by Dr. Gregory Ellis
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.
During the latter part of the 1800’s the condition of fatigue was named “neurasthenia.” This was the main descriptive term. The condition was associated with numerous symptoms which defied providing an easy classification.
Both in Europe and America at the time of the first World War, chronic fatigue was a common complaint. Since that time, medical doctors have tried to uncover why so many people suffer from long-standing fatigue.
The broad term “neurasthenia” has evolved into an attempt to more narrowly define the condition, therefore new names have arisen:
* Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
* Fibromyalgia
* Post-Viral Infectious Fatigue
* 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.
All conditions of fatigue, however, consist of a similar symptom picture that’s remarkable in its pattern:
* fatigue
* muscle weakness
* depression
* gastrointestinal disturbances
* gastrointestinal disturbances
* 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.
Modern Medicine has Been Unable to Define Specific Causes
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.
I believe the alternative choices that are available provide effective and useful therapies. You need to make sound choices and you cannot expert support from your doctor. Workable solutions include:
* 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
Many people will tell you that they were able to beat chronic fatigue because of alternative treatments. Medicine offers up nothing much more than some ineffective advice and it realizes that it has no effective therapies, a point made in all medical journal articles.
Medicine does not like competition either in business or in philosophy. As such, it argues against alternative therapies are useless, ineffective, and unproven. But the only hope for the public who suffers from chronic fatigue lies in the alternatives to modern medicine. Effective therapies are out there but you need to be careful whose advice you follow.
Most Common Causes of Fatigue: How You Can Come Out on Top
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.
During the latter part of the 1800’s the condition of fatigue was named “neurasthenia.” This was the main descriptive term. The condition was associated with numerous symptoms which defied providing an easy classification.
Both in Europe and America at the time of the first World War, chronic fatigue was a common complaint. Since that time, medical doctors have tried to uncover why so many people suffer from long-standing fatigue.
The broad term “neurasthenia” has evolved into an attempt to more narrowly define the condition, therefore new names have arisen:
* Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
* Fibromyalgia
* Post-Viral Infectious Fatigue
* 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.
All conditions of fatigue, however, consist of a similar symptom picture that’s remarkable in its pattern:
* fatigue
* muscle weakness
* depression
* gastrointestinal disturbances
* gastrointestinal disturbances
* 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.
Modern Medicine has Been Unable to Define Specific Causes
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.
I believe the alternative choices that are available provide effective and useful therapies. You need to make sound choices and you cannot expert support from your doctor. Workable solutions include:
* 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
Many people will tell you that they were able to beat chronic fatigue because of alternative treatments. Medicine offers up nothing much more than some ineffective advice and it realizes that it has no effective therapies, a point made in all medical journal articles.
Medicine does not like competition either in business or in philosophy. As such, it argues against alternative therapies are useless, ineffective, and unproven. But the only hope for the public who suffers from chronic fatigue lies in the alternatives to modern medicine. Effective therapies are out there but you need to be careful whose advice you follow.
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