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How Cope With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Posted by Elroy Santos in Chronic Diseases Tips

Chronic fatigue syndrome affects mainly young, educated and successful people.The disease most often begins as a banal flu or coldness, but unlike influenza the weakness of this disease remains for months or even years.

You must be able to recognize signs of chronic fatigue syndrome, as if they already exist- then solve the problem comprehensively. One of the directions in this treatment is psychotherapy. But, unfortunately, only psychotherapy can not stop the process of the disease development. Only an integrated approach in the diagnosis of the appearance factors and treatment may give a positive steady dynamic therapy.

The diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome is considered to be valid in the presence of two major and at least 6 small or no less than 8 small diagnostic criteria in the absence of other known causes of this symptom. As the major symptom can be named not passing fatigue and decreased performance, not less than 50%, in previously healthy people over the last six months and exclusion of other possible causes of chronic fatigue.

And among the minor diagnostic criteria are increase of the temperature to 38 ° C, pain in the throat, slight increase of lymph nodes in pain and cervical, axillary and neck, unexplained muscle weakness, tenderness of individual muscles – myalgia, migrating joint pain – arthralgia, periodic headache, fatigue, followed by a prolonged for more than 24 hours, fatigue, sleep disturbance, psychological disorders, rapid development of the disease. Among the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome are fatigue, forgetfulness, nervousness, drowsiness in the early morning and evening and nighttime autopilot status and insomnia.

This state can be aroused by not long enough, or restless sleep, stress, fatigue, vitamin deficiency and malnutrition, taking of certain medications, any diseases, occurring as acute and in a latent form.A single cause may remain undetected for a long time, but several reasons for the complex can make life a burden.Sometimes the root of all problems are serious health problems and diseases.

So as long as you plan your visit to a specialist, try to change something on your own, for example refuse from bad habits and try to keep to healthy lifestyle. At night is useful to take soothing teas containing valerian, mint, oregano, motherwort.They can help normalize sleep a night, get rid of anxiety and worry.It may be that your case is not so heavy and drug treatment is not required from chronic fatigue syndrome.

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