When is it normal to feel tired
Tired All The Time? | What Causes Fatigue?
hi there my name is dr. Dominic Rowley
I'm the medical director of let's catch
a comm I'm here today to talk to you
about a very common symptom known as
being tired all the time or feeling
tired all the time
so what does feeling tired all the time
mean well patients commonly present to
me and the only way they can describe
how they feel is the is using that
terminology feeling tired all the time
so fatigue is a very pervasive and
pleasant feeling and it has a very much
a negative impact on your life on your
moods on your ability to function in
terms of work exercise look after your
children and also be in being a healthy
happy functioning relationship so it's a
very broad and a symptom fatigue and it
can have a very negative impact on your
quality of life
so what are the causes of being tired
all the time or feeling tired all the
time well as you probably can guess it's
a it's quite a general term tired all
the time so there are many many causes
so looking at some of the kind of
divided into we are dividing this into
two ways we can look at external factors
and internal factors so external factors
for feeling tired all the time will
include being under great amounts of
stress this could be work stress this
could be relationship stress financial
stress this can lead to you having low
mood which will also lead to you feeling
tired all the time so they that could be
external reasons for feeling tired all
the time from an internal point of view
there are many disease processes and
many physical reasons why you might feel
tired all the time and I'm going to
discuss some of the most common ones now
with you if a patient is suffering are
you're suffering from anemia which is a
low blood count so your hemoglobin or
your blood count is low this may lead to
you feeling tired all the time
in one of our other videos we discuss
this in more detail but there are many
different reasons for having a low blood
count including dietary reasons so lack
of iron in your diet lack of red meat or
a loss of blood so for example having
very heavy periods may lead to a low
blood count so that's one physical
reason for having for feeling tired at
the time having a low blood count other
reasons would include having low vitamin
levels for example having low vitamin
b12 levels are low folate levels this
can again be due to a lack of intake of
dietary intake and in b12 or folate or
indeed you may be using up too much b12
or folate if you have a decrease in
vitamin D levels depending on what
country you live in and how much
sunlight you're exposed to you may be
suffering from and having low vitamin D
levels this can also lead you feeling
tired all the time
then there are hormone reasons for
feeling tired all the time and we often
in our videos in my videos we go back to
the thyroid gland which i've referred to
as kind of the powerhouse the metabolic
center of the body and if the thyroid
gland isn't producing enough of its
hormone called thyroxine and your body
is slowed down
and you very commonly feel sluggish and
tired all the time so that would be a
hormonal reason for feeling tired all
the time
another very common hormonal reason
would be if you're suffering from
diabetes and your sugars your blood
sugars aren't under control and this
relieves you feeling very tired or
sluggish so as I mentioned in summary
there is external factors and there's
also internal factors at play
if you feel you you're tired all the
time I'm fatigued were you taking over
your life and please visit our website
let's get checked calm speak with one of
our nurses and they'll best advise you
about what tests or blood panel that
might wear as suture needs and
alternately of course you can visit your
family physician for further advice and
management
from any of their symptoms for example
one expected weight gain or low mood or
depression you may want to check out
some of my other videos which are
slightly more detailed about those
conditions
