Fatigue
| Fatigue | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Exhaustion, weariness, tiredness, lethargy, listlessness |
| Artistic representation of ME/CFS | |
| Specialty | Primary care |
| Treatment | Avoid known stressors and unhealthy habits (drug use, excessive alcohol consumption, smoking), healthy diet, exercise regularly, medication, hydration, and vitamins |
Fatigue is a state of being without energy for a prolonged period of time.[1][2]
Fatigue is used in two contexts:
In the medical sense, fatigue is seen as a symptom, and is sometimes associated with medical conditions including autoimmune disease, organ failure, chronic pain conditions, mood disorders, heart disease, infectious diseases, and post-infectious-disease states.[3] However, fatigue is complex and in up to a third of primary care cases no medical or psychiatric diagnosis is found.[4][5][6]
In the sense of tiredness, fatigue often follows prolonged physical or mental activity. Physical fatigue results from muscle fatigue brought about by intense physical activity.[7][8][9] Mental fatigue results from prolonged periods of cognitive activity which impairs cognitive ability, can manifest as sleepiness, lethargy, or directed attention fatigue,[10] and can also impair physical performance.[11]
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