Recently, the topic #6 symptoms of over-fatigue was trending on Weibo. See how many you won? According to popular science in China, there is actually no such disease as "over-fatigue" in medicine. If the body has some symptoms due to over-fatigue, it actually refers to what medical science calls "chronic fatigue syndrome."

It is understood that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a new disease officially named by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1988.

In 2015, the National Institute of Medicine renamed chronic fatigue syndrome systemic exercise intolerance disease (SEID).

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a chronic condition of fatigue that cannot be explained by general exertion or illness.Currently, there are no valid laboratory tests or imaging tests to confirm the diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome. However, patients are usually accompanied by non-specific symptoms such as fever, pain, inattention, and impaired cognitive ability during clinical examination.

That is, when other reasons (including drug side effects) cannot explain the patient's physical fatigue and other symptoms, a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome may be considered.

The main patient population of chronic fatigue syndrome has shifted from manual workers to mental workers.It is relatively common among practitioners in the Internet, medical, media, science and education and other industries, and it shows a trend of getting younger.

For the self-assessment evaluation scale, you can take a test against the indicators:

1. I don’t want to get up in the morning, I barely get up, and I feel tired all over;

2. Difficulty concentrating when working or reading;

3. Speech is weak;

4. Unwilling to communicate with colleagues and often remain silent after returning home;

5. Always stretching, yawning, and feeling sleepy;

6. Too lazy to climb stairs and often stumbles when going upstairs;

7. Even when the bus is coming, I don’t want to run to catch up;

8. I like to lie on the sofa and raise my legs to feel comfortable;

9. The limbs are stiff, the legs are heavy, and the hands tend to tremble;

10. Poor appetite;

11. Palpitations, chest tightness, and an indescribable uncomfortable feeling;

12. Frequent abdominal distension, diarrhea or constipation;

13. You are forgetful, the more things are in front of you, the easier it is to forget;

14. Difficulty falling asleep or waking up early, and dreaming continuously after falling asleep.

Among the above indicators,If 3 to 4 items are met, it indicates that the body may be in mild fatigue; if 5 to 7 items are met, it indicates that the body may be in moderate fatigue; if 8 or more items are met, it indicates that the body may be in severe fatigue. At this time, you can consider seeking medical treatment to consider whether you have chronic fatigue syndrome.

Popular Science China states that chronic fatigue is an early warning to the body, reminding you that your body has exceeded its normal load. At this time, if you stop to rest and make adequate adjustments, you can reduce the damage to your body.

If we do not pay attention to it and do not take timely rest and adjustment, then "small problems" may cause "big problems", seriously threatening our physical and mental health and even life safety.