Fatigue
Approximately 20% of Americans
feel fatigue so severely that it can interfere with their
day-to-day life.
Emotional and physical problems can add to to the feel of tiredness, but
often fatigue can often be cause by a lack of sleep, a poor diet, too much
alcohol or caffeine, stress or just inactivity.
Try to eat better, with fresh vegetables and removing processed foods, and
drinking more water. Get more sleep and try a multi-vitamin while limiting
your intake of alcohol and caffeine. Try to exercise. Exercise
actually gets the blood pumping and the oxygen is moved around the body more.
If these things do not make a difference in your feelings of fatigue in 2-3
weeks, you might want to see your doctor. There are many health conditions
that can cause fatigue, such as, thyroid dysfunction, which causes fatigue in
more than 20% of menopausal women. Fatigue along with thirst,
blurred vision and frequent urination are early warning signs of type 2
diabetes. Sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea,
can lead to interrupted sleep that leaves you tired the following day.
Anemia causes less oxygen to be carried throughout the body and leads to
fatigue. Rheumatoid arthritis, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, and
cancer, all can lead to fatigue by the wear and tear on the body.
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