Tired All The Time? | What Causes Fatigue?

Hello, my name is dr. Dominic Rowley I'm the medical director of let's capture a communication. I'm here today to talk to you about a very common symptom known as being

tired

all the

time

or feeling

tired

all the

time

. What does it mean to feel tired all the time? Patients commonly present to me and the only way they can describe how they feel is by using that terminology: feeling tired all the time, so

fatigue

is a very pervasive and pleasant feeling and it has a very negative impact on their life. and in his state of mind.

It depends on your ability to function in terms of work, exercise, caring for your children and also having a happy and healthy functioning relationship, so it is a very broad symptom of

fatigue

and can have a very negative impact on your quality of life. So

what

are the

causes

of being tired all the time or feeling tired all the time, as you can probably guess, it's a pretty general term tired all the time, so there are many

causes

, so looking at some of the types of division we are dividing this into We can divide the external factors and internal factors in two ways, so the external factors for feeling tired all the time will include being under a lot of stress, this could be work stress, this could be relationship stress, financial stress, this can lead to you having a low mood, which will also lead to you feeling tired all the time, so these could be external reasons for feeling tired all the time.

From an internal point of view, there are many disease processes and many physical reasons why you might feel tired all the time. Now we are going to discuss with you some of the most common ones, if a patient suffers from, if you suffer from anemia, which is a low blood count, so your hemoglobin or your blood count is low, this can make you feel tired all over. time. We look at this in more detail in one of our other videos, but there are many different reasons for having a low blood count, including dietary reasons such as a lack of iron in your diet, a lack of red meat, or blood loss, so that for example having very heavy periods can lead to a low blood count so that is a physical reason for feeling tired at that time having a low blood count other reasons would include having low levels of vitamins for example having low levels low vitamin b12 is low folate levels, this again may be due to a lack of dietary intake and vitamin b12 or folate or in fact you may be consuming too much vitamin b12 or folate if you have a decrease in vitamin b12 levels D depending on the country you live in and the amount of sunlight you are exposed to.

Being suffering and having low levels of vitamin D, this can also make you feel tired all the time. Then there are hormonal reasons for feeling tired all the time and often in my videos we go back to the thyroid gland, which I've known as a kind of powerhouse, the metabolic center of the body, and if the thyroid gland doesn't produce enough of your hormone called thyroxine and your body slows down and very commonly you feel sluggish and tired all the time, that would be a hormonal reason for feeling tired all the time another very common hormonal reason would be if you suffer from diabetes and your sugar levels in the blood are not under control and this relieves you from feeling very tired or sluggish, so as I mentioned in summary, there are external factors and there are also internal factors at play.

If you feel like you are tired all the time. I am exhausted. If you would take charge of your life, visit our website. Let's check it out. Talk to one of our nurses and the best you can do. will inform you about

what

tests or blood tests could be used as a suture and alternatively, of course, you can visit your family doctor for further advice and management of any of your symptoms, for example an expected weight gain, bad mood or depression, you may want to check. Check out some of my other videos that are a little more detailed on those conditions.