How to treat chronic fatigue syndrome at home

Chronic fatigue - it is quite natural physiological reaction of the human organism, connected with forming neurosis ganglionic nervous system caused inhibition zone functions responsible for processes braking. Factors that provoke consideration syndrome include unbalanced intellectual burden and emotional stress along with a decrease in physical activity.

It is believed that the inhabitants of cities, individuals whose work is associated with the responsibility (for example, air traffic controllers), businesses are in a risk group. Identifies a number of factors contributing to the occurrence of this syndrome, namely unfavorable sanitary-ecological environment, a variety of illnesses and viral infections. This disease is manifested in acute periods apathy, depressive states, wanton attacks aggression.

What it is?

Chronic fatigue syndrome - a disease is most prevalent in civilized countries.

The disease is characterized by prolonged fatigue, are not eliminated even after a long rest. The occurrence of CFS is associated with the development of neurosis central regulatory centers of the autonomic nervous system, due to the oppression of activity zones responsible for the inhibitory processes.

Historical facts

CFS disease was named after the epidemic in Nevada (USA) in 1984. Dr. Paul Cheney, practiced in the small town of Incline Village, located on the shores of Lake Tahoe, registered more than 200 cases of this disease. The patients felt depressed mood worsening muscle weakness.

They found the Epstein-Barr virus or antibodies to it and to other viruses - "relatives" of the herpes virus. whether the cause of the disease was a viral infection or something else, for example, poor environmental conditions, it remained unclear. outbreak occurred in the past: in Los Angeles in 1934, Iceland in 1948, in London in 1955, in Florida in 1956. Syndrome is not limited to any geographical or socio-demographic groups. In the US, CFS affects about 10 patients per 100 thousand population. In Australia in 1990, the incidence was higher than 37 per 100 thousand population. More prone to CFS women aged 25 to 45 years.

In 2009, scientists from the United States became authors of the article, which described the impact on the human virus CFS hitting the mice. After a few years, these data were subjected to refutation, because the blood of patients studied people, the virus has not been detected. Recently, however, other biologists announced their results. Their conclusion is proved by the presence of a virus in the blood of cases: it occurs when the immune system is in a constant state of stress.

In January 2016 a group of British scientists has published its study that the CHU virus exists, and it is particularly susceptible to infection by teenagers. According to experts, more than 2% of the UK teenagers have chronic fatigue syndrome. The characteristic symptoms of this disorder are insomnia, fatigue, headaches and frequent cramps.

Causes of

Doctors can not yet name the exact causes of CFS, but experts have identified several factors that may increase the risk of developing this condition.

Provoke CFS can:

1. Chronic disease. This may be inflammatory, infectious, and - the body in any case after prolonged attack pathogenic microorganisms rapid wear and frequent relapses only reduces the immune system and lead to the depletion of the physiological and psychological capabilities person.
2. Viruses, infections (cytomegalovirus, herpes, Enterovirus, rotavirus and others) can cause the body in a state of constant fatigue.
3. Emotional disorders. Constant state of stress or depression, feeling of depression, anxiety, fear a negative impact on the nervous system, resulting in fatigue.
4. Wrong way of life. Lack of movement, a rare exposure to fresh air, chronic alcohol libations, prolonged mental strain, forced exercise without adequate rest, night vigils at the computer or TV screen - all this leads to the classic symptoms of chronic syndrome fatigue.
5. Improper diet. Eating low-quality products, overeating or malnutrition, a diet poor in vitamins and useful substances - all this is reflected in the metabolism, it leads to a lack of energy in the body and to the state of permanent fatigue.
6. Unfavorable environment. It is known that the inhabitants of large cities, cities suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome more often villagers or small regional towns. Exhaust gas from the vehicle, the constant noise, too fast pace of life, the inability to breathe fresh air, the use of chlorinated water and maloekologichnyh products - all this is the reason for development considered disease.

Who gets tired more?

Despite the fact that the fatigue syndrome has gained some independence and has become almost a diagnosis of the causes of its formation and remained a mystery, but it is noted that certain categories of people are more prone to the emergence of pathological states:

1. More often than other professions in the number of patients with chronic fatigue, appear people who have chosen the profession of a teacher or a doctor.
2. The presence of permanent psycho-emotional overload significantly worsens the situation (CFS develops early and often).
3. Residents of cities, as well as environmentally unfavorable regions (elevated levels of radiation, the high concentration of chemicals).
4. Although the disease can affect very young age, and very old, but most likely its development is between 20-40 years, and women make up the vast among the diseased most.

The body, responding to the adverse impact of these factors, primarily based on the active and coordinated interaction of individual systems: nervous, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the immune system.

main symptoms

The main symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome - include:

• concentration reduction;
• disposition to depressionApathy;
• They may develop a phobia;
• gloomy thoughts;
• more frequent exacerbation of chronic diseases;
• deterioration in the ability to analyze and understanding;
• bad mood, irritability, temper;
• fatigue - even after performing a simple operation;
• sleep disorders: a man for a long time can not sleep, and despite the constant fatigue, sleep surface, often wakes up;
• fear, worry, anxiety, worse at night;
• frequent headaches, which are often localized at the temples and have a pulsating character;
• tendency to frequent colds, which occur mainly on the same scenario - a sore throat;
• constant tiredness, feeling of weakness, which do not pass even after a long rest;
• pain throughout the body, especially in the muscles (muscles can get sick), and joints - a sore one, then the other joint.

Chronic fatigue syndrome masquerading as various somatic diseases. So, people suffering from this disease can celebrate weight loss, by the violation of digestive tract (e.g., a tendency to constipation) wanton lymph node enlargement and soreness. When the CFS can keep the body temperature increased or decreased for a long time, which causes a person to be screened at various specialists.

Diagnostics

Current diagnosis of the disease is usually made on the basis of certain criteria. To the great criteria include long-term fatigue for more than six months, or from time to time the increasing fatigue, decreased daily activity, sleep problems after a long rest. And the most important thing at the same time there is a lack of physical, infectious diseases, psychiatric diseases, tumor processes and endocrine disorders.

Minor criteria include pharyngitis, a moderate increase in body temperature but no more than 38 degrees, a significant increase in lymph nodes, and muscle aches, poor tolerance of any physical stress, headaches and general muscular weakness. Then you can mention the aches in the joints, which is not accompanied by swelling, worsening possibilities of attention and memory, apathy, depression, and photophobia.

Such a dangerous chronic fatigue syndrome is usually confirmed with at least three major and six minor criteria. Then, in the course of diagnosis will be excluded initial symptoms developing oncology, infectious, physical, psychiatric or endocrine disease. Patients should thoroughly inspect such doctors, as a therapist, endocrinologist, infectious diseases and neurology. Do blood tests and examined the status of all internal organs and systems.

Treatment

If even a loomed interesting diagnosed as chronic fatigue syndrome, and nothing more is not found, then the treatment should be complex, where among the priorities should read the elimination of the causes of pathological changes (most often - a struggle with some virus). Meanwhile, one can not ignore the suffering of these critical systems, the immune and nervous, so they need to try to strengthen and soothe.

Drug treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome:

drugs group	Mechanism of action	How to use
immunomodulators	Strengthen the body's immune system	Prescribed for frequent colds, chronic diseases, adopted according to the propiska prescription
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents	Reduce pain in muscles and joints, relieve headaches	Take a moderate pain syndrome, after meals, not more than 3 times a day
antivirals	Disrupt reproduction and ability to live virus in the body	Accepted with chronic fatigue syndrome, caused by a viral agent according to the prescription
vitamin complexes	Restore the metabolism, the body's energy reserves, as well as strengthen the immune system	Is usually after or during meals, drinking plenty of water, the treatment depends on the drug received
Antidepressants, nootropics	It stimulates the central nervous system	It is taken for depression, fear, anxiety, restlessness, constant stress, according to the doctor's prescriptions

Physiotherapy for chronic fatigue syndrome:

kind of treatment	method of treatment	produced the effect
Physiotherapy	Active exercises for different muscle groups	Charging helps to improve blood circulation and restore energy metabolism, relieve the feeling of stress
soothing massage	Relaxing massaging the muscles and joints, as well as the head	Massage helps relieve stress, reduces pain, improves blood circulation and nutrition of muscles
magnetotherapy	Effects on the body of the magnetic field	It helps restore the endocrine and immune systems, and also has analgesic and relaxing effects
Acupuncture	Impact on certain points of the body	It relieves pain, calms the nervous system, helps to restore the vital forces of the body
laser therapy	Use of laser radiation for therapeutic purposes	It activates the self-regulation system, speeds up the metabolism, stimulates the activity of the nervous system
Hydrotherapy	Relaxing effect on the body of water treatments	Relieves stress, pain, has a soothing and relaxing effects

Mainly in the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome is not a medical therapy, although it is also used, but a change in lifestyle. Without this, any medication will have only a temporary effect, and sooner or later the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome will return again.

Folk remedies

In folk medicine, there are also several recipes that can help you cheer up and overcome the CFS at home:

1. Honey and vinegar. Mix 100 g of honey and vinegar 3 dining. The resulting mixture is necessary to use one teaspoon per day. After 1.5 weeks of fatigue should not remain a trace.
2. St. John's wort. Take 1 cup (300 ml) boiling water and add it to 1 tablespoon of dried St. John's wort. Infuse This infusion should be in a warm place for 30 minutes. Scheme of use: 1/3 cup three times a day for 20 minutes before eating. Duration of - not more than 3 consecutive weeks.
3. Ginger. Another natural immunostimulant is ginger root. This natural product has many useful features, and one of them is to help chronic fatigue syndrome. The greatest effect can be achieved with the help of tincture of ginger. For this it is necessary to grind grated 150 g of root of this plant and mix it with 800 ml of vodka. Insists the remedy should not be less than a week. Ginger can be used in the composition of tea. To do this, divide the roots into 6 parts and squeeze the juice out of each. Then the juice you need to pour a glass of boiling water. In this drink you need to add honey and lemon.
4. Plantain ordinary. It is necessary to take 10 grams of dried and finely ground leaves of common plantain and pour 300 ml of boiling water, infuse for 30-40 minutes in a warm place. Scheme of use: 2 tablespoons at a time, three times a day for half an hour before meals. Duration of reception - 21 days.
5. Clover. We need to take 300 grams of dried flowers of red clover, 100 grams of regular sugar and a liter of warm water. We put water on the fire, bring to boiling and pour clover, boil for 20 minutes. Then the infusion remove from heat, cool, and only then add to it the specified number of sugar. Accept infusion clover need 150 ml 3-4 times a day, instead of tea / coffee.

yourself well to get rid of chronic fatigue and sleepiness can be, if:

• spend a lot of time outdoors;
• reduce mental stress;
• moderate physical activity;
• do things that bring positive emotions;
• renounce the use of sugar in large quantities;
• not to drink alcohol;
• eat right, to use rich in vitamins and trace products;
• abandon the activities that provoke stress condition in a patient;
• build and observe the correct mode of the day, alternating moderate work with good rest;
• go for long walks (some experts recommend to extend their up to five hours);
• go swimming, gymnastics, breathing exercises (to determine the optimal level of load it is necessary to consult with your doctor).

Excellent antidepressant is nature. Therefore, at least once a year you need to get out to the sea or the mountains. In a release need not rest inside the concrete walls, and there where a lot of clean air devoid of urban dust. In addition, the air in such places full of nutrients able to strengthen health.