Residents of modern megacities with a sense of weakness in the body are familiar very well. Hard work, stressful situations, insufficient amount of fresh air in offices, unsatisfactory ecological situation - there are many factors predisposing to the appearance of unpleasant sensations. As a rule, even after a short rest the body is restored. But sometimes weakness does not leave the body for several days, or even weeks. And this is not a very good symptom.
Causes of weakness in the body and drowsiness
Often, weakness, indicating a serious disruption in the body, is accompanied by additional symptoms. Such as:
- pallor;
- brittle hair or nails;
- dandruff;
- rashes;
- distraction;
- memory impairment;
- apathy;
- anxiety;
- headache;
- dizziness.
Suffer from weakness in the body can be different people: both children, and the elderly, and men and women. Still, experts identify several groups of the population falling into the zone of high risk. Among them are:
- young people during puberty;
- patients with diabetes mellitus ;
- pregnant and newly-born women;
- women during menopause;
- employees of offices, and those who are involved in the social sphere;
- vegetarians.
In addition, a feeling of weakness can appear in girls during menstruation and those of the fair sex who harass themselves with rigid diets.
Not only physical, but also psychological, emotional factors can lead to the decline of forces. The main causes of weakness in the body are as follows:
- Chronic fatigue almost always gets out of the way. The diagnosis has been made more often lately. The peak of "morbidity" falls on winter and autumn - periods when the body does not receive enough vitamins and other nutrients.
- Unpleasant weakness in the body and drowsiness is a consequence of chronic lack of sleep. To many, this term seems to be frivolous, but in fact the disease associated with lack of sleep exists and is quite dangerous. Of course, one or two sleepless nights will not greatly affect your health. Much more dangerous is the regular lack of sleep - sooner or later the body will try to catch up on its own.
- Neurological pathologies can also cause weakness: stroke, central nervous system diseases, atherosclerosis, good and malignant neoplasms in the brain. Sometimes problems begin after serious head injuries.
- In some patients, a sharp weakness in the whole body appears due to iron deficiency anemia. Against the background of a decrease in the iron content in the body, the amount of hemoglobin decreases sharply, and hypoxia develops. All this leads to inhibition of the body as a whole and the brain in particular.
- There is a feeling of weakness in the body and with diseases of the cardiovascular system: arrhythmias, vegetative-vascular dystonia, tachycardia and others. Most ailments are accompanied by dizziness, attacks of nausea and vomiting.
- It also happens that the decline of strength - a sign of violations in the thyroid gland.
How to cure a strong weakness in the whole body?
In fact, you can not cure weakness. But to eliminate it, having cured a disease that provoked a breakdown, you can:
- If the problem is overwork, it is urgent to revise your schedule and add more time to sleep and rest.
- Do not stick to a diet if it leads to weakness.
- In the autumn and winter, the body should be supported by vitamin complexes.