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What Causes Persistent Fatigue?

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Posted on Tue, 17 Nov 2015
Question: symptom is fatigue. what problem is strongly connected to this?
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Answered by Dr. Drkaushal85 (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
Worsening of hypothyroidism, anemia, hypercarbia etc can be the cause.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic.
I can understand your concern.
Fatigue is actually very vague symptom.
At your age and condition, fatigue can be due to
1. Worsening of hypothyroidism
2. Anemia
3. Hypercarbia (high carbon dioxide)
4. Heart failure
5. Vitamin deficiency
6. Age related etc.
So better to consult doctor and get done thyroid function test, hemoglobin estimation, vitamin b12 and d3 level.
Also get done ecg and 2d echo to rule out heart failure.
Since you are using CPAP machine, hypercarbia can also cause fatigue.
So consult doctor and discuss all these.
Hope I have solved your query.
I will be happy to help you further.
Wish you good health. Thanks.
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What Causes Persistent Fatigue?

Brief Answer: Worsening of hypothyroidism, anemia, hypercarbia etc can be the cause. Detailed Answer: Thanks for your question on Health Care Magic. I can understand your concern. Fatigue is actually very vague symptom. At your age and condition, fatigue can be due to 1. Worsening of hypothyroidism 2. Anemia 3. Hypercarbia (high carbon dioxide) 4. Heart failure 5. Vitamin deficiency 6. Age related etc. So better to consult doctor and get done thyroid function test, hemoglobin estimation, vitamin b12 and d3 level. Also get done ecg and 2d echo to rule out heart failure. Since you are using CPAP machine, hypercarbia can also cause fatigue. So consult doctor and discuss all these. Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further. Wish you good health. Thanks.