Overview
Chronic fatigue has a handful of common medical causes worth ruling out before assuming it's just life. A basic lab workup catches most of them.
Symptoms to watch for
- Persistent tiredness unrelieved by sleep
- Low motivation
- Poor concentration
- Physical heaviness
What else could this be?
- Iron deficiency anemia
- Vitamin D deficiency
- B12 deficiency
- Hypothyroidism
- Sleep apnea
- Depression
- Long COVID
- Diabetes
- Chronic kidney or liver disease
How it's diagnosed
First-line labs: CBC, ferritin, TSH, vitamin D, B12, metabolic panel, A1c. Sleep study if snoring/witnessed apneas. Depression screening.
Treatment
Treat what's found — supplement deficiencies, treat hypothyroidism, address sleep apnea, adjust sleep and exercise, treat mood.
When to book a visit
Book for a fatigue workup — Clindle can order all common labs same-day.
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What labs should I ask for?
CBC, ferritin, TSH, vitamin D, B12, metabolic panel, and A1c cover the majority of common causes.