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Article #120: Your computer can cause chronic fatigue

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Did you know that spending long hours at syndrome than men.
your computer can put your health at The CDC or Center for Disease Control and
serious risk? Prevention estimated that over 500,000
Most people does not even consider that people in the US have been diagnosed to
possibility, but it does. have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Diagnosis
Working at a desk is extremely hard on of CHF is difficult because it has
your body, and I would like to share this similar symptoms as the other illnesses.
with you so maybe you can avoid some of The physician will first evaluate your
the most common health risks. condition and ask questions to rule out
One of the most common one is: Chronic other diseases that may have the same
Fatigue. symptom.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome When everything has been eliminated, it
Tired and troubled? Experiencing severe is only then that the physician will come
fatigue that lasts for months and go back to a diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue
over and over? Syndrome.
Feeling tired is common, and depression It is important that patients who are
is a condition that everyone goes through suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
from time to time. However, the chronic learns how to manage their moods and know
fatigue syndrome is not similar to the what to do whenever the disorder hits.
simple emotional ups and downs that we Health providers suggest that people
experience sometimes. suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic fatigue syndrome is medically should try to always try to get adequate
known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, rest.
post-viral fatigue syndrome. It targets Patients should also try to get a regular
the central nervous system. People who exercise, eating a balanced diet, and
have this disorder usually complain of trying to pace yourself whenever stress
severe fatigue that is aggravated even by gets too much that you find it difficult
simple exertion. to handle.
The cause of chronic fatigue syndrome is Patients will also benefit from
not yet known, but some researches show medications to treat Chronic Fatigue
that this might be incurable. Some cases Syndrome. The doctors usually prescribe a
disappear over time and some people use lower dose of anti-depressant because it
medications to relieve them of this might increase the level of fatigue of
disorder. the patient or the frequency it occurs.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is medically But it also helps to reduce the pain of
defined as a severe chronic fatigue thats people with the disorder.
lasts six months or over but other Chronic Fatigue Syndrome may be mistaken
medical conditions should have been ruled with other illnesses which have the same
out before a diagnosis of CFS can be presentation. These are fibromyalgia
made. syndrome, neurasthenia, and chronic
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome may be mononucleosis.
precipitated by an illness. It may be a Other conditions that may also result in
cold, or a stomach upset, or may even fatigue include thyroid problems
begin after major stress. especially hypothyroidism, eating
The symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome disorders, autoimmune diseases, hormonal
are headache, muscle pain, inability to disorders, infections, narcolepsy,
concentrate, tenderness in the lymph alcohol dependence, substance abuse, drug
nodes, and fatigue that will not go away reactions, psychiatric disorders such as
or may recur over the next several schizophrenia and bipolar affective
months. Patients also suffer from disorders.
headache, non refreshing sleep, sore It is important to consult with a
throat, myalgia or muscle pain, and body physician to evaluate the symptoms the
malaise for over a day. patient is having and to make sure that
In the past, people call CFS "yuppie flu" the patient does not have any other
because it usually occurred on organic or systemic diseases that might
well-educated, well-off middle-ages cause excessive long-standing fatigue.
women. Doctors also noticed that this Some people also find it comforting to
disorder often occurred in people from seek the help of other people like
mostly English speaking countries all rehabilitation experts to fully
over the world. understand the patient's condition. Some
Women have a two to four times increased also talk to other patients who are
risk of getting the chronic fatigue undergoing the same condition.






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