Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

If a person is constantly feeling of weakness and weakness throughout the body, physical and emotional fatigue even after prolonged rest, it suggests that the chronic fatigue syndrome. Unfortunately, this disease is difficult to diagnose accurately because it masquerades as other diseases. Symptoms may occur for months or even years. Syndrome is common among office workers, people who lead a secular lifestyle, ambitious young managers, make a career.

Chronic fatigue syndrome was first diagnosed in 1988 in the United States. About the causes of the disease there is no consensus. Put forward a number of assumptions that may be involved in the occurrence of the syndrome:

- Environmental pollution;
- Sedentary lifestyle, especially in childhood;
- Inadequate reaction of the immune system to prolonged psychological and physical overload;
- Infectious diseases;
- Abuse of tea, coffee, nicotine and alcohol.

Diagnose this disease is difficult. Symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome are detected immediately. Begins with flu-like disease state - headaches, swollen lymph nodes, sore throat, fever. Then there are pains in the joints, pain of individual muscles, unexplained general muscle weakness, debilitating weakness after exercise, which does not pass even after the holidays. Complete clinical picture of the syndrome also includes altered states of consciousness, depressive phenomena, decreased intelligence and memory, sleep disorders and vision.

The duration of the disease varies from patient to patient. In some recovery occurs just for a few months, others have observed a progressive worsening, last for years. Sometimes there is cyclic for chronic fatigue syndrome, followed by periods of remission when sharpening.

In the initial stage of chronic fatigue syndrome are reversible processes. He, unlike other diseases, special medical treatment is needed. Elimination of stressful situations, adequate sleep, normalization mode work and leisure, short vacation this is usually enough to bring the nervous system in complete equilibrium. With long flowing chronic fatigue syndrome need help psychotherapists.

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