Are You Just a Tired Mom or is It Chronic Fatigue?

Chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as CFS is a condition that chronic fatigue doctors say have become very widespread in the United States. There are many chronic fatigue symptoms and many of them are quite unpleasant.

Symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome include aching muscles and joints, anxiety, depression, difficulty concentrating, fever, headaches, intestinal problems, irritability, jaundice, loss of appetite, mood swings, muscle spasms, recurrent upper respiratory tract infections, sensitivity to tight and heat, sleep disturbances, sore throats, swollen glands (the lymph nodes. The condition is also associated with sleep disturbances, memory loss and also extreme disabling fatigue.

The probe with chronic fatigue syndrome is that the symptoms are very similar to those of the flue and other viral infections. This leads to a lot of problems as a person searches from help for a doctor. This is because it is often misdiagnosed a hypochondria, psychosomatic illness or depression. This reason this type of diagnosis is so common is because routine medical tests are unable to detect any problems.

The syndrome is also three times more prevalent in women than in men and it is also more likely to affect young adults between the ages of twenty and forty years.

The major criteria that is used to establish a chronic fatigue disorder are —
• Persistent fatigues that does not resolve with bed rest and that is severe enough to reduce average daily activity by at least fifty percent for at least six months.

• The presence of other chronic clinical conditions including psychiatric disorders.
The exact causes of chronic fatigue syndrome are not very well understood. Some people believe it is linked to contracting an infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) that is a member of the herpes virus family. This same virus also causes mononucleosis. This belief is based on the fact that many people with chronic fatigue syndrome have been found to have high levels of EBV antibodies in their blood and that many people date the onset of symbols to a prolonged bout with a viral infection. However no absolute connection between EBV and chronic fatigue has ever been proved.

There have been many other suspects in what causes this disease including the theory that it might be triggered wily a yet-to-be-indentified immune system problem or problems to do with blood pressure. Other causes that have been conjectured include chronicle mercury poisoning form dental fillings, hypothyroidism, and infection with the fungus Candida Albans, and sleep problems

Chronic fatigue is also linked with fibromyalgia, a muscle disorder that causes muscle weakness. The two conditions do seem to come hand in hand when the disease is present in anybody living with chronic fatigue.

Weight Loss and Dehydration Danger!

I made a big mistake the other day. I figured I would take some of those hoodia weight loss pills. I should have really paid attention to the directions before a popped it.
Who knew that natural weight loss can cause dehydration? I accidentally made myself pretty sick. I got horribly thirsty, nauseas and dizzy because I did not get enough water into me.
The herbal weight loss formula I took also had green tea powder or green tea extract added into them. There is a reason why they call powdered green tea gunpowder! Green tea is known as healthy for you but it is also a very powerful diuretic and you can lose more water with it than you can imagine.
Still people drink a lot of it thinking that they are hydrating themselves when in reality they are turning their organs and brains into prunes.. Drinking too much tea of any kind is cleansing for the kidneys at first but if you overload them you are in trouble.
One way to play it safe if you have to take this stuff is to drink more water than you think you can possibly stand to drink. Even if you do not feel thirsty you should force yourself to drink as much water as you can. That way you do not risk drying your body out and you can detoxify and lose weight the right way.
I have a warning to mothers. Never be tempted to give your child any kind of diet supplement. Even if it is just green tea. Your child could become seriously dehydrated. Also, if you see your teenage child taking any kind of dietary supplement that suppresses their thirst you should immediately remove the product from their body-conscious little grip! Teenage girls are really into these supplements which are the equivalent of taking speed for them. The ephedra in some of them can make their little hearts race and even give them a heart attack.
You should drink at least eight glasses of water a day and even more if you are a larger person. Many weight loss experts recommend drinking half of your weight in ounces each day in order to stay healthy. So if your kid is 80 pounds he or she should be drinking about 40 ounces of water a day. This can be five glasses of water or juice a day.
Be sure that both you and your child take water before, during and after all exercise and especially if you are planning strenuous exercising. Ten to fourteen ounces a day are the recommended fluid doses before you any kind of athletic activity. This is important to ward off any post work out fatigue and symptoms like sore muscles or excessive thirst