Chronic fatigue, and its more severe counterpart, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), are not new diseases. These conditions have been known under a multitude of other names for many centuries.
The public and the medical establishment in many countries have tried to understand what are the primary causes of fatigue. Early-on it was understood that there were likely many candidates that were involved in causing fatigue. In the late 1800's, the medical people termed fatigue and its constellation of symptoms, "neurasthenia."
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.
Medicine doesn't do well with conditions that have a large symptom picture and neurasthenia was just that type of condition. Doctors were constantly trying to define the condition with a less broad and more narrow understanding and apply specific names:
* Fibromyalgia
* 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.
The symptom picture in all types of chronic fatigue is very similar and consists of a large bag of many different complaints:
* fatigue
* anxiety
* muscle weakness
* anxiety
* inability to cope with stress
* balance difficulties
* pain
* inflammation
* balance difficulties
* and many other debilitating symptoms
The complexity of the symptom picture and the failure of medical tests, such as blood work-ups and MRIs, to detect anything wrong has led to a wasteland of continued suffering.
The Complex Symptom Picture in Fatigue States has Led to the Inability of Doctors to Diagnose Specific Causes
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.
Because the medical establishment has been unable to find the causes of the fatigue syndromes, there are no effective treatments. As a result, suffering people are looking for solutions and they do so by turning to therapies outside of mainstream medicine.
I believe the alternative choices that are available provide effective and useful therapies. You need to make sound choices and you cannot expert support from your doctor. Workable solutions 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
Many people will tell you that they were able to beat chronic fatigue because of alternative treatments. Medicine offers up nothing much more than some ineffective advice and it realizes that it has no effective therapies, a point made in all medical journal articles.
The medical community/business has a long history of putting-down any therapies other than those they support. This is particularly true when it comes to acupuncture, homeopathy, and nutritional supplements. Yet, it these same therapies that offer the only hope that people have who suffer from chronic fatigue.
The public and the medical establishment in many countries have tried to understand what are the primary causes of fatigue. Early-on it was understood that there were likely many candidates that were involved in causing fatigue. In the late 1800's, the medical people termed fatigue and its constellation of symptoms, "neurasthenia."
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.
Medicine doesn't do well with conditions that have a large symptom picture and neurasthenia was just that type of condition. Doctors were constantly trying to define the condition with a less broad and more narrow understanding and apply specific names:
* Fibromyalgia
* 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.
The symptom picture in all types of chronic fatigue is very similar and consists of a large bag of many different complaints:
* fatigue
* anxiety
* muscle weakness
* anxiety
* inability to cope with stress
* balance difficulties
* pain
* inflammation
* balance difficulties
* and many other debilitating symptoms
The complexity of the symptom picture and the failure of medical tests, such as blood work-ups and MRIs, to detect anything wrong has led to a wasteland of continued suffering.
The Complex Symptom Picture in Fatigue States has Led to the Inability of Doctors to Diagnose Specific Causes
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.
Because the medical establishment has been unable to find the causes of the fatigue syndromes, there are no effective treatments. As a result, suffering people are looking for solutions and they do so by turning to therapies outside of mainstream medicine.
I believe the alternative choices that are available provide effective and useful therapies. You need to make sound choices and you cannot expert support from your doctor. Workable solutions 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
Many people will tell you that they were able to beat chronic fatigue because of alternative treatments. Medicine offers up nothing much more than some ineffective advice and it realizes that it has no effective therapies, a point made in all medical journal articles.
The medical community/business has a long history of putting-down any therapies other than those they support. This is particularly true when it comes to acupuncture, homeopathy, and nutritional supplements. Yet, it these same therapies that offer the only hope that people have who suffer from chronic fatigue.
About the Author:
Dr. Gregory Ellis has studied the causes of chronic fatigue for more than two decades. Visit his website for a plan to cope with the "I am tired" syndrome. For a limited time, sign up for his FREE 5-Part Tired-Rescue ECourse Dr. Gregory Ellis, Tired-Rescue expert..
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