Health care - Chronic fatigue

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Chronic fatigue is not a normal condition, but a signal that warns the body of an inappropriate lifestyle or impaired functioning. It is not good to ignore this condition.

I think you will agree with me that getting out of bed on a Monday morning, after a calm weekend, is always difficult and tiring.

And I also know people who are nervous since Sunday night, when they think of what awaits them at work the next day. Exhausted, chronically undisturbed and tired, they are cynical talking about colleagues and work tasks, but also about themselves because they feel ineffective and unwell to work. Often, the environment labels them as cranky or lazy, however, it may be a person who is experiencing burnout at work and is seeking help.

Other symptoms may include forgetfulness, anxiety, irritability, nonspecific physical disorders such as palpitations, indigestion, and headaches.

Burnout syndrome at work

Burnout syndrome at work is just one of several causes of chronic fatigue. The workplace is one of the key factors affecting the physical and mental health of the individual, and burnout syndrome is more commonly associated with people-oriented jobs, such as doctors, teachers, police officers, and caregivers.

It should be emphasized that burnout can also develop in family members who care for a severely chronic patient at home. Poor organization at work, impaired interpersonal relationships, timelines, important decisions, shift work can all harm mental health and wellbeing.

Work-related stress occurs when the demands and pressures of the job become greater than the knowledge and skills of the worker so that all this presents a challenge for his ability to adapt. Stress can manifest itself differently: through various forms of addictive behavior (smoking, alcohol, gambling, drugs), irritability, disorders of concentration or decision making, sleep disturbance. Prolonged exposure to stress can cause anxiety or depression, which can be a cause of frequent sickness and decreased productivity.

Sleep is essential for metabolism recovery

Sleep disorders are becoming more common and becoming a growing problem, most often just a symptom of another physical and/or mental illness. Sleep is part of a chronobiological rhythm, the wake-sleep cycle. It can be described as a physiological, periodic and temporary cessation of alertness, when motor activity is reduced and the state of consciousness is altered, with the perception of the external situation significantly reduced.

Sleep has an irreplaceable significance for the recovery of metabolism, the regeneration and growth of cells, and for the renewal of the receptor system. Sleep also achieves stabilization of the memory process.

Chronic fatigue as one of the symptoms

Many somatic conditions may have chronic fatigue on the list of symptoms - anemia of any cause (profuse and irregular periods, bleeding from the digestive system, conditions after surgery, birth), chronic hepatitis (most often viral, but also chronic inflammation liver caused by an immune disorder, alcohol, some other metabolic disorders) even longer-lasting viruses, especially mononucleosis, after which fatigue often persists for long periods.

Unrecognized endocrine glands, most commonly thyroid, among other symptoms, can present with chronic fatigue. Food intolerances, especially celiac disease, which have been receiving more attention lately, can also be a cause.

There are also cardiovascular diseases, disorders of oxygen (oxygen supply), including sleep apnea. The list could be further extended.

Let's conclude - chronic fatigue is not a normal condition, so don't ignore it.