CAUSES OF FATIGUE

Chemotherapy, radiation therapy: Both can cause fatigue. Ask your doctor about your treatment.

Anemia: Anemia means that you have too few of the red blood cells needed to carry oxygen. Oxygen is needed to produce energy and make muscles work.

Not eating well: Without food your body cannot produce energy.

Eating too much, eating foods high in fat: After large or fatty meals, a large portion of your blood and energy is directed toward your digestive tract to digest the food. This can make you feel very sleepy.

Not sleeping well: Anxiety, stress, pain, nausea and vomiting, and having to get up to go to the bathroom are a few example of things that can disturb your sleep.

Sleeping too much or spending too much time in bed: As stated above, inactivity causes fatigue.

Having too much anxiety or stress: Being anxious or having a lot of stress can drain you of energy (and interrupt sleep).

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