Contents:
- Medical Video: Why Are You Always Tired?
- 1. Anemia
- 2. Depression and stress
- 3. Fibromyalgia
- 4. Food allergies or food intolerance
- 5. Heart disease
- 6. Rheumatism
- 7. Sleep apnea
- 8. Type 2 diabetes
- 9. Hypothetism
Medical Video: Why Are You Always Tired?
Do you often feel tired? Even when you start activities in the morning or have a break in a few hours? If so, do not underestimate the symptoms of fatigue you feel. You may experience a number of fatigue-related illnesses without you knowing, and here are diseases that might be related to the fatigue you feel:
1. Anemia
In addition to fatigue, people who experience anemia also usually feel dizzy, cold, and have a fever. Anemia often occurs in women and children.Anemia is a condition where the body lacks red blood cells, usually this is due to iron deficiency. When anemia occurs, the blood vessels are unable to distribute oxygen and food to the body's cells. So, the body's cells that are supposed to produce energy from oxygen and food, become non-producing energy. Then, the body becomes short of energy and feels exhausted. Other causes of anemia are lack of vitamin B12 and folic acid. Chronic diseases, such as diabetes mellitus and kidney disease can also cause the body to lack red blood cells.
2. Depression and stress
If you are feeling depressed, sad, or depressed, do not be surprised if you often get tired quickly. Experts state that depression is often found in the age group 15 to 30 years. Many things can make a person experience depression. Someone who is depressed often does not want to do any activity, feels tired throughout the day, loses appetite or even vice versa, eating in large quantities as an escape from the sense of stress that is being experienced.
3. Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a disease that can cause chronic fatigue and pain in the bones and muscles, especially in women. If you experience fibromyalgia, then you will continue to feel sleepy even after you have slept for hours. Fibromyalgia is caused by a variety of factors, namely age which is generally experienced by people aged 30 to 50 years, heredity, trauma, and various diseases related to bones, muscles, and joints. One way to reduce the symptoms of this syndrome is to do regular exercise. By doing regular exercise, it can also improve the quality of your sleep that was previously disrupted and improve mood. The recommended exercise is swimming or other types of moderate intensity exercise.
4. Food allergies or food intolerance
Food does provide energy for the body, but for some people who have allergies, foods that make it allergic make it tired. Fatigue in this case is a sign of a food allergy or intolerance. Therefore, avoid foods that make you allergic. If you don't know what foods make you allergic, you should discuss this with your doctor. Foods that make you allergic can also make you very sleepy with a distance of 10 to 30 minutes after consuming them.
5. Heart disease
If you feel tired when walking for a short distance or up a few steps, then you may have heart health problems. Various heart diseases, such as coronary heart disease, heart failure, or various other blood vessel disorders have the same symptoms of fatigue. This heart disease has become the number one cause of death in the world. Therefore, if you often feel exhausted despite doing mild activities, you should consult your doctor.
6. Rheumatism
Rheumatism is inflammation that occurs in the joints and causes symptoms such as swelling, redness, pain, stiffness, and excessive fatigue. This disease is often experienced by groups with an age range of 20 to 40 years and tend to be experienced by women. The cause of rheumatism is autoimmune or a disrupted immune system which causes the joint to become inflamed.
7. Sleep apnea
Sleep apnea is a disorder of difficulty breathing when sleeping. Someone who experiences this disorder experiences symptoms of excessive fatigue, fatigue when he wakes up, and snoring while sleeping. Some risks that result sleep apnea happens namely obesity, smoking habits, and unhealthy lifestyles.
8. Type 2 diabetes
Symptoms experienced by people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, namely weight loss, fatigue, increased urine, continue to feel thirsty and hungry. Unlike type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes is caused by an unhealthy lifestyle, high consumption of sugar and fat, and rarely doing physical activity, so that his body cannot control increased blood sugar levels. When a person has diabetes, the person can no longer recover from this disease. However, this disease can still be controlled by preventing a very high increase in blood sugar levels that will cause adverse health effects.
9. Hypothetism
The thyroid gland is a body organ that regulates various bodily functions such as the respiratory system, heart rate, body temperature, fat levels in the body, nervous system, and so on. When the thyroid gland does not work properly, the condition can be called hypothyroidism. This disease is caused by autoimmune or disorders of the immune system. Hypothetism has symptoms such as depression, weight gain, fatigue, and cold.
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