Facing and Fighting Fatigue: A Practical Approach (Boswell's Correspondence;7;yale Ed.of) - Softcover

Natelson, Benjamin H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300074018 ISBN 13: 9780300074017

Publisher: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1998

Synopsis

We all know what it is to be exhausted: fatigue seems to be a normal part of human experience when we are overactive have physical or emotional problems face stress or suffer from insomnia. Some of us in fact suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome an illness characterized by pervasive fatigue that produces significant disability and lasts more than six months. In this important book an eminent specialist in fatigue disorders-a physician who is sensitive and empathic to patients' complaints-discusses all kinds of fatigue problems explaining what fatigue is what causes it how to combat it and what patients should know when consulting a doctor about symptoms. The book offers valuable advice on: how to improve your sleep; ways to find understanding and sympa thetic doctors; self-help techniques to manage stress (the role of exercise relaxation and coaches); the best medicines and ancillary techniques used by expert physicians to treat severe fatiguing illness the efficacy of alternative medicines; ways for those with severe and chronic fatigue to cope with their own illness; and more.

About this title

About the Author

Benjamin H. Natelson is professor of neurosciences at the University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School, and director of the New Jersey Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Center.

Reviews

"A surprising thing often occurs when doctors cannot hold an abnormal test result in their hands: they tend to think that there is nothing wrong with the patient." How true this statement proves for many fatigue sufferers! For the ten percent of the population who have a frequent problem with fatigue, Natelson (neurosciences and director of the New Jersey Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Ctr.) offers a fact-based approach to treatment while being open to nonharmful, alternative therapies, and he advocates a "whole person" approach in this well-documented guide. Coverage includes causes, how to tell the difference between being tired and having chronic fatigue, ways to manage either problem, and advice on finding the right physician and support group. There have been many books on fatigue in recent years, including Hillary Johnson's Osler's Web: Inside the Labyrinth of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (LJ 2/15/96), which was endorsed by the CFIDS Association of America, Inc., but this one is recommended as an addition to any library whose readers are interested in the subject. Would that we all had physicians with Natelson's blend of practicality, open-mindedness, and empathy. Recommended for the consumer health collections of public and medical libraries.?Dixie Jones, Louisiana State Univ. Medical Ctr., Shreveport
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300074018
• ISBN 13: 9780300074017
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 223