What is Fatigue?

What is fatigue?

Fatigue is feeling “tired”.  There are a number of symptoms that people can have when they are feeling fatigued.

I remember when I was in my Internal Medicine residency, how many doctors would not acknowledge fatigue unless a person had abnormal thyroid labs, diabetes, Addison’s disease (complete adrenal failure) or anemia.  There was no consideration of anything in-between.  

This feeling can affect our ability to work, exercise, handle our activities of daily living and be produc