Fatigue is a feminine noun in the Portuguese language and means the extreme tiredness or exhaustion, physical or mental, caused by repetitive effort or intense work.
Fatigue is the inability of a living being to perform normal activities in normality, due to an exaggerated increase in physical or mental effort. Among the main symptoms of a person fatigued - term used to indicate the situation of a person with fatigue - lack of concentration (microsleep), irritability, loss of appetite, headache, excessive sleep, laziness and bodily weakness.
Fatigue can also be a symptom of a more serious problem, such as some chronic illnesses. Example: cancer, anorexia or eating disorders, diabetes, lupus (autoimmune disease), among others.
The term fatigue can also be used to indicate the loss of quality or strength of equipment, mechanism. Example: Decreased sensitivity on the screen of some devices touch screen (sensitive to touch).
Fatigue in English can be translated by fatigue, tiredness or weariness.
Synonyms of fatigue
- affront
- tiredness
- tiredness
- boredom
- breaker
- suffocation
muscle fatigue
THE muscle fatigue it is caused by extreme, repetitive strain on the muscles. The intensity of physical activity, environmental factors (very high or low temperatures, for example), and the condition of muscle fibers are also some factors that help define the degree of fatigue muscle.
For avoid muscle fatigue, people must pay attention to a nutritional re-education, training and strengthening of all muscle fibers in the body, but respecting a daily limit of body effort, avoiding wear physicist.
mental fatigue
THE mental fatigue is intricately related to stress. The brain's constant and repetitive effort in intellectual activities or activities that require a high level of concentration also contribute to mental exhaustion.
Symptoms of fatigue or mental exhaustion can also be the same as muscle fatigue, such as headaches, irritability, and lack of attention or concentration.
Activities that need concentration to be performed should be avoided, such as driving or performing calculations.
chronic fatigue
THE Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) or Immune Dysfunction Syndrome is not related to any other type of disease. Chronic fatigue sufferers have an extremely high level of exhaustion, a condition that does not go away even when there is a prolonged rest.
Chronic fatigue occurs mainly in women aged 30 to 50 years, and its causes are still unknown.
adrenal fatigue
THE adrenal fatigue it affects many people in the world, as the reasons for its triggering are numerous and are present in man's life contemporary, such as allergies, bullying, financial pressure, job loss, urban chaos, smoking, urban violence and etc.
when the adrenal glands (also known as adrenal glands) are not working properly, fatigue symptoms appear. The adrenal glands are responsible for regulating the human body to stress, the sleep cycle, blood pressure and other important functions of the endocrine system.
See also:
- To stress