Chronic Fatigue

Chronic Fatigue

    * Introduction
    * Pathogenesis
    * Clinical
    * Treatment
Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disorder characterized by extreme tiredness which could get worse in the context of sustained physical or mental activity and not give in after rest. Although there are a number of assumptions about the cause of this syndrome, the psychological stress, viral infections, most often the exact cause can not be determined. Because the clinical manifestations of chronic fatigue are difficult to quantify, for several decades, this disease has not been accepted as a medical condition. Today, most doctors and researchers agree that this chronic condition must be taken more seriously. Chronic fatigue syndrome occurs in all ethnic and racial groups, and in countries around the world. Studies indicate that chronic fatigue syndrome is at least as common among black American population, Hispanic and Caucasian population. Chronic Fatigue is sometimes seen in members of the same family, but this is not proof that the disease could be contagious. Instead, it is possible to have a family connection or genetics. Chronic fatigue is less common in children than in adults. Recent studies have shown that the disease is more common among teenagers than younger children. Although most times you can not find the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome, they are still a number of effective treatments available for signs and symptoms of this disease. Many patients recover well before the state syndrome after following a treatment.
Chronic Fatigue Causes Of all chronic diseases, chronic fatigue syndrome is one of the most mysterious diseases. Have been proposed several possible causes for the onset of the syndrome, but studies are still ongoing. Among the most plausible cases, depression seems to play a very important, because chronic fatigue is found in increased frequency in depressed people.
Other proposed causes: lack of minerals, especially iron deficiency anemia and thus causing a decrease in erythrocyte capacity to bind oxygen, leading to poor oxygenation of the central nervous system. Hypoglycemia, allergies, viral infections such as Epstein-Barr virus or Herpes virus type 6, immune system dysfunction, changes in hormone levels, especially the hormones produced by the hypothalamus, pituitary or adrenal glands are other causes incriminated in triggering Chronic fatigue and maintenance process.
In some patients we observed that chronic fatigue comes amid a chronic decrease in blood pressure, these patients are usually hypotensive. This phenomenon is explained by the decrease in blood perfusion of the brain. The other patients were found signs of chronic fatigue on a field with autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of certain neural pathways in the central nervous system, or a viral infection complicated by a dysfunctional immune response. Symptoms similar to those of chronic fatigue syndrome can meet the secondary reactions to some drugs.
Risk factors of chronic fatigue syndrome Women are identified with chronic fatigue syndrome four times more frequently than men. However, recent studies have shown that sex is not necessarily a risk factor in women and the fact that this syndrome is more frequently in males is explained by a higher addressability of women to the doctor when symptoms appear. Chronic fatigue syndrome is seen more frequently in the age group 40-50 years but can occur at any age with variable frequency. Since the determinants of this syndrome are well known and studied, yet doctors were unable to accurately quantify the risk factors of disease.