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What Causes Tiredness Along With Body Aches?

Posted on Wed, 22 Oct 2014

Question: My roommate complains of being tired all the time, along with body aches.

Answered by Dr. Binu Parameswaran Pillai (7 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Few questions

Detailed Answer:
Good day,
Noted the concern.
Is he/she a diabetic. Any long term medications?
What about age, weight and height? Any recent change in bowel habits or apetite?
How is sleep?

Sorry, so many questions. This is to find out possible causes of his/her symptomsinu

Regards
Binu

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Binu Parameswaran Pillai (1 hour later)

He is 52, 5'7", around 160 lbs. He is not diabetic, and not on any long term medication. He sleeps okay most night, but sometimes does have trouble. Most mornings he feels just as tired when he wakes up as he did when he went to bed. He also has excessive thirst. There is really not much change in bowel habits. He drinks Peto frequently, although not as much the last month.

Answered by Dr. Binu Parameswaran Pillai (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Possible causes

Detailed Answer:

Thank you for the reply. If he is snoring at night, he could be having sleep apnea which makes him tired in the mornings. Mouth breathing during night can make th mouth dry and increase the thirst. Is he depressed or anxious for any cause? If so,this also will make him tired in the mornings. Vitamin D defiicncy is an important cause of body ache which is easy to treat as well

I would suggest few blood works.
a) CBC, ESR
b) Fasting blood sugar
c) Electrolytes
d) Serum calcium ( fasting), albumin and Vitamin D level
e) Serum Creatinine, ALT, AST
f) Urine routine tests

These test are suggsted to find out physical causes of tiredness and thirst.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar