INTRODUCTION Fatigue and depression are commonly attributed to malignant and chronic benign diseases. However, these phenomena have been little investigated to date in prostatic diseases. Our aim was to compare fatigue and depression in prostate cancer patients treated with Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT) and in patients with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) / Benign Prostatic Syndrome. ...

The chronic fatigue syndrome is characterised by a fatigue that is disproportionate to the intensity of effort that is undertaken, has persisted for 6 months or longer, and has no obvious cause. Unless there has been a long period of patient- or physician-imposed inactivity, objective data may show little reduction in muscle strength or peak aerobic power, but the affected individual avoids hea...

BACKGROUND Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a controversial disorder with different case definitions, aetiological models and proposed treatments. An epidemiological approach is likely to bring some clarity to the field. AIM The aim of this article is to review the literature on the epidemiology of fatigue, chronic fatigue and CFS. METHOD A literature search was conducted using the databas...

Numerous studies with fatigue as a prominent feature have been described in the literature since time immemorial. Yet CFS continues to be relegated to the grab bag of vague and poorly understood syndromes that do not fit the traditional allopathic model of illness with specific etiology and pathogenesis. Despite our skepticism (and perhaps ignorance), this condition, with its uncertain etiology...

In writing a history of any illness there is always a dilemma whether to attempt the story of the condition 'itself', the medical attempts to define its nature, or to glimpse it via our changing reactions. The easiest is a straightforward account of the attempts of scientists to solve a problem--the classic medical detective story. However, this is often more fiction than fact. Medicine rarely ...

BACKGROUND Fatigue is an important symptom to patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). The aim of this study is to examine the prevalence and severity of fatigue among non-dialysis-dependent CKD and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, to examine the association of fatigue with subjective and objective sleep quality, and to identify other modifiable factors associated with fatig...

Generalized fatigue and lack of energy is a common symptom presenting to a primary care physician, “accounting for about 5% of adult visits.” It is a nonspecific symptom that may be related to a vast number of medical and psychiatric illnesses, or as a side effect to the medications that are used in treatment of those illnesses. Persistent fatigue that is severe enough to affect social or occup...