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Why You’re Always Tired: What The Experts Won’t Tell You

Oct 14, 2022
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INSIGHT

Common Fatigue Causes Reviewed

  • Common causes of fatigue include poor sleep, stress, anemia, vitamin deficiencies, and lifestyle factors like caffeine timing.
  • These typical reasons are often advised but rarely resolve unexplained chronic fatigue fully.
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Limitations of Sleep Apnea Diagnosis

  • Sleep apnea diagnosis depends on apnea hypopnea index (AHI) with criteria that neglect frequent brief breathing interruptions.
  • Many chronically tired patients have multiple short obstructions causing fragmented sleep yet fall below official diagnostic thresholds.
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Sleep Apnea Misconceptions

  • Many with obstructive sleep apnea don’t fit the typical profile of middle-aged overweight men who snore.
  • Thin women can have severe sleep apnea often underdiagnosed or mistreated with sleeping pills.
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