Article for sharing on "Chronic Fatigue" [Part 1]

Flipping through some old magazines can be interesting at times, especially when coming across some useful articles which we might have read some years back. I've got here a valuable article which must be shared with all online buddies. With today's sophisticated world I believe that many are face with the problem of 'Chronic Fatigue'.

So, lets sit down and relax while I present this interesting and useful article for the benefits of all..........

If you frequently find yourself short on energy or troubled by vague aches and pains, your problem could be chronic fatigue. Fatigue, especially when chronic, can be a frustrating condition. You lack energy to fulfill not just your responsibilities, but your aspirations as well. Your mind tends to become cloudy, your emotions raw, and your muscles tense and knotted. Your doctor may tell you that "there's nothing really wrong; just take it easy" and may recommend a tranquiliser, a mood elevator, or a stimulant. But you soon discover that these platitudes and prescriptions don't work.

Fatigue is one of the chief complaints of the 70 to 80 percent of people seeing their family doctors. In four out of five cases where fatigue is the overriding problem, the doctor can find no underlying illness.

The result is frustration for patient and doctor. We are not implying that your doctor is incompetent or that you should not see him or her if you feel immobilising fatigue. This symptom can be the chief sign of many serious illness such as infectious mononucleosis, an anaemia, a kidney infection, or a variety of hormonal or chemical imbalances.

Your doctor is adept at determining whether any of these disorders are present, and they must be ruled out before you attempt any other treatment for your problem. We are simply pointing out that conventional medicine is often unsuccessful in treating fatigue that does not stem from a diagnosable illness.

Try A New Approach

Holistic medicine begins with the assumption that you should feel great. If you don't then you have a real health problem. If you complain of fatigue, a holistically oriented physician assumes that you have some kind of imbalance in your total physical-emotional-spiritual functions that can be successfully treated.

Conventional medicine has identified a variety of non-illness related factors in chronic fatigue, but these have not been incorporated in a coherent system of treatment. One reason for this shortcoming may be the tendency of conventional medical practitioners to disregard symptoms that do not have a clear organic origin.

Despite this bias, the syndrome of chronic fatigue is so widespread that modern medicine has accumulated substantial though fragmented insights about it. The holistic approach has prompted the integration of these insights into an understanding of the signs, causes, and treatment of this major health problem.