Chronic and post-viral fatigue

Fatigue is not the same as regular tiredness from physical activity or lack of sleep, and it’s often poorly understood by friends, family, colleagues and even medical professionals. If you’re suffering with fatigue, you’ll feel exhausted, even though you may have been sleeping a lot. You may have difficulties concentrating, memory issues, brain-fog and feel achy in your muscles and joints, especially at night. Everything feels like hard work, sometimes just making something to eat or a cup of tea feels like a struggle.

Chronic fatigue can have various causes: it could be an intolerance to certain foods in your diet, parasites, environmental toxins, chronic stress or a more serious underlying condition. There may be other symptoms that you are experiencing that would help identify, and so treat, the root issue. One of the most common causes of fatigue is post-viral fatigue. This is when your immune system has successfully fought off a virus, but left you and your body completely depleted afterwards. Sometimes, the virus has gone dormant deep in the cells of your body, and your immune system is exhausted from trying to keep it there and not allow it to get activated again and make you ill. It’s using all your available energy to keep your body functioning and free from disease.This is why some people with chronic-fatigue say they haven’t really felt well ever since they had a particular illness. Sometimes that’s years ago, and ever since they have been tired and maybe also immune compromised. Common viral illnesses that trigger post-viral fatigue are Epstein barr and various herpes group viruses, enterovirus, influenza and pneumonia, recently, Corona virus and covid-19.

Treating the fatigue involves first finding the underlying cause. If it’s a parasite or a virus that’s gone dormant, I use powerful, targeted, natural anti-viral and anti-microbials to eliminate it and remove the toxic load on your immune system. Then I use specific herbs and nutritional supplements that your body needs to support healing and repair. Vitamins are essential cofactors in all bodily reactions, and if you don’t have enough of the right ones, inflammation cannot be resolved and healing and repair cannot be completed. Some herbs are called adpatogens because they help the body and your immune system regulate it’s functions, a bit like giving a broken leg a plastercast until the fracture has healed. So I will often recommend an adaptogen herb that’s right for you, and there are many to choose from all with slightly different action.

Regarding foods, I create a nutrition protocol for you, including foods to help you fight inflammation, support your immune system and restore your energy levels. It might also be appropriate to give you certain strains of probiotic to help balance your commensal microbiota, especially if you’ve been on medication.

I will share with you lots of know-how, so you can take care of your immune system and protect your body. You will complete your treatment with me feeling stronger, healthier, full of energy and empowered to live life to the fullest.

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