Fatigue is an overall feeling of tiredness with a lack of motivation and no energy. It goes well beyond feeling drowsy or sleepy.
Fatigue can be caused by poor lifestyle choices, such as a poor diet, but it can be a symptom of a potentially severe, underlying medical condition. If you continue to feel fatigued after making lifestyle choices or suspect it is caused by a medical condition or mental health issue, you should consult your doctor. Your doctor can diagnose the cause and develop a treatment plan. Fatigue is an overall feeling of tiredness with a lack of motivation and no energy. It goes well beyond feeling drowsy or sleepy
Fatigue ca be caused by poor lifestyle choices, such as a poor diet, but it can be a symptom of a potentially severe, underlying medical condition. If you continue to feel fatigued after making lifestyle choices or suspect it is caused by a medical condition or mental health issue, you should consult your doctor. Your doctor can diagnose the cause and develop a treatment plan.
Fatigue is an overall feeling of tiredness with a lack of motivation and no energy. It goes well beyond feeling drowsy or sleepy.
Fatigue can be caused by poor lifestyle choices, such as a poor diet, but it can be a symptom of a potentially severe, underlying medical condition. If you continue to feel fatigued after making lifestyle choices or suspect it is caused by a medical condition or mental health issue, you should consult your doctor. Your doctor can diagnose the cause and develop a treatment plan. Fatigue is an overall feeling of tiredness with a lack of motivation and no energy. It goes well beyond feeling drowsy or sleepy.
Fatigue can be caused by poor lifestyle choices, such as a poor diet, but it can be a symptom of a potentially severe, underlying medical condition. If you continue to feel fatigued after making lifestyle choices or suspect it is caused by a medical condition or mental health issue, you should consult your doctor. Your doctor can diagnose the cause and develop a treatment plan.
Cause of Fatigue
There are 3 main categories of causes of fatigue. They include:
- Lifestyle factors
- Physical health conditions
- Mental health issues
- Lifestyle factors
If you’re experiencing fatigue, your activities and other lifestyle choices may be the root cause. For example, fatigue can result from:
- Physical exertion
- Lack of physical activity
- Lack of sleep
- Being overweight or obese
- Emotional stress
- Medications such as antidepressants or sedatives
- Drug or alcohol abuse
- Poor die
Our team will examine your activities and lifestyle to determine if they are contributing factors to your feeling of fatigue. We will make diet and exercise recommendations to help you maintain a healthy body Weight and ensure that your body is receiving the nutrients it needs.
Physical health conditions
Many medical conditions can also cause fatigue. Examples include:
- Anemia
- Fibromyalgia
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Bacterial or viral infections
- Hormonal imbalances such as Addison’s Disease and hypo or hypothyroidism
- Sleep disorders such as insomnia
- Eating disorders such as anorexia
- Heart conditions such as congestive heart failure.
- Kidney or liver disease
- Diabetes
- Cancer
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Blood work and lab review will determine a low number of red bloods cell (the cells that transport oxygen in your blood) as well as hemoglobin (the protein found in your red blood cells that binds to oxygen in your blood stream). A hormone panel will determine if a hormonal imbalance such as hypothyroidism is the cause of your fatigue. Your lab review will also test. kidney and liver function as well as well as test for insulin resistance and inflammatory markers that contribute to cardiovascular disease.
Based upon your blood work and lab review our medical team will design a customized protocol to address hormonal imbalances, insulin resistance, and other factors that are contributing to your lack of energy and motivation.