| Experts say that fatigue is not just a physical | | | | leaks of calcium in the muscle cells, which |
| experience – it is also psychological. It is | | | | weakens the muscle contraction also causes the |
| defined as a state that usually follows a period of | | | | fatigue. The calcium that is leaked from the |
| mental or physical activity (or both). When you | | | | muscle cells stimulates an enzyme that directly |
| experience fatigue, you have a hard time working | | | | attacks the muscle fibers and this damage of |
| efficiently, if at all. You also feel weary and | | | | muscle fibers cause the fatigue. |
| irritable. | | | | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |
| Chronic fatigue syndrome is a far more severe | | | | No single cause of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) |
| condition than regular fatigue. Its symptoms can | | | | has 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 the | | | | practitioner will try to rule out other conditions |
| digestive system, depression, hypersensitivity, and | | | | that cause fatigue such as food allergies, viral |
| more. In the worse cases, people with chronic | | | | infections and adrenal gland dysfunction. The |
| fatigue syndrome can suffer from various cardiac | | | | symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are |
| and respiratory troubles. Patients with chronic | | | | at least 6 month of disabling chronic fatigue which |
| fatigue syndrome usually have very little stamina | | | | symptoms may include difficulty sleeping, lack of |
| to handle life's challenges. | | | | concentration, joint and muscle pain, mild fever, |
| Chronic fatigue syndrome has many various | | | | swollen lymph nodes and short term memory |
| symptoms, and they should be identified early in | | | | loss. |
| order to find a remedy that works for you. | | | | Changing the diet may help with chronic fatigue |
| People with chronic fatigue syndrome usually | | | | syndrome (CFS), avoid salt, sugar, stimulants such |
| experience overpowering mental and physical | | | | as tea, coffee, chocolate, alcohol and eat little and |
| exhaustion that cannot be relieved by rest or | | | | often carbohydrates and fruit. Some individuals |
| sleep. When a person shows these symptoms for | | | | suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) |
| six months or more, then he or she is diagnosed | | | | found that exercise helped. This exercise has to |
| as having chronic fatigue syndrome. | | | | be gradual and in very small amounts, one study |
| Causes of Fatigue | | | | found that an exercise of 30 minutes consisting |
| 1. Usually the muscles fatigue when the workout | | | | of 3 minutes walking and 3 minutes resting was |
| or the exercise is new to the body muscles. As | | | | beneficial. |
| the muscles and the body is not used to the new | | | | Treatment |
| exercise the body muscles gets stressed. | | | | Antibiotics and antifungal products. The same |
| 2. When your lungs are in desperate need of | | | | antibiotics used to remedy lyme disease and |
| oxygen after the workout but they are not | | | | mycoplasma virus are sometimes prescribed to |
| supplied with enough oxygen the muscles start to | | | | patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome. |
| fatigue. | | | | The same is the case for antifungal drugs that |
| 3. If your skin has continuously sweated and you | | | | are primarily used to treat yeast and fungus |
| did not have enough intake of water or any liquid | | | | infections – 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 reach | | | | syndrome in some patients. |
| their physical limit of the workout, which means | | | | Food 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 causes | | | | fatigue 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 of | | | | causing the fatigue in the first place. |
| calcium flow inside the muscle cells. At times tiny | | | | |