Archive for the ‘Fatigue’ Category

Child fatigue

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

Fatigue is a subjective feeling of lack of physical or mental energy or both. Fatigue is not always similar to drowsiness but may be associated. Nor are always associated with the physical and mental fatigue or apathy.

Heat exhaustion is an important and normal response after physical exertion, emotional stress, or lack of sleep.

When the fatigue and exhaustion with or without numbness or with or without apathy has no known cause that justifies it is when you should take as a symptom that should be studied from the medical point of view.

The fatigue that occurs after a normal start of the day, and in which the person is exhausted earlier than normal which may suggest underlying disease. The fatigue from morning to wake up and can even indicate a psychological depression. Although these terms are not always final.

Keep in mind that fatigue is often present in normal life because of boredom, unhappiness, disappointment, lack of sleep, or hard work.

Causes of Fatigue

* Acromegaly
* Anemia
* Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
* Cancer
* Diabetes
* Hay fever or pollinosis (hay fever)
* Endogenous Depression
* Addison’s disease
* Hypothyroidism
* Chronic bacterial infections (endocarditis, urinary tract infections, etc …)
* Viral infections (mononucleosis, hepatitis, flu)
Chronic Insomnia
* Congestive Heart Failure
* Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
* Medications (antihistamines, antihypertensives, anxiolytics, diuretics, etc …)
* Postoperative
* AIDS
* Tuberculosis (more…)