.
When she altered her diet, her persistent fatigue finally went away.
It was only when her mother's persistent fatigue and periodic memory lapses pointed to serious trouble that Witchel insisted they go to a neurologist together.
Although most cases are relatively mild and easily cured, some victims are left with lasting injuries, like joint pain, persistent fatigue or neurological damage.
Many of those veterans have reported long-lasting problems, including chronic pain, memory loss, persistent fatigue and diarrhea, some of which had no clear causes.
The patients, clustered in California, Texas and Florida, describe symptoms that include sores that are slow to heal, a sensation of things crawling through their skin, joint pain and persistent fatigue.
In contrast, Williams seemed best able to focus in the most difficult moments of the match, something that has not happened much since she revealed that Sjögren's syndrome was behind her persistent fatigue and languishing game.
"We need to be better prepared for this best-case scenario," Dr. Fisch said, because it's one that can include not only more years of life but also persistent fatigue, arthritis, hot flashes, depression, sleep problems and chronic pain.
A majority of patients will experience some level of fatigue during their course of treatment and approximately one-third will have persistent fatigue many years post-treatment [8,9].
It can cause persistent fatigue and pain in the muscles and soft tissue.
