Apa kelelahan, seperti yang dibedakan dari kantuk?

Ini adalah keadaan kelelahan berkelanjutan dan

penurunan kapasitas kerja fisik dan mental yang tidak hilang dengan istirahat, setidaknya tidak
sepenuhnya hilang dengan istirahat. Orang-orang ini bangun lelah setelah tidur malam. Dan mereka
lelah sepanjang waktu. Apakah mereka mengantuk atau tidak adalah tidak penting; mereka hanya lelah.
Apakah mereka memiliki apa yang akan tidur malam yang baik, mereka masih lelah. Artinya, menurut
definisi, kelelahan.

Ini adalah subyektif. Tidak ada tes yang nyata untuk ini berkaitan dengan laboratorium atau pencitraan
studi tradisional, tetapi itu adalah kurangnya subjektif dari energi fisik dan / atau mental yang
mengganggu aktivitas biasa dan diinginkan. Itulah yang kelelahan, menurut definisi: subyektif.
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by 6 month or more of severe, debilitating fatigue, often
accompanied by myalgia, headache, pharyngitis, low-grade fever, cognitive complaints, gastrointestinal
symptoms, and tender lymph nodes. The search continues for an infection cause of chronic fatigue
because of the high percentage of patients who report abrupt onset after a severe flu-like illness.
In 1998, the US center for disease control and prevention (CDC) defined specific diagnostic criteria for
chronic fatigue syndrome. Since then, the disorder has captured the attention of both the medical
profession and the general public. The disorder is classified in the 10
th
revision of international statistical
classification of disease and related health problem (ICD 10) as an ill-defined condition of unknown
etiology under the heading malaise and fatigue and is subdivided into asthenia and unspecified
disability.
Diagnosis and clinical features
Because chronic fatigue syndrome has no phatognomonic features, diagnosis is difficult. Physicians
should attempt to delineate as many sign and symptom as possible to facilitate the process. Although
chronic fatigue is the most common complain, most patients have many other symptom. As a patients
history unfold, clinicians are likely to think of a variety of disease states that fall within the range of
neurological, metabolic, or psychiatric disorder to account for the patients distress. In most cases,
however, no picture of any disorder clearly emerges from history taking alone.
The physician examination is also an unreliable source of diagnostic certainly. In addition to chronic
fatigue, for example