Who of us doesn’t know that? You have slept badly, you are tired all day and the necessary work is difficult to do.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, on the other hand, is a serious multisystem disease that was long thought to be purely psychological. However, new studies show that the cause lies in the immune system and in the energy metabolism.
In this case, the mitochondria, also known as the power plants of the cells, simply supply too little energy. This not only leads to the tiredness and lack of concentration that we all experience from time to time, but also to dizziness, intestinal and bladder dysfunction, flu-like symptoms, increased susceptibility to stress, headaches and much more.
Those affected are then completely unable to do even simple work reasonably satisfactorily. The cause is often to be found in a previous viral infection and is also an important clinical picture in the long-Covid syndrome, which is now often diagnosed. This hardship usually lasts for months or years, and there is still no specific therapy for it, only an attempt to alleviate the worst problems symptomatically and psychotherapeutically. However, if your problems do not improve soon, I recommend that you visit your doctor and arrange for an exact clarification.
Do you have questions about health?
Write to OÖN doctor Johannes Neuhofer (dermatologist), who oversees this column with a team of doctors: Clemens Steinwender (cardiologist), Reinhold Függer (surgeon), Rainer Schöfl (gastroenterologist), Josef Hochreiter (orthopaedist), Werner Schöny (psychiatrist). E-mail: doktor@nachrichten.at
Source: Nachrichten
