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

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ISBN 10: 0300074018 / ISBN 13: 9780300074017

Published by -, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Facing and Fighting Fatigue: A Practical Approach (Boswell's Correspondence;7;yale Ed.of)
• Publisher: -
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300074018
• ISBN 13: 9780300074017
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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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 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.