| Extreme fatigue strangles the joyous life that | | | | drugs target the mitochondria and reduce or slow |
| many people want to live. Millions of people today | | | | its function in producing energy. Most cancer |
| are just plain exhausted. The medical | | | | patients suffer from extreme fatigue. |
| establishment has been unable to find the causes | | | | Novel Approaches in the Battle to Stave Off |
| of extreme fatigue and because of this no | | | | Extreme Fatigue |
| treatments are available. | | | | I've established that the causes of all |
| In fact, most often, people are prescribed | | | | fatigue-related conditions are unknown. I've also |
| depression drugs since this is an associated | | | | established that there are no single drugs or |
| symptom of the condition. But, depression is not | | | | groups of drugs that have proven effective in |
| the cause and is only an outcome of the | | | | fighting chronic fatigue or its more serious cousins, |
| overbearing issue of extreme fatigue. | | | | fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. |
| There are many suggestions as to the causes of | | | | Therefore, it seems that we have to enter the |
| fatigue but little agreement. Some of the | | | | non-medical world to seek effective treatments. |
| supposed causes include: | | | | Some of the possibilities include: |
| * failure to cope with stress | | | | * exercise, particularly tai chi |
| * adrenal gland exhaustion | | | | * nutritional supplements |
| * post-viral illness | | | | * homeopathic remedies, particularly the class of |
| * a breakdown in the neuroendocrine system | | | | remedies known as drainage remedies |
| * immune system dysfunction | | | | * advanced detoxification programs (homeopathic |
| * free radical damage | | | | remedies are best for this) |
| The Causes of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are | | | | * the use of other products from the world of |
| Unknown | | | | energy medicine |
| Treatment programs are directed toward | | | | * advanced acupuncture programs such as |
| symptom relief with the ultimate goal for the | | | | electro-meridian imaging rather than classical |
| individual to regain some level of pre-existing | | | | acupuncture |
| function and well-being. | | | | * the low-carbohydrate diet to reduce |
| All the cells in our bodies produce energy within | | | | inflammation |
| the mitochondria. These cellular organelles process | | | | * an evaluation of prescription drug use to reduce |
| food and combine it with oxygen to form the | | | | toxic exposure |
| energy used by muscles and tissues. Today, | | | | * overview of our exposure to environmental |
| much attention focuses itself on the idea that | | | | pollutants |
| extreme fatigue occurs when the mitochondria | | | | The Centers for Disease Control published the |
| are in oxidative stress. | | | | Body Burden Study in which they analyzed |
| This is just a term that implies that fuel | | | | hundreds of people to see how many people had |
| processing is disrupted. One potential causative | | | | bio-accumulated toxic pollutants. The results were |
| agent that is just beginning to be explored is | | | | startling with over 98% of the subjects showing |
| pharmaceutical drugs. We live in a drug-addicted | | | | significant levels of toxin accumulation. |
| world and the primary role of doctors is to write | | | | The CDC did not speak to the potential damage |
| prescriptions. | | | | and the results did not appear on the nightly |
| Several targets within the mitochondria may | | | | news. Many open-minded practitioners outside of |
| underlie the toxic effects of some drugs. | | | | medicine rely on methods of healing whose prime |
| Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may disrupt | | | | focus is to reduce the body burden of |
| function in the mitochondria. The toxicity of other | | | | environmental pollutants. |
| drugs arises because of the production of free | | | | Extreme fatigue may have one of its major |
| radicals which damage cellular membranes leading | | | | causes arising from pollutants. This is not an |
| to ion flux problems. | | | | avenue of investigation of modern medicine. This |
| Ions are minerals such as potassium and sodium. | | | | viewpoint only exists within the world of |
| These ion exchanges are involved in electrical | | | | alternative medicine. |
| transmissions in nerve cells, for example. Cancer | | | | |