{"id":463,"date":"2021-05-13T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=463"},"modified":"2025-06-26T09:51:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T13:51:47","slug":"what-causes-fatigue-and-how-can-i-treat-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=463","title":{"rendered":"What causes fatigue, and how can I treat it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fatigue is the number one long term complaint of people who have recovered from COVID.  Although this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/248002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Medical News Today article (opens in a new tab)\">Medical News Today article<\/a> does not deal specifically with COVID, it provides a thorough discussion of the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment of fatigue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fatigue can result from a mental or physical health condition, medication use, or chronic pain, among other reasons. Treatment involves managing the underlying cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Physical and mental fatigue are different, but they often occur together. Repeated physical exhaustion can lead to mental fatigue over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poor sleep, particularly when it occurs for a long time, can also lead to fatigue. Officials recommend that adults get&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhlbi.nih.gov\/health-topics\/sleep-deprivation-and-deficiency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">7\u20138 hoursTrusted Source<\/a>&nbsp;of sleep each night. According to some research, however, around&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/65\/wr\/mm6506a1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 in 3 peopleTrusted Source<\/a>&nbsp;in the United States say that they do not get enough sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eating a healthful diet and getting regular physical activity can help reduce fatigue for many people. Treating the underlying cause of fatigue, whether this is poor sleep or a health condition, also helps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When fatigue\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/sleep\/features\/drowsy-driving.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">affects safety<\/a>, it becomes a public health concern. People with severe fatigue may act similarly to those who are intoxicated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatigue is the number one long term complaint of people who have recovered from COVID. Although this Medical News Today article does not deal specifically with COVID, it provides a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fatigue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12614,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions\/12614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}