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Fatigue Causes
- Causes: Psychogenic and lifestyle (80%)
- Mood Disorder
- Eating disorder
- Sleep disorder (e.g. Insomnia)
- Recovery from surgery (Fatigue may persist 12 weeks even following minor surgery)
- Lifestyle
- Work problems or dissatisfaction
- Home finances and relationships
- Sedentary lifestyle and deconditioning
- Inadequate nutrition
- Inadequate rest or Overtraining
- Drug use
- Alcohol or Alcohol Abuse
- Tobacco
- Caffeine
- Amphetamines
- Sedative-Hypnotics medications or Tranquilizers
- Illicit Drug abuse
- Causes: Organic (20%)
- Infectious
- Febrile states
- Tuberculosis
- HIV Infection or AIDS
- Lyme Disease
- Chronic Mononucleosis
- Influenza
- Metabolic disorder
- Hematologic Disorder
- Anemia
- Lymphoma
- Leukemia
- Occult malignancy
- Heavy metal toxicity (e.g. Lead Poisoning)
- Renal Disease
- Liver Disease
- Acute Hepatitis
- Chronic hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Rheumatologic disease
- Neurologic
- Miscellaneous
- Medications
- Psychotropic medications
- Antidepressants
- Amitriptyline
- Doxepin
- Trazodone
- Antihistamines
- Diphenhydramine
- Non-Sedating Antihistamines cause Fatigue in up to 15% of patients
- Cardiovascular medications
- Opioids
- Antihypertensive medications
- Beta Blockers (e.g. Propranolol)
- Reserpine
- Methyldopa
- Clonidine
- Psychotropic medications
- Infectious
- References
- Lipken in Dornbrand (1992) Ambulatory Care, p. 5-8
- Goroll (2000) Primary Care Medicine, Lippincott, p. 41
- Rosenthal (2008) Am Fam Physician 78(10):1173
Fatigue (C0015672) | |
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| Definition (MSH) | The state of weariness following a period of exertion, mental or physical, characterized by a decreased capacity for work and reduced efficiency to respond to stimuli. |
| Definition (CSP) | state of weariness following a period of exertion, mental or physical, characterized by a decreased capacity for work and reduced efficiency to respond to stimuli. |
| Definition (NCI) | That state, following a period of mental or bodily activity, characterized by a lessened capacity for work and reduced efficiency of accomplishment, usually accompanied by a feeling of weariness, sleepiness, or irritability. |
| Concepts | Sign or Symptom (T184) |
| ICD9 | 780.79 |
| MSH | D005221 |
| English | decreased energy, Fatigue, Lack of energy, Lacking in energy, Loss of energy, psychogenic fatigue, Tiredness, Weariness |
| Spanish | cansancio, falta de energia, faltante de energia, fatiga, perdida de energia |
| Parent Concepts | Medical History (C0262926), Fatigue (C0015672), Dormancy (C0678686), body physical activity (C0178520), Signs and Symptoms (C0037088), Mental and Behavioral Signs and Symptoms (C0237088), cancer-related problem/condition (C0280950), [D]Malaise and fatigue NOS (C0024528), Finding of general energy (C0578015), Duplicate concept (C1274013), Energy and stamina finding (C1282984), General problem AND/OR complaint (C1290919) |
| Sources | AIR, AOD, COSTAR, CSP, CST, DXP, LCH, LNC, MSH, MTH, MTHICD9, NCI, NDFRT, OMIM, PDQ, PNDS, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
