Dr. José Alegre, head of the Chronic Fatigue group at Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), has participated at the TVE’s show ‘Para todos la 2’, to talk about this syndrome that in Spain affects about the 1% of the population. In a debate with Dr. Jordi Carbonell, head of the Rheumatology Service at Hospital del Mar, and Maite Vivancos, president of the Catalan foundation of patients with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, Dr. Alegre has explained that chronic fatigue patients are diagnosed with a delay of 7-10 years, after visiting all the specialists. An exhausting way that many patients have suffered because their symptoms are not only related with their fatigue, but also with cognitive, functional and sensorial aspects. At the show of the public television, Dr. Alegre has reviewed the most common symptoms of chronic fatigue and some of the advices to palliate its effects.