Most Common Causes of Fatigue Discovered — Beating Tiredness and Fatigue
Chronic fatigue is a milder form of what’s known today as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Fatigue and severe fatigue have plagued humans for many centuries. Cultures have defined fatigue by many different names as was fashionable at the time.
The public and the medical establishment in many countries have tried to understand what are the primary causes of fatigue. Early-on it was understood that there were likely many candidates that were involved in causing fatigue. In the late 1800’s, the medical people termed fatigue and its constellation of symptoms, “neurasthenia.”
By the first World War, chronic fatigue was a common complaint in Europe and North America. Medical concepts have evolved since that time in an effort to understand the underlying causes of these conditions.
The broad term “neurasthenia” has evolved into an attempt to more narrowly define the condition, therefore new names have arisen:
* Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
* Post-Viral Infectious Fatigue
The Medical Establishment doesn’t understand the underlying causes of fatigue. Without a knowledge of the causes, no effective therapies are provided to help people alleviate their suffering.
Yet, all of the these conditions share the similarity of a constellation of symptoms:
* fatigue
* depression
* depression
* gastrointestinal disturbances
* pain
* inflammation
* pain
* anxiety
* inability to cope with stress
* and many other debilitating symptoms
Chronic fatigue presents a complex symptom picture. Physicians are unable to make a diagnosis based only on symptoms. All of the tests that doctors use to understand why people are so tired fail to turn anything up.
Modern Medicine has Been Unable to Define Specific Causes
Medicine operates largely on the theory of “one cause/one disease.” A complex condition such as fatigue throws a monkey wrench into the process of trying to diagnose the causes of this condition. What we do know is that fatigue is the result of multiple agents acting simultaneously.
With medicine frozen in its tracks, many people turn to alternative ideas and alternative treatments. This road is also fraught with danger because the alternative arena is filled with quick-buck artists and marketers.
That being said, the only hope for fighting chronic fatigue is in the arena of alternative medicine. This includes the use of multiple plans of attack:
* appropriate exercise
* the judicious use of diet
* the most appropriate diet is low-carbohydrate
* yet this diet is maligned by the medical community
* the use of selected vitamins, minerals, and herbs
* unfortunately, the public is not trained in choosing these
* of course, medicine knows nothing of this due to its reliance on drugs
By using effective alternative therapies, many people have overcome their chronic fatigue and eliminated the symptoms from which they suffered. The medical community is clear that they have been unable to define the causes of chronic fatigue and, therefore, admit to having no effective therapies.
The medical community/business has a long history of putting-down any therapies other than those they support. This is particularly true when it comes to acupuncture, homeopathy, and nutritional supplements. Yet, it these same therapies that offer the only hope that people have who suffer from chronic fatigue.