They will probably agree that although there are many varieties of things that can come with these, the common denominator is the debilitating fatigue that no rest helps.

I believe the answer will lie somewhere in the immune system and the red blood cells.  In the early stages thge red blood cells may be ragged and beat up; but soon they should be small sized.  There may be too many red blood cells that are immature.  So, what is the age, the size and the shape of the red blood cells?  And in early years of this fatigue, is there trace blood in urine?  What are the membranes like?  Is there fragility of the red blood cells?

It is important to know this anyway, because if there are too many immature red blood cells, many other medical tests have to be adjusted for that fact.

I do suspect a chemical exposure that would cause such ... as prematurely destroying the red blood cells, and leaving them 'looking different."  I came close to seeing one example of this; but for the most part, the possibility of autoimmune hemolytic anemia is not checked except in the very early or late stages of it.  It could be more common place than doctors think

A good overview on the immune system

How and why I learned about this chemical exposure is irrelevant 

But what I learned may not be.

The proof?  It can only be proved by people who have been harmed - who will look into it and share what they find with others.

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'Mother Margaret'