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UNA BEGAN GETTING headaches when she was thirteen. “At first,” she explains, “they were few and far between but [over time] . . . they became worse and more frequent. I went to my doctor and was diagnosed with migraine [a type of headache].”1 During the next few years, Una’s headaches worsened. By the time she reached her final year of high school, she had been hospitalized twice due to debilitating headaches and missed over six weeks of school in one year. In fact, because of her headaches, Una doubted whether she would be able to pass her final exams and graduate | Diseases and Disorders by Barbara Sheen Diseases and Disorders Headaches Barbara Sheen LUCENT BOOKS GALE cENGAGE Learning San Diego Detroit New York San Francisco Cleveland New Haven Conn. Waterville Maine London Munich CENGAGE Learning- 2003 by Lucent Books. Lucent Books is an imprint of The Gale Group Inc. a division of Cengage Learning Inc. Lucent Books and Cengage Learning are trademarks used herein under license. For more information contact Lucent Books 27500 Drake Rd. Farmington Hills MI 48331-3535 Or you can visit our Internet site at ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means graphic electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording taping Web distribution or information storage retrieval systems without the written permission of the publisher. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Abramovitz Melissa 1954- Chronic fatigue syndrome I by Liesa Abrams. p. cm. Diseases and disorders series Summary Examines the symptoms treatment options and mystery of chronic fatigue syndrome ongoing research into its causes and how to live with this disease. Includes bibliographical references p. and index. ISBN 1-59018-039-9 hardback alk. paper 1. Chronic fatigue syndrome Juvenile literature. 1. Chronic fatigue syndrome. 2. Diseases. I. Title. II. Series. RB150 .F37A275 2003 478 dc21 2002009459 Printed in the United States of .