What Is Fatigue?
Fatigue is the biggest cause that people use for stopping exercise? If you talk to a trainer the biggest problem they have with clients is simply being too tired to exercise. That's the most common symptom of fatigue. So, what's it caused by? In most cases, it is caused by a bad diet.
Several types of medications and physical diseases can also cause fatigue but in the case of diets that exercise. it's the diet.
There are numerous potential causes of fatigue as a major complaint. They range from those that cause poor blood supply to the body's tissues to illnesses that affect metabolism, from infections and inflammatory diseases to those that cause sleep disturbances. Fatigue is a common side effect of many medications. While numerous patients with psychological conditions often complain of fatigue (physical and mental), there is also a group of patients where the cause of fatigue is never diagnosed.
Since fatigue is a symptom of an underlying condition, the treatment depends upon the condition that is causing the fatigue, regardless of whether it is physical, psychological, or a combination of the two.
There may be a lag time between when the illness has been treated and the intensity of fatigue symptoms; some symptoms may resolve as soon as the underlying condition is treated. For example, individuals who are anemic feel much better as soon as their red blood cell count increases. At the same time, those recovering from infectious mononucleosis may require weeks to have their energy levels return to normal.
Can fatigue be prevented?
Fatigue as a symptom can occur as the result of many causes and therefore, prevention is not an issue. More importantly, the early recognition of fatigue will allow a person to seek medical care and potentially have an earlier diagnosis of the underlying cause.
Sometimes, symptoms like fatigue arise gradually and it is difficult for the person to realize that there is a problem. It may take an outside perspective from a friend or family member to appreciate a functional difference. Self-awareness of the gradual decline in body performance is often difficult as a person makes repeated small accommodations to complete daily activities.
I had these symptoms when I first started to exercise as a way to lose weight. When we diet to lose weight we cut back on nutrition because we're cutting back on food. Wrong. You can't cut back on nutrition but you can change the food you consume to get more nutrition and fewer calories.
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