Fatigue Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Common features=== Distinguishing features of medical fatigue include * unpredictability, * not linking fatigue to an obvious cause, such as a physical exertion, * variability in severity, * fatigue being relatively profound/overwhelming, and having extensive impact on daily living, * lack of improvement with rest, * where an underlying disease is present, the quantum of fatigue often does not correlate with the severity of the underlying disease.<ref name="pmid34599320">{{cite journal |last1=Davies |first1=Kristen |last2=Dures |first2=Emma |last3=Ng |first3=Wan-Fai |title=Fatigue in inflammatory rheumatic diseases: current knowledge and areas for future research |journal=Nature Reviews Rheumatology |date=November 2021 |volume=17 |issue=11 |pages=651β664 |doi=10.1038/s41584-021-00692-1 |pmid=34599320 |s2cid=238233411 |url=https://eprints.ncl.ac.uk/277695 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=GoΓ«rtz |first1=Yvonne M. J. |last2=Braamse |first2=Annemarie M. J. |last3=Spruit |first3=Martijn A. |last4=Janssen |first4=Daisy J. A. |last5=Ebadi |first5=Zjala |last6=Van Herck |first6=Maarten |last7=Burtin |first7=Chris |last8=Peters |first8=Jeannette B. |last9=Sprangers |first9=Mirjam A. G. |last10=Lamers |first10=Femke |last11=Twisk |first11=Jos W. R. |last12=Thong |first12=Melissa S. Y. |last13=Vercoulen |first13=Jan H. |last14=Geerlings |first14=Suzanne E. |last15=Vaes |first15=Anouk W. |last16=Beijers |first16=Rosanne J. H. C. G. |last17=van Beers |first17=Martijn |last18=Schols |first18=Annemie M. W. J. |last19=Rosmalen |first19=Judith G. M. |last20=Knoop |first20=Hans |title=Fatigue in patients with chronic disease: results from the population-based Lifelines Cohort Study |journal=Scientific Reports |date=25 October 2021 |volume=11 |issue=1 |page=20977 |doi=10.1038/s41598-021-00337-z |pmid=34697347 |pmc=8546086 |bibcode=2021NatSR..1120977G }}</ref><ref name=Swain2006>{{cite journal |last1=Swain |first1=Mark G |title=Fatigue in Liver Disease: Pathophysiology and Clinical Management |journal=Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |date=2006 |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=181β188 |doi=10.1155/2006/624832 |pmid=16550262 |pmc=2582971 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pope |first1=Janet E |title=Management of Fatigue in Rheumatoid Arthritis |journal=RMD Open |date=May 2020 |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=e001084 |doi=10.1136/rmdopen-2019-001084 |pmid=32385141 |pmc=7299512 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page