When you’re feeling tired or overworked, your friends and family may suggest taking a break to catch up on rest and pamper yourself. However, for people with chronic fatigue syndrome, it can seem difficult to regain your energy levels. Often, a weak immune system can trigger this condition. Below is a brief guide to chronic fatigue syndrome, how it can develop from low immunity, and how regenerative medicine can make a difference.

What Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

People with chronic fatigue syndrome will endure a substantial period of exhaustion—at least six months long. Unlike feeling tired or sleep-deprived, this condition can’t be improved by sleep, and it will start to interfere with your daily routine. Some people may feel dizzy when standing upright, and the sensation can only be stopped by laying flat. During the day, you’ll have trouble managing normal tasks at work and home. While anyone can experience chronic fatigue syndrome—including teenagers—it’s most common among women in their 40s and 50s.

Most of the time, chronic fatigue syndrome begins with an infection or illness, including symptoms such as a sore throat, aching body, and fever. Therefore, people with weak immune systems are more susceptible to contracting Epstein-Barr virus, Q fever bacteria, and Lyme disease bacteria, which can all set chronic fatigue syndrome in motion. While individuals with the condition don’t have defective immune systems, research has shown that those with immune system abnormalities may cause chronic fatigue syndrome. In fact, an affected immune system attacks tissues throughout the body.

Are There Treatments For It?

If your weakened immune system is the reason behind your chronic fatigue syndrome, it may be because you’re under a significant amount of stress. Anxiety weakens endocrine pathways, adrenals, and thyroid glands, which in turn, weakens the immune system. Without its normal defenses, the body is more vulnerable to the infections that trigger chronic fatigue syndrome.

To treat this debilitating condition, you’ll first need to rule out other illnesses associated with fatigue, such as Lyme disease and mono. Once these possibilities are eliminated, your regenerative medicine provider will begin to treat you for chronic fatigue syndrome, assessing your immune system, hormones, and taking blood tests. Then, they’ll compile a personalized treatment plan to relieve your symptoms and reverse its effects.

If you’re seeking regenerative medicine options for chronic fatigue syndrome, get in touch with Integrative Medicine of New York, PLLC. Based in Westbury, NY, they treat patients throughout Long Island for a variety of illnesses, from auto-immune diseases to cancer. If you have chronic fatigue syndrome, they can get to the bottom of your symptoms and build a customized treatment plan to restore your energy levels. For more information about their approach to immune system wellness by using regenerative medicine, visit their website. Call (516) 759-4200 to schedule a consultation.