Chronic tiredness and idiopathic chronic fatigue--a connection?
Evidence is adduced to support the proposal that pathological fatigue is a consequence of impaired capillary blood flow resulting in inadequate oxygen delivery, which is in accordance with physiological concepts of fatigue. Case reports are presented.
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Department of General Practice, University of Otago Medical School, New Zealand.
D004907:Erythrocyte Deformability / Q000502:physiology; D005221:Fatigue / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*
D010100:Oxygen