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How Can Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Impact the Ability to Care for Oneself?

Home Health Care in Coronado CA: What do you know about chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)? This is a real health condition that is more common in women in their 30s and 40s.
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Home Health Care in Coronado CA: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

What do you know about chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)? This is a real health condition that is more common in women in their 30s and 40s. Also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, CFS makes the patient feel exhausted even after taking it easy.

It’s usually triggered by a serious accident or other traumatic incidents like the death of a family member. It may also follow a health issue like Lyme disease or mono. It can last years before easing. To truly be diagnosed as CFS, the symptoms must have been occurring for at least six months.

 

Symptoms of CFS

Feelings of exhaustion, even after taking days off and doing nothing, are common in people with CFS. The condition can make it hard to focus, affect short-term memory, or cause joint and muscle pain. People with CFS often have difficulty getting a good night’s sleep.

Even after sleeping for an entire night, they feel groggy and unrefreshed. After a busy day, the body’s reaction is unusual and may include severe nausea and vomiting. Some say it feels like having a case of the flu that lasts for months.

 

Why It’s Concerning When You’re a Family Caregiver

When you have CFS, it’s hard to provide the care your parents may need. If you put in the full effort to do the housework, cook meals, and help with bathing, the next day you don’t feel good. It’s hard to get out of bed and function properly. It leaves your parents without any help for days, weeks, and even months while you try to feel better.

Talk to your doctor and get a proper diagnosis. While there is no treatment, there are things you can do to help ease the pain, including therapy sessions. Once a doctor has ruled out other conditions, you can go to your family and talk about your health. Open a discussion about how everyone can best help your parents while you learn to manage your symptoms.

When your parents are struggling with mobility or chronic health conditions and you have CFS, it’s important that you look into elder care. They need someone they can depend on. Don’t feel guilty. You must take care of yourself first. When you’re having a good day, you can join your parents doing things you both enjoy.

Caregivers offer a range of assistive services like medication reminders, ambulation, transportation, and meals. Call an elder care agency to discuss your parents’ needs.

 

For more information about hiring Home Health Care in Coronado, CA, call the friendly caregivers at La Jolla Nurses Homecare who can help your aging parents remain in their own homes, at 858-454-9339. We are a home care agency providing quality and affordable senior care in La Jolla, CA, and the surrounding communities.

 

Sources:

Health.harvard.edu

 

Brittnei Salerno

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