| Some studies indicate that one percent, or one | | | | Other conditions that can contribute to feelings of |
| out of every ten people suffer from chronic | | | | excessive tiredness or chronic fatigue are |
| fatigue. Studies also indicate that women are | | | | underactive thyroid, asthma, anemia, insomnia, |
| more likely to be affected by chronic fatigue than | | | | sleep apnea, stress, depression, and financial or |
| men. | | | | family worries. Especially for women, taking care |
| Although fatigue or tiredness is a common | | | | of small children can cause fatigue. |
| occurrence resulting from lack of, or interrupted | | | | Treatment for chronic fatigue or excessive |
| sleep, it usually corrects itself after a night or two | | | | tiredness: |
| of good sleep. | | | | Cut back on, or eliminate drinking caffeinated |
| However, some people suffer from long -term | | | | beverages - especially prior to bed time. |
| fatigue that seems to find no relief. These people | | | | Try to refrain from taking daytime naps that will |
| just seem to drag through life with no energy. | | | | keep you from sleeping well at night. |
| Additional symptoms are daytime sleepiness, poor | | | | Lose weight if you are overweight. |
| concentration, depression, and lack of motivation. | | | | Exercise with resistance training to develop more |
| Chronic Fatigue Causes | | | | muscle tone if you are underweight. |
| Studies indicate that only nine or ten percent of | | | | Try to remove worries and anxiety from your |
| cases are the result of physical causes,but 75% | | | | mind prior to bed time. |
| of cases are the result of emotional causes.Stress | | | | Eat a well balance diet. |
| is often the cause of feelings of fatigue. | | | | Get plenty of exercise like walking. Physical |
| Physical causes include: | | | | exercise actually invigorates the body.Being unfit |
| Being overweight which causes the body to have | | | | makes you feel tired. |
| to work harder to perform normal activities. | | | | Use relaxation techniques. Often tiredness results |
| Being underweight also can cause feelings of | | | | from being "keyed up" with no outlet for the |
| fatigue or tiredness because lack of muscle | | | | feelings. |
| strength may cause you to tire more quickly. | | | | |