Chronic fatigue syndrome — who is to blame and what to do?

Does the slight­est incon­ve­nience piss you off? Let’s fig­ure it out: what are the caus­es and signs of chron­ic fatigue syn­drome and how can you restore strength and emo­tion­al bal­ance!?

Chron­ic fatigue syn­drome is one of the most com­mon mod­ern dis­eases. The fast rhythm of life, lack of sleep and fre­quent stress­es do their job. What is chron­ic fatigue syn­drome, what are its caus­es and the solu­tion to this prob­lem — in our mate­r­i­al!

Chron­ic fatigue syn­drome (CFS) is a decrease in vital­i­ty in the body and emo­tion­al exhaus­tion. With this dis­ease, a per­son con­stant­ly feels over­work and unrea­son­able loss of strength, which does not leave him, even if sleep is nor­mal­ized and stress­ful sit­u­a­tions are exclud­ed.

Com­plaints about these symp­toms are very com­mon in the mod­ern world, espe­cial­ly res­i­dents of megac­i­ties suf­fer from them.

Who is guilty?

Mod­ern life with its fran­tic rhythm is full of stress­ful sit­u­a­tions. As much as we would like to, but to pro­tect our­selves from this is sim­ply impos­si­ble. Under nor­mal con­di­tions, pro­tec­tive mech­a­nisms are acti­vat­ed that com­pen­sate for the neg­a­tive effects of stress. But being in a state of con­stant ten­sion entails chron­ic fatigue syn­drome and seri­ous health con­se­quences.

Mag­ne­sium is a nat­ur­al weapon against the influ­ence of stress — the most impor­tant reg­u­la­tor of neu­ro­mus­cu­lar activ­i­ty and the “ener­gy” of the whole organ­ism. It is respon­si­ble for the trans­mis­sion of inhibito­ry sig­nals from the cen­ter (head) to the periph­er­al nerves and mus­cles. No mag­ne­sium — no con­nec­tion: “the sub­scriber is tem­porar­i­ly unavail­able.” Left with­out the guid­ance of the brain, the ner­vous sys­tem con­tin­ues to get overex­cit­ed over tri­fles.

With a lack of mag­ne­sium, the mus­cu­lar sys­tem also does not receive the nec­es­sary sig­nals from the brain about calm and relax­ation. Instead, con­stant anx­i­ety and, as a result, a break­down. Ener­gy is run­ning out — “the bat­tery is dead.” Oh, it would be mag­ne­sium in abun­dance! He would relieve ten­sion and pro­vide rest and peace to the whole body.

How to distinguish prolonged fatigue from illness?

The main dif­fer­ence between chron­ic fatigue and ordi­nary over­work due to exter­nal fac­tors is that in the sec­ond case, a per­son needs a good rest, a change of scenery, and he will feel good.

But in the case of CFS, this con­di­tion does not go away even after a long sleep and a decrease in stress.

Causes of chronic fatigue:

There are many rea­sons that lead to chron­ic fatigue. In addi­tion, they have not yet been installed by spe­cial­ists. But there are cer­tain fac­tors that can pro­voke the occur­rence of this syn­drome.

• sleep depri­va­tion or inter­mit­tent sleep;
• psy­cho­log­i­cal dis­or­ders;
• vio­la­tion of nutri­tion and dai­ly rou­tine;
• fre­quent stress;
• wrong way of life;
• cold on the legs;
• thy­roid dis­ease;
• hor­mon­al dis­bal­ance.

Characteristic signs of CFS:

If for a long time you feel unwell, lethar­gic and tired from the very morn­ing, there is no strength for sports and your favorite busi­ness, for sex with your loved one, then it’s time to think. Care­ful­ly read these symp­toms, which may indi­cate that you have chron­ic fatigue syn­drome.

• insom­nia;
• headache;
• pros­tra­tion;
• cause­less feel­ing of anx­i­ety;
• decreased per­for­mance and absent-mind­ed­ness;
• abil­i­ty to think and remem­ber;
• irri­tabil­i­ty;
• for­get­ful­ness;
• fre­quent depres­sion;
• pain in mus­cles and joints;
• hand trem­bling;
• mus­cle weak­ness;
• pain in dif­fer­ent parts of the body;
• decreased immu­ni­ty, which is man­i­fest­ed by fre­quent colds, exac­er­ba­tion of chron­ic dis­eases.

Famil­iar? If you have found at least 5 of these symp­toms in your­self, then you most like­ly have devel­oped a dis­ease of “chron­ic fatigue” and it’s time to see a doc­tor.

What to do? Treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome

The risk of devel­op­ing CFS large­ly depends on lifestyle. In order to get rid of this dis­ease, you need to prop­er­ly plan your day, nor­mal­ize sleep and be sure to rest after a work­ing week. By the way, in order to avoid such symp­toms described above, you also need to prop­er­ly rest! Go in for sports, give up bad habits, go to nature and try to avoid ner­vous strain.

In addition, you need to make up for the lack of magnesium!

The body’s dai­ly need for this trace ele­ment is 300–400 mg. The­o­ret­i­cal­ly, mag­ne­sium defi­cien­cy can be com­pen­sat­ed by eat­ing foods rich in mag­ne­sium:

• broc­coli and var­i­ous greens;
• whole­meal bread;
• sprout­ed wheat;
• bran;
• rice and buck­wheat;
• bar­ley groats;
• beans;
• pea;
• nuts (espe­cial­ly almonds);
• dried apri­cots;
• choco­late;
• pota­to;
• bananas;
• sun­flower pump­kin seeds, etc.

Or maybe it’s all about the unloved thing that you do? Think about whether you like your job. Do you love your man with whom you live? All this leads not only to emo­tion­al exhaus­tion and lack of strength, but also to depres­sion. Slow down and try to under­stand your­self. Per­haps you just need to change some­thing in your life and every­thing will work out.

How­ev­er, if none of the above helps you, it is very dif­fi­cult to deal with the caus­es and elim­i­nate the painful fac­tors that pre­vent you from enjoy­ing life, you should seek help from spe­cial­ists. After all, as we have said, chron­ic fatigue can be caused by seri­ous health prob­lems: ane­mia, thy­roid dis­or­ders, hor­mon­al dis­rup­tions and so on.

The doc­tor will select an indi­vid­ual treat­ment for you, and you will regain your strength, good spir­its and vital­i­ty!

Test: test yourself

You can self-check your health sta­tus and see if it’s time to take action!

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