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| Most Common Causes of Fatigue -- How to Overcome People's Main Health Complaint |
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Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), the severest form of fatigue, and long-standing fatigue, aren't diseases just of modern times. Both conditions have a long history of afflicting humans. Over the years they've been called by other names, yet fatigue is still fatigue. 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 broad term "neurasthenia" has evolved into an attempt to more narrowly define the condition, therefore new names have arisen: * Chronic Fatigue Syndrome * Post-Viral Infectious Fatigue * Post-Viral Infectious Fatigue * Post-Viral Infectious Fatigue Unfortunately, the Medical Establishment has been unable to understand and define any of the causes of these different conditions and, therefore, there is no effective treatment available for the millions of sufferers. All conditions of fatigue, however, consist of a similar symptom picture that's remarkable in its pattern: * fatigue * muscle weakness * inability to cope with stress * anxiety * gastrointestinal disturbances * gastrointestinal disturbances * inflammation * muscle weakness * depression * 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 Specific Causes of All Forms of Fatigue Remain a Mystery to Modern Medicine 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. Since the medical community has no solutions for dealing with fatigue, many people are turning to alternative therapies and ideas. Medicine shouts not to do that because, they argue, these therapies are unproven. The alternative arena has treatments that work but it is also populated by marketers who don't provide effective solutions. 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 I have seen many people overcome their suffering from chronic fatigue but not because of medical treatment. Even the medical community understands that it has no effective therapies. This point is published in many medical journals. 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. About the Author: Dr. Gregory Ellis has studied the causes of chronic fatigue for more than twenty-five years. Visit his website to learn what you can do to fight fatigue. For a limited time, sign up for his FREE 5-Part Tired-Rescue ECourse describing what you can do NOW to help reduce the symptoms of chronic fatigue. |
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