Chronic Fatigue: Discover When the Lack of Energy and Motivation Turns Chronic
Fatigue is is a lack of energy and motivation. Your fatigue may be a normal and important response to physical exertion, emotional stress, boredom, or lack of sleep. However, if your lack of energy and motivation is not relieved by rest, eating a healthy diet and you have a reduction in your ability to exercise you may be experiencing chronic fatigue.
Chronic fatigue is a condition of prolonged and severe tiredness or weariness (fatigue) that is not relieved by rest and is not directly caused by other conditions. To be diagnosed with this condition, your tiredness must be severe enough to decrease your ability to participate in ordinary activities by 50%.
Other symptoms to consider when discovering if your fatigue might be chronic:
- Fatigue lasting more than 24 hours after an amount of exercise that would normally be easily tolerated
- Mild fever (101 degrees F or less)
- Sore throat
- Lymph node tenderness in the neck or armpit
- Muscle weakness, all over or multiple locations, not explained by any known disorder
- Muscle aches (myalgias)
- Feeling unrefreshed after sleeping an adequate amount of time
- Headaches, different from previous headaches in quality, severity, or pattern
- Joint pain, often moving from joint to joint without joint swelling or redness
- Forgetfulness or other similar symptoms including difficulty concentrating, confusion, or irritability
If you have had been noticeably tired with flu like symptoms for the past 6 months and do not experience relief from rest, then you should discuss your situation with your health care provider. Although there are no specific tests to confirm chronic fatigue, testing should be done to exclude other possible causes of the of your lack of energy, motivation, or other symptoms associated with this condition.
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