When fatigue is really dangerous

Since asthenia, sooner or later everyone faces. The best way to overcome this condition - how to sleep. Or to spend a weekend in nature. Or wave on vacation for a couple of weeks.

But if after the rest of forces you have not increased, it is an alarming symptom. Perhaps we are talking about serious health problems. It is important they are not missed.

What is fatigue

Translated from the Greek is "powerless." doctors describeAsthenia: Definition, Symptoms & Treatment asthenia as a lack of energy. The man immediately gets tired even of the simplest, seemingly actions. For example, by going to the store.

Sometimes fatigue affects a certain part of the body: it is difficult to move the legs or raise their hands... But more often breakdown envelops the whole person. And this loss of energy is always there are objective reasons.

Fatigue is not an illness. This is a symptom of failure in the body.

What are the causes of fatigue

Sometimes, chronic fatigue is a result of lifestyle. Thus, prolonged fatigue may occurWeakness at:

• experiences mental and / or physical stress;
• severe stress;
• lack of sleep;
• malnutrition (deficiency of vitamins B and C, iron and other trace elements decreases hemoglobin and leads to fatigue);
• dehydration;
• sedentary lifestyle (inactivity impairs heart function and, as a result, blood flow slows; because of this, the organs and tissues do not have enough oxygen and nutrition, and the whole body - energy).

But fatigue can be caused by certain diseases, including dangerous. Breakdown - a mandatory and often hardly probable not the first symptom:

• influenza;
• anemias of various origins;
• developing diabetes;
• thyroid disease;
• heart problems: chronic heart failure, unstable angina (so-called PIS);
• disorders of blood circulation in the brain, threatening stroke;
• digestive problems;
• overdoses of drugs or vitamins;
• chronic poisoning (e.g., heavy metal salts);
• diseases that affect the nervous or muscular tissue (multiple sclerosis, encephalopathy, myasthenia gravis);
• cancer.

When it is necessary to call an ambulance

Do not hesitate, if on a background of weakness (habitual or sudden) appear the following symptoms:

• Strong sharp pain in his chest. Especially if it gives in the left shoulder or arm.
• Shortness of breath, difficulty in order to breathe.
• Feeling that everything swims before my eyes or suddenly lost peripheral vision.
• Speech problems - it becomes difficult to select words or talking in general.
• Numbness in any part of the body with one hand.
• Dizziness, severe headache, confusion.

How to treat asthenia

If no immediate symptoms, meeting with doctors can be postponed. But not for long. After all, fatigue can be a sign of deadly conditions.

Be sure to take the time to consult a therapist. The doctor will ask you questions about the lifestyle, look into your medical card will offer to hand over analyzes. Exactly how to treat asthenia in your case it depends on the survey results.

If the therapist comes to the conclusion that fatigue is related to the way of life, he will recommend that you:

• sleep at least 8 hours a day;
• learn to relaxTo relieve stress;
• make sure that the diet had all the necessary vitamins and minerals;
• keep drinking regime (women should consume about 2.7 liters of fluid per day, men - 3.7 liters);
• move more.

If the tests reveal that the reason for the weakness - any disease, the therapist will guide you to the profile expert: endocrinologist, cardiologist, gastroenterologist, oncologist. When you cure major illness, asthenia go away by itself.