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."
By the first World War, chronic fatigue was a common complaint in Europe and North America. Medical concepts have evolved since that time in an effort to understand the underlying causes of these conditions.
The broad term "neurasthenia" has evolved into an attempt to more narrowly define the condition, therefore new names have arisen:
* Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
* Fibromyalgia
* Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
* Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
There is no known effective treatment available for millions of sufferers of the fatigue syndrome. Sadly, the Medical Establishment hasn't been able to understand the specific causes of fatigue.
The symptom picture in all types of chronic fatigue is very similar and consists of a large bag of many different complaints:
* fatigue
* anxiety
* depression
* gastrointestinal disturbances
* inability to cope with stress
* gastrointestinal disturbances
* pain
* inflammation
* depression
* and many other debilitating symptoms
For the vast majority of people who suffer from the many different symptoms, medical tests can't find anything wrong. Blood work, X-Rays, MRIs and other medical tests including physical exams turn-up nothing out of the ordinary.
The Specific Causes of All Forms of Fatigue Remain a Mystery to Modern Medicine
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.
With medicine frozen in its tracks, many people turn to alternative ideas and alternative treatments. This road is also fraught with danger because the alternative arena is filled with quick-buck artists and marketers.
That being said, the only hope for fighting chronic fatigue is in the arena of alternative medicine. This includes the use of multiple plans of attack:
* 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
By using effective alternative therapies, many people have overcome their chronic fatigue and eliminated the symptoms from which they suffered. The medical community is clear that they have been unable to define the causes of chronic fatigue and, therefore, admit to having no effective therapies.
But because of medicine's need to squash any competing methods to health care, it ridicules any alternatives to what it offers. The only hope, therefore, to the public is to find effective alternatives. They are out there but one needs to be careful in discovering what works and what does not work.
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."
By the first World War, chronic fatigue was a common complaint in Europe and North America. Medical concepts have evolved since that time in an effort to understand the underlying causes of these conditions.
The broad term "neurasthenia" has evolved into an attempt to more narrowly define the condition, therefore new names have arisen:
* Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
* Fibromyalgia
* Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
* Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
There is no known effective treatment available for millions of sufferers of the fatigue syndrome. Sadly, the Medical Establishment hasn't been able to understand the specific causes of fatigue.
The symptom picture in all types of chronic fatigue is very similar and consists of a large bag of many different complaints:
* fatigue
* anxiety
* depression
* gastrointestinal disturbances
* inability to cope with stress
* gastrointestinal disturbances
* pain
* inflammation
* depression
* and many other debilitating symptoms
For the vast majority of people who suffer from the many different symptoms, medical tests can't find anything wrong. Blood work, X-Rays, MRIs and other medical tests including physical exams turn-up nothing out of the ordinary.
The Specific Causes of All Forms of Fatigue Remain a Mystery to Modern Medicine
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.
With medicine frozen in its tracks, many people turn to alternative ideas and alternative treatments. This road is also fraught with danger because the alternative arena is filled with quick-buck artists and marketers.
That being said, the only hope for fighting chronic fatigue is in the arena of alternative medicine. This includes the use of multiple plans of attack:
* 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
By using effective alternative therapies, many people have overcome their chronic fatigue and eliminated the symptoms from which they suffered. The medical community is clear that they have been unable to define the causes of chronic fatigue and, therefore, admit to having no effective therapies.
But because of medicine's need to squash any competing methods to health care, it ridicules any alternatives to what it offers. The only hope, therefore, to the public is to find effective alternatives. They are out there but one needs to be careful in discovering what works and what does not work.
About the Author:
Dr. Gregory Ellis has researched the causes of chronic fatigue for more than two decades. Review his website to learn what you can do to fight fatigue. For a limited time, sign up for his FREE 5-Part Tired-Rescue ECourse describing what you can do NOW to help reduce the symptoms of chronic fatigue.
