Most Common Causes of Fatigue: How You Can Come Out on Top
Chronic fatigue, and its more severe counterpart, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), are not new diseases. These conditions have been known under a multitude of other names for many centuries.
In an effort to determine the causes of these conditions, many causal-candidates have been discussed by doctors and the public alike. In the late 1800’s the name “neurasthenia” surfaced as the primary descriptive term.
The first World War marked a time where chronic fatigue was a major complaint for millions of American and European citizens. It was such a major problem that the medical community tried to find out why so many people were tired all the time.
The late 1800’s name of neurasthenia encompassed many diverse symptoms. That gradually gave way to attempts to define the condition more narrowly and provide specific names:
* Post-Viral Infectious Fatigue
* Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
There is no known effective treatment available for millions of sufferers of the fatigue syndrome. Sadly, the Medical Establishment hasn’t been able to understand the specific causes of fatigue.
The symptom picture in all types of chronic fatigue is very similar and consists of a large bag of many different complaints:
* fatigue
* muscle weakness
* muscle weakness
* pain
* pain
* balance difficulties
* balance difficulties
* inflammation
* 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.
The Complex Symptom Picture in Fatigue States has Led to the Inability of Doctors to Diagnose Specific Causes
The noted microbiologist, Rene DuBois, stated that most diseases arise because of multiple agents acting at the same time. This philosophy counters the prevailing medical idea of “one cause/one disease.” Since it’s that idea that directs the attempt of medical diagnosis for fatigue, the failure lies with the inability to contemplate the complex and interacting array of symptoms that are the result of the actual causes.
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.
In my view, the best way to deal with chronic fatigue is to use the therapies that do exist in the alternative arena as long as you can find trusted and truthful guides. Some effective treatments include:
* 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.
But because of medicine’s need to squash any competing methods to health care, it ridicules any alternatives to what it offers. The only hope, therefore, to the public is to find effective alternatives. They are out there but one needs to be careful in discovering what works and what does not work.