Fatigue Treatment

Yes, you read it right! There are three different approaches to treat fatigue and its symptoms despite the fact that the signs have a very serious impact. These approaches are lifestyle changes, alternative medicine, and drugs and surgery. It is always feasible to start the treatment with the option that is least dicey and here, it is lifestyle changes. Drug and surgery should be the last resort only when the symptom is extreme. So, I would say that these three approaches are rather the three stages of fatigue treatment. Many women are of the opinion that a combination of lifestyle changes with alternative remedies like medication proves to be quite effective. Check them out!
 

• Lifestyle Changes to Say ‘Goodbye Fatigue’Although this approach is least risky as compared to the other two, it involves maximum self discipline. In this world, nothing can be achieved without discipline and so is the case here too. Just a few simple changes in lifestyle can harvest many health-related profits while tackling fatigue. For example, if fatigue is the result of stress, some most affordable stress reduction techniques such as yoga and breathing exercises are effective in improving your overall health.
  
  If you are experiencing fatigue during the day, the cause is lack of enough sleep. The probability of this cause is much more than stress because during menopause, women are likely to experience other symptoms like night sweats and sleep disorders disrupting their sleep cycle. To ensure a good night’s sleep, avoid caffeine and alcohol, be in the bedroom only to sleep, maintain a regular sleep schedule, sleep on a comfortable bed sheet, exercise daily, and eat before two hours of bed time.
  
  Diet also has an important role to play in fatigue treatment. Opt for more alkaline-forming items like figs, leafy greens, almonds, dates, and parsley; as these control blood Ph levels and increase energy levels. However, these changes do not address the root problem that is hormonal imbalance. So, to tackle that, the second stage/approach of alternative medicine has been recommended.
• Alternative MedicineThis approach of fatigue treatment involves little risk, but can prove to be tremendously useful due to its many different therapies. These include herbal supplements that are the most famous, acupuncture, biofeedback, massage, and aromatherapy. These are valid and effective choices, but the reason why herbal supplements are famous is because it is the easiest fatigue treatment requiring comparatively less time and money.
  
  There are two types of herbs used in dealing with fatigue namely, phytoestrogenic and non-estrogenic herbs. The phytoestrogenic herbs like Black Cohosh do hold estrogenic substances that are generated by plants. It is true that these herbs do ensure a balance of hormonal levels, but the body might not be able to produce estrogen on its own, which results in decline in own hormone levels.
  
  Therefore, the non-estrogenic herbs come into picture. Do not go by the name because they indirectly increase the hormone levels by fostering the pituitary and endocrine glands to make them capable of producing hormones. This, in turn, ensures proper estrogen levels in the body. So, non-estrogenic herbs like Macafem are the most recommended and safest way to fight with fatigue.
• Drugs and SurgeryThis is the last approach that involves the highest risk and cost. In USA, the most common drug therapy in this category is the Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). This therapy aims at eradicating fatigue quickly and strongly, but it has its own serious side effects and puts the patient at the risk of cancer. However, in severe cases, there is no option besides going for this one.
  
  In 1991, Women's Health Initiative (WHI), the largest clinical trial, was introduced in the United States so as to identify the benefits and risks of the hormone replacement therapy. However, this study was given up in 2002 due to the evidence that the synthetic hormones make a woman’s body susceptible to ovarian and breast cancer along with heart disease, blood clots, and strokes.
  
  Further, a few women approach their doctors for having some pharmaceutical help for sleeping. However, these medicines are okay for short term treatment, as in the long run; the medicines influence the sleep cycle and impose many side effects.