how does fatigue increase with age?
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I don't think it's exactly the amount of SLEEP that you get that causes higher levels of fatigue. It's more along the lines of "wear and tear" mentioned above. All organs deteriorate with age and at an older age, they cannot function to their maximum capabilities. Muscles get weaker and cannot support a fast heartbeat and fast breathing, other organs cannot control your blood sugar levels, etc.
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I have been taking Copaxone for a year and a half. It is hard for to to adjust sometimes to the changes in my fatigue level, because I want to do more things. If I am going to do something I either make sure to do it when I typically have the most energy or save my energy during the day before I do something at night.
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With aging, decreased blood flow and reduced oxygenation to the brain causes slower transmission of nerve impulses. This change causes the elderly to need additional time for motor and sensory tasks involving speed, balance, coordination, and fine motor activities (buttoning buttons, opening bottles, etc.). \nDeterioration in nerve terminals that provide data to the brain about body movement and position occur with aging, which results in balance and coordination problems in the elderly. \nIt is common for the lens in eyes to become less elastic with age, making it more difficult to see in dim lighting or when switching between spatial distances. \nCataracts are a common symptom of aging. \nLenses in the eyes turn yellow in color, causing distorted color perception with aging. \nAs the body ages, accommodation of pupil size decreases, so the eyes take longer to adjust to changes in lighting. \nConsistency of fluid within the eye changes with aging, causing blurred vision in the elderly. \nWith aging, it is normal for decreased secretions and tears in eyes, causing dryness and itching. \nNeurons in ears decrease with aging, and the blood supply diminishes in the body. Aging changes may cause hearing difficulty. \nAbility to sense pressure, temperature and pain diminish with age.
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My husband slowed down at age 50...\nBut it was more from his long work hours than anything else...\nHe was just too tired most of the time...
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Have you been exercising consistently?  If you are just starting out, then you will feel exhausted for a couple of weeks.  Your body will adapt.  And even though you eat well, you should take a good multi-vitamin.
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As you age, your body becomes less resilient to any type of stress.  \nthings that get harder when you get older include, but are not limited to:\n1. starting an exercise program, \n2. recovering from surgery\n3. recovering from a hangover.  \n\nThink about your body like a car.  An old car might need a constant supply of oil, just like you might need a constant supply of vitamins now.  Alcohol can deprive your body of nutrients.  Since your body needs those nutrients more than it did say 18 years ago, then your body will react badly to the alcohol.
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the bones get old,  kinda like a rusty wheel without oil [we creak and crack] we loose joint  fluid....   and the bones get spurs.\nplus the joint become inflamed.. in other words we start falling apart
974990
Depends on wither it's sluggish, or hyper. If your thyroid is sluggish, you will gain weight, lose hair on your head, but grow more on your body, extreme fatigue.To check your thyroid, feel under your chin,each side about 2 to 3 inches apart, see if it feels swollen. A simple blood test will prove if it's not functioning properly, and medication will correct any imbalance, women should have theirs, checked yearly.
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You need to boost your system with a lot of fresh fruit and veg.  build your energy levels back up.  however be aware that a long viral infection could lead to chronic fatigue syndrome.  give yourself a month to improve and if you are still feeling tired or things get worse consult your doctor.
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Fatigue is one of the symptoms of MS, and your not alone in feeling fatigued when in the sun. \n\nDo you keep up your fluids when out side? As a lack of fluids would certainly increase your fatigue levels, also do you apply a sunscreen?\n\nI worked with a lady who had has MS, she would also would become fatigued when very hot, she would also try to avoid being in the sun, as much as possible, partly because of the fatigue, and the sun exposure (she would not feel her skin burning). \n\nI would put her into bed for a rest about 2pm and take her back out about 5pm. I would leave 3 bottles of water for her each afternoon, and would have to replenish them when I returned to make her tea.\n\nTake care
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its very possible...............the more you have the more tired you get
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You get so tired just do to the fact that your body is going through a lot of changes.  Your hormones are off the chart, you gotta remember you have a little baby inside of you and if im right most of the babys growing happens in the first trimester.
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Sarah, presuming that you are not under any abnormal stress or circumstances, i.e change of diet or exersize routine, I'm guessing that you're between 13 and 20 years old?\n\nThrough studies of sleep patterns of people between the ages of 8 and 90 recently conducted in Germany, it appears that our biological clock (that is to say, whether we stay up and rise late or early) changes when we hit puberty. \nThough children will generally be 'larks,' teenagers will go to bed progressively later and rise later until about 20 years old. Then the process reverses, and elderly people eventually experience the opposite problem to teenagers, they cannot stay asleep and rise too early.\n\nThe change in our body clock when we hit puberty causes teenagers to experience symptoms not unlike that of jetlag; not being able to sleep and then battling to rise in the morning, feeling tired and sluggish. In America scientists have even found the same syptoms as narcolepsy in some teenagers!\n\nBut there might still be some hope! Some schools in Minnesota have already moved their start time back an hour, and if the changes do occur elsewhere they're hoping for schools and Universities not to start before 11 am.\n\nBut in the meantime what you can try is getting more light in the morning, even just for a quick walk outside. This can help to re-adjust the body clock because the light outside on a rainy day is much much stronger than the light inside. We are sensitive to light in more ways than we realize and most of us are stuck inside too much and it can cause health problems such as these.\n\nIf this seems like it could be what's causing your sleep problems, get hold of The New Scientist article from 2 September 2006, it makes for a very eye-opening read.
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Fatigue can be caused by too much medication or not enough medication, but they are different kinds of fatigue.\n\nWith too little medication, you get a kind of fatigue where you are exhausted and can't bear to get out of bed in the morning.  You are totally exhausted and you have no energy.\n\nWith too much medication, you get a different kind of fatigue, where you feel like you've been running a marathon all day long.  It's exhaustion, but it's different.\n\nOther symptoms of too much medication include shortness of breath, fast pulse (especially if greater than 100 beats per minute), weight loss, extreme hunger, irritability, high temperature, feeling hot all the time, tremor (shakiness of hands, for example), and diarrhea.\n\nSeems to me that if you're not nursing (and maybe even if you are), you should have been lowered to your pre-pregnancy dose once you delivered.  \n\nAt the very least, you should talk to your doctor about your symptoms and he/she should have followed up soon after the birth with blood tests, including T4 and TSH.  Blood tests can tell the doctor that you're overdosed.  Overdose of thyroid medication puts a lot of strain on the cardiovascular/pulmonary system, so I would definitely not hesitate to speak to my physician about this without delay.\n\nThat said, tiredness may just have to do with being directly postpartum.  It still wouldn't hurt to have it checked out, though.  Don't play around with your metabolism and your life.
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Primarily by two actions:\n1) Increase hemoglobin, which acts indirectly to allow your muscles to avoid anaerobic activity.  This isn't a change in the muscle (it's a change in your blood) but it has an effect on perceived fatigue.  it's part of "getting in shape"\n\n2) Grow.  Muscles will increase in size in response to stress.  That's how weightlifting works.  They can also change somewhat from fast, weak, fibers towards slow, stronger, fibers (and back again) depending on stimulus.
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Two things:\n\n1.  Your metabolism does slow down as you age.  However, 65 pounds is a lot to gain over that time frame if you're **sure** you haven't decreased your exercise levels and your eating habits have improved.\n\n2.  It could be thyroid trouble.  Go see your primary care physician or an endocrinologist to be examined/tested for it.\n\nhttp://www.webmd.com/hw/thyroid_disorders/aa34887.asp
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Our body gives subtle signs of aging early on. Flexibility begins to decline in our 20s. Muscle strength begins to decline in our early 40s. We may have trouble balancing. Walking helps with muscle strength, flexibility, and balance. It offsets the effects of aging in other words.