Do you wonder what are the causes of extreme fatigue during the day? Do you have symptoms of extreme fatigue, weakness and shortness of breath in the night?
If you have extreme fatigue, this video may interest you:
Breathing disorders and sleeping disturbances can be a leading cause in your fatigue symptoms. Patients with sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea or narcolepsy may describe extreme fatigue as:
feeling tired
fatigued
low energy
sleepiness
lazy
drowsy
sleepy
excessive somnolence
Although fatigue and sleepiness often are seen as overlapping symptoms, fatigue is distinguished by a sense of tiredness or lack of energy but not necessarily the desire to sleep.
To be fatigue after you make an exercise is different than extreme fatigue from a sleep disorder. Although you often feel tired but satisfied after a physical activity, in sleep disorders the symptoms may include:
excessive daytime sleepiness
depression
difficulty with awakening
headaches
irritability
anxiety
sedentariness
confusion, disorientation and poor motor coordination - in severe cases
A patient with extreme fatigue associated with a sleep disorder often takes naps, but are usually non-refreshing. In fact, no amount of sleep relieves these symptoms of extreme fatigue.
Causes of extreme fatigue
This video speaks about extreme fatigue causes:
To have an efficient treatment you need to find the conditions that cause extreme fatigue, and eliminate those problems.
There are a lot of conditions that cause extreme sleepiness and fatigue:
insufficient sleep through poor sleep hygiene or shift work
sleep apnea: central and obstructive apnea
narcolepsy
jet lag
cataplexy
idiopathic hypersomnia
menstrual-related hypersomnia
upper airway resistance syndrome
insomnia
nervous system disorders: strokes, tumors, cysts, abscesses, vascular malformations, hydrocephalus and multiple sclerosis plaques are known to produce extreme fatigue and sleepiness.
head trauma or encephalitis
patients with epilepsy may suffer from extreme fatigue as a consequence of medication effects, or nocturnal seizure activity
extreme daytime sleepiness may be associated with numerous infectious agents affecting the central nervous system, including bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites.
neuromuscular disorders: periodic limb movements of sleep (PLMS) or restless legs symptom (RLS).
If you think you have one or more of the causes of severe fatigue, the smartest thing to do is to confirm your disorder by nocturnal polysomnography followed by a Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT).
These test are very important to identify exactly what are your causes of extreme fatigue and how severe they are. After you have all these information, your doctor will know what is the most effective treatment for your extreme fatigue.
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