Ahmed Al-Hussein
A person feels exhausted in many periods of his life, and that feeling grows either after a long period of continuous stress or without a clear reason.
The owner of this feeling overlooks the search for the cause, and sometimes fails in the attempts to relax and rest, which often ends in an unfortunate result, and here the difference between fatigue and exhaustion becomes clear.
Fatigue is the condition resulting from muscle and mental stress, and may go away with rest and relaxation and take a sufficient amount of sleep.
But fatigue is a feeling that does not go away with all attempts to rest and regular sleep, and this feeling causes many causes and changes in the body, whether in hormones or minerals, and even some diseases, and some of them can be overcome with some steps and tips.
Below we know the most important causes of fatigue, and how to overcome them.
Presentation of a disease
Sometimes a person feels that fatigue is caused by frequent work stress, but stress is not the only reason why they are feeling so tired permanently.
Fatigue can be a major symptom of many diseases, and is a key sign of some food allergens, such as silic allergy, which is the inability to tolerate gluten digestion, which causes owners to feel very tired after eating any of the wheat derivatives.
Gluten intolerance can be detected by preventing it for a while, comparing with a feeling of improvement, and resorting directly to laboratory blood tests that confirm allergies.
| Celiac patients feel very tired after eating any wheat derivatives (German) |
Laboratory blood tests are necessary to exclude anemia and thyroid disorders from the list causing fatigue, and vitamin D deficiency is one of the most common causes of general weakness and fatigue. Vitamin D deficiency can be detected through laboratory blood tests.
Sleep
Any sleep disorder causes fatigue and exhaustion in the morning, and any chronic sleep disorder causes dependency to a chronic feeling of fatigue, so the specialty of sleep disorders has become necessary in psychiatric clinics to detect the causes of poor sleep quality, which directly affects the quality of life.
One of the most common sleep disorders is sleep apnea, which can be detected due to chronic fatigue or snoring, and the presence of both symptoms is a strong indication of sleep apnea, which can be treated through sleep clinics or ENT clinics via an intervention Simple surgical procedure in the roof of the throat.
Sleep insomnia, nightmares, and anxiety should be taken into account as the main causes of feeling tired; everything that affects the quality of sleep, in turn, affects the feeling of stress and fatigue.
| Insomnia, nightmares during sleep, and anxiety caused by fatigue (German) |
By eliminating health problems that are likely to cause fatigue, then natural and preventive measures can be taken to reduce that feeling, and food is used to spread more energy and strength in the body. By following these tips:
3 vitamins charge your energy
Vitamin B of all kinds is one of the most important vitamins that enhance energy levels in the body, and one of the most important sources of Vitamin B is meat and dates of all kinds.
Iron is one of the most important components of hemoglobin in the blood, which is used to transport oxygen from the lung to all organs and tissues of the body, and its deficiency leads to severe stress, and can be replaced by foods rich in iron such as spinach, beets and black honey, and through a diet rich in iron.
Women who experience severe bleeding during menstruation need iron doses to avoid anemia, which in turn leads to a feeling of extreme fatigue.
| Eating omega-3 and amino acids stimulates the body's energy (Al-Jazirah) |
Taking omega-3 and amino acids stimulates the body's energy and activates cells, and although there is no proven scientific link between omega-3 and depression, taking omega-3 reduces feelings of stress, which may indirectly help improve severe depression. Omega 3 can be obtained in salmon, fish and seafood.
Biological clock
The discipline of the body's biological clock is essential to feeling energy, and setting specific sleep and waking times is very important to stimulate the body and its discipline and energy supply because of its regulation of the hormone secretion cycle and the regularity of the blood circulation.
Doctors advise not to overeat carbohydrates, fried foods and sugars frequently when feeling overwhelmed.
Studies have also attributed to the fact that excessive caffeine intake may increase the feeling of chronic fatigue due to increased heart rates and its contribution to feeling anxious.