Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Experts say that fatigue is not just a physicalleaks of calcium in the muscle cells, which
experience – it is also psychological. It isweakens the muscle contraction also causes the
defined as a state that usually follows a period offatigue. The calcium that is leaked from the
mental or physical activity (or both). When youmuscle cells stimulates an enzyme that directly
experience fatigue, you have a hard time workingattacks the muscle fibers and this damage of
efficiently, if at all. You also feel weary andmuscle fibers cause the fatigue.
irritable.Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic fatigue syndrome is a far more severeNo single cause of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
condition than regular fatigue. Its symptoms canhas been found so the exact cause of chronic
include intense pain, weakness of muscles,fatigue syndrome (CFS) is unknown, healthcare
deterioration of brain function, disturbances in thepractitioner will try to rule out other conditions
digestive system, depression, hypersensitivity, andthat cause fatigue such as food allergies, viral
more. In the worse cases, people with chronicinfections and adrenal gland dysfunction. The
fatigue syndrome can suffer from various cardiacsymptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are
and respiratory troubles. Patients with chronicat least 6 month of disabling chronic fatigue which
fatigue syndrome usually have very little staminasymptoms may include difficulty sleeping, lack of
to handle life's challenges.concentration, joint and muscle pain, mild fever,
Chronic fatigue syndrome has many variousswollen lymph nodes and short term memory
symptoms, and they should be identified early inloss.
order to find a remedy that works for you.Changing the diet may help with chronic fatigue
People with chronic fatigue syndrome usuallysyndrome (CFS), avoid salt, sugar, stimulants such
experience overpowering mental and physicalas tea, coffee, chocolate, alcohol and eat little and
exhaustion that cannot be relieved by rest oroften carbohydrates and fruit. Some individuals
sleep. When a person shows these symptoms forsuffering from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
six months or more, then he or she is diagnosedfound that exercise helped. This exercise has to
as having chronic fatigue syndrome.be gradual and in very small amounts, one study
Causes of Fatiguefound that an exercise of 30 minutes consisting
1. Usually the muscles fatigue when the workoutof 3 minutes walking and 3 minutes resting was
or the exercise is new to the body muscles. Asbeneficial.
the muscles and the body is not used to the newTreatment
exercise the body muscles gets stressed.Antibiotics and antifungal products. The same
2. When your lungs are in desperate need ofantibiotics used to remedy lyme disease and
oxygen after the workout but they are notmycoplasma virus are sometimes prescribed to
supplied with enough oxygen the muscles start topatients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome.
fatigue.The same is the case for antifungal drugs that
3. If your skin has continuously sweated and youare primarily used to treat yeast and fungus
did not have enough intake of water or any liquidinfections – they can be used, together with a
the muscles and the body starts to fatigue.low-carbohydrate diet, to treat chronic fatigue
4. At times the muscles also fatigue if they reachsyndrome in some patients.
their physical limit of the workout, which meansFood supplements. Food supplements or
that the muscles get exhausted due to the‘immune enhancers’ may help the chronic
workout and the exercise which in turn causesfatigue syndrome patient rebuild stamina. They
the muscles to fatigue.are also used to cure viral infections that may be
5. Muscle fatigue can also be caused because ofcausing the fatigue in the first place.
calcium flow inside the muscle cells. At times tiny