Weakness is a lack of
physical or muscle strength and the feeling that extra effort is
needed to perform daily activities that require you to move your
arms, legs, or other muscles.
Fatigue is a feeling of tiredness, exhaustion,
or lack of energy.
Both weakness and fatigue are symptoms, not
diseases. Because these symptoms can be caused by many other
health problems, the importance of weakness and fatigue can only
be determined when other symptoms are evaluated.
The complaints of weakness and fatigue are among the most common
and challenging problems encountered by clinicians. Because
patients may use these terms to describe a variety of symptoms,
the physician should attempt to obtain a precise understanding
of the problem.
Weakness and fatigue are nonspecific symptoms that may be
encountered in a bewildering number of medical and psychiatric
disorders; they also may be the expected physiologic consequence
of normal human activities.
Many factors, complex and sometimes apparent,
are basic contributors to the Weakness & fatigue state. Among
them:
Hypovitaminosis: severe depletion of nutrients
in the body. Low levels of essential vitamins and minerals
create a vulnerability.
The environment: Noise is a powerful factor. The
incessant bombardment of cacophony in the home, the workplace,
and outdoors contributes heavily to weariness and fatigue.
Modern music, the blaring of radio and
television that seems to be so overwhelming a part of everyone's
life, can be a serious source of bodily stress.
Stress: Physical and psychological tensions
eventually reduce the body's ability to ward off fatigue. The
vulnerability created induces anxiety, fearfulness, and
apprehension.
Routine work: Housework, factory work, operating
computers, and practically all other endeavors that deal with a
constant flow of sameness provide the possibilities of fatigue
syndrome. Rest periods and scheduled diversions are necessary.
The night person: Anyone out of synchronization
with the work-a-day world is especially vulnerable to unusual
fatigue. That individual, whose circadian rhythms do not match
those of most people, experiences a stressful juxtaposition of
day and night. The syndrome accounts for the inability of these
individuals to "come to life" until evening approaches.
Sexual hostility: This can be a common
instigator of fatigue. Men or women who resent or resist
conjugal relations with a particular partner and who are
incapable of acknowledging or resolving those emotional
conflicts are often swept by fatigue. The proverbial "headache"
may be more than a hackneyed excuse. Ambivalence can lead to
fatigue.
Menstruation: The menses and its drain upon the
female psyche and physique can be genuinely wearying. This is
especially true in women whose nutritional defenses are low and
who lack proper levels of B vitamins.
Nutrition: A factor in physical and mental
disease, nutrition is a feature player in creating vulnerability
in both sexes of all ages to the ravages of fatigue. Strong
fortification against such weariness would be a truly
well-balanced diet that ensures copious quantities of all
essential vitamins and minerals.
Coffee and caffeine: Coffee and other caffeine
drinks are major villains in the fatigue syndrome. Caffeine
stimulates practically every organ in the body to respond. The
"high" created is temporary and requires more of the drug to
deal with frequent ups-and-downs.
In summary, weakness &
fatigue is not a single entity but can be a "grand concealer,"
deceptively disguising various forces that go astray in the
human body. It should be taken more seriously than the use of an
alcoholic drink to "relax."
Herbs which is useful :
The roots of asparagus
racemosus has been used for ages in Ayurvedic medicine and
other traditional medicines in the treatment of general
debility, Weakness, male infertility (due to low sperm count),
loss of libido, epilepsy (fits), mental debility, fatigue and
in many male diseases.
In case of female oriented ailments such as menopausal
syndrome, anemia (which cause weakness), lower quantity of
breast milk secretion, and for both mental and physical
ailments, the roots of Asparagus racemosus has been proved its
medicinal efficacy.
Safed musli (Chlorophytum Borivilianum):
It has been a magical discovery in the medical world that is
extensively used in Ayurvedic medical world. In some
medicines, it also acts as a good healing agent and acts as an
excellent anti-ageing constituent in many medicines. It is
infact a good boost up for a person's health while maintaining
good hemoglobin level. It prevents fatigue in human beings and
augments their resistance to pressure if taken in proper
dosage. Safed Musli forms an important part of diabetic
patient and helps in maintaining sugar level in the blood.
Amla (Emblica officinalis):
Amalaki or Emblica officianlis helps in improving body weight.
It helps in raising the total protein level due to positive
nitrogen balance. Thus it is recognized to give an anabolic
effect in the body. Amalaki or Emblica
officianlis
is considered as one of the highly nutritious fruit. Apart
from Vitamin C or ascorbic acid, Amalaki also provides many
other essential minerals to the body. These minerals help in
maintaining proper functioning of the metabolic activities of
the body.
It increases the RBC count and helps to encourage good health.
The dried Amalaki fruit is useful in the treatment of
Hemorrhage, diarrhea, and dysentery. Amalaki or Emblica
officianlis is also known to have anti aging properties
Diet:
Nutritional measures are most vital in the
treatment of fatigue. Studies reveal that people who eat
snacks in between meals suffer less from fatigue and
nervousness, think more clearly, and are more efficient than
those who eat only three meal daily .These snacks should
consists of fresh or dried fruits, fresh fruit or vegetable
Juices, raw vegetables, or small sandwiches of whole gram
bread. These snacks should be light and less food should be
consumed at regular meals .The snacks should also be taken at
specified timing such as 11 am, 4 p.m.
Life style:
Chronic fatigue caused by
poor circulation can be remedied by daily physical exercise.
It will help relieve tension, bring a degree of freshness,
renew energy, and induce sleep. Massage cold applications
increasing in degree gradually or alternate hot and cold
baths, stimulate the muscles to renewed activity, thereby
relieving fatigue.
Curative Yoga:
Withania
somnifera)
Medicinally
it is used in small doses in weakness & fatigue, fever,
melanchlia, enlargement of the liver, in spasmodic cough and
asthma, and in catarrhal aeffections of children.It is given
in anaemia, chlorosis and seminal debility; as a stimulant and
aphrodisiac