Can Chemo Brain lead to ME/CFS. I've had all the symptoms since chemotherapy 14 years ago and eventually diagnosed with ME. I just wondered if it leading to ME is common.
Hello and thank you for your posts on cancer chat.
I am sorry to hear that you have been diagnosed with ME and I can appreciate you want to know if this has been caused by your breast cancer treatment you had in the past.
It is not known what causes ME/CFS so I cannot see that chemo brain leads to ME/CFS. However, cancer treatment can cause fatigue and for some people this can be chronic. We have information about chemo brain on our website, you can see it here
You may have already seen it but the NHS has some useful information about ME/CFS which includes possible causes, you can see this on their website here
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