It is said that "the disease comes like a mountain, the disease goes like a thread", many infected people after turning yin, will have a feeling of boredom, take a few steps to breathe, move and get tired, feel tired all day.
Why are you always so tired after turning yin? Besides the virus, what other factors can cause exhaustion?
Experts interviewed
Sun Zhijia, Chief Physician, Department of Respiratory, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
6 reasons why you feel tired after yang
During the infection, the consumption is greater than usual, and the supplement is less than usual, and the body will naturally become weak. If you remain tired after infection, you need to be investigated for the following factors:
Cardiopulmonary problems
Infection with the new crown may cause some underlying diseases to recur or become severe, resulting in chest tightness, shortness of breath, and increased heart rate.
If there is chest pain, palpitations or rapid heartbeat, dyspnea, dizziness, leg swelling and other conditions unrelated to cough, prompt medical attention is recommended.
Also beware of viral myocarditis, patients may have fatigue, weakness, chest tightness, shortness of breath, palpitations, dizziness, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, dyspnea, chest pain and other symptoms in the early stage.
Potassium deficiency in the body
Sweating a lot after infection, drinking only plain water when replenishing, may lead to potassium deficiency in the body, the common symptoms of potassium deficiency are fatigue and weakness, affecting mental health, fatigue, weakness, confusion and other manifestations.
Poor sleep
After turning yin, symptoms such as nasal congestion and coughing may continue, resulting in reduced sleep quality or even insomnia, and during the recovery period, the human body needs more sleep, which will lead to more fatigue during the day.
At this time, sleep can be appropriately extended, or drugs can be used to relieve the corresponding symptoms.
Drug effects
Some medications may cause fatigue symptoms, such as cold medicines, antihistamines to reduce nasal congestion and runny nose, sedative-hypnotic drugs, antidepressants, and anxiolytic drugs.
Other diseases
Anemia, hypothyroidism, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and autoimmune diseases can also cause fatigue.
Emotional state
Infection with the new crown virus in yourself or your family may bring anxiety, depression and other emotions, and also make people feel tired.
"Blood return method" summarized by experts
During infection, a lot of energy is consumed due to lack of sleep, insufficient nutritional intake, and poor mental state due to various symptoms and discomforts.
The World Health Organization defines a series of long-term symptoms that occur after infection with the new coronavirus as Post COVID-19 condition or Long COVID. Among them, the most common symptom is fatigue.
In general, the more severe the symptoms after infection, the easier it is to "get tired" and the longer the recovery time. In addition, studies have found that the following people are more likely to feel tired:
Unvaccinated
People with underlying diseases, such as high blood pressure, diabetes and other chronic diseases
female
smoker
Obese people
Elderly patients
How can the body quickly "return blood"?
The "Expert Guidelines for Health Management in the Recovery Period of Novel Coronavirus Infected Persons (First Edition)" issued by the Beijing Municipal Health Commission makes the following suggestions for the problem of fatigue:
1. Maintain the rhythm of daily life, determine the priority of activities, and reasonably formulate work plans.
2. The symptoms are mild and there is no difficulty breathing, and the treatment of basic diseases can be appropriately treated with qi replenishing drugs, such as lilies, bellflowers and other drugs to replenish lung qi and promote qi machines. If the difficulty of breathing cannot be relieved, you need to go to the hospital in time.
3. You can use soaking and washing and other TCM external treatments, take 3 pieces of ginger (about the size of a dollar coin) plus 5 grams of mugwort and 5 grams of salt, cook for a total of 10 minutes, add water above the ankle joint, control the temperature at 40 °C ~ 43 °C, keep this temperature for about 30 minutes, once a day. It is advisable to sweat slightly, not sweat. If you have heart disease, the soaking time needs to be halved, not too long.
It should be reminded that rest more, but do not lie in bed all the time, similarly, looking at mobile phones and watching TV all the time is not really rest.
During the recovery period, the body is slowly recovering, at this time, pay more attention to mentality, diet and exercise:
Adjust your psychological state, accept your physical weakness, do not be overly anxious, and give your body a period of recovery.
Light diet, rest more, ensure sufficient daily intake of protein and fresh fruits and vegetables, and eat more high-quality protein, which is conducive to the body's recovery as soon as possible.
Exercise pay attention to the ability to do what you can, do not exercise vigorously, and slowly transition to normal exercise and intensity after a few weeks: moderate, relatively gentle exercise can be performed, such as walking, indoor stretching and balance training, moderate housework, etc. You can also do some radio exercises, gymnastics, eight dan jin, etc., and pay attention to controlling time. Do not do soccer, basketball, badminton, long-distance running and other fierce sports.
What to do if you are still tired after recovery
If after eliminating various problems, your physical strength has indeed returned to your previous state, but you still feel tired, you can try the following methods to reduce fatigue:
1
Plan well
In terms of work and life, try to plan what you want to do every day in advance, not only to do your best, but also to leave a flexible space, and combine work and rest. The most difficult tasks can be scheduled in the morning hours with the best energy.
You can also plan weekly and try to arrange the most "laborious" things evenly throughout the week. It should be noted that what needs to be done every day, in addition to estimating how much time it takes and physical strength, but also considers the consumption of mental power.
2
Grab the pace
Once you've found a rhythm that suits you, wait until you feel relatively relaxed and gradually increase the task.
In addition to the total amount of work done per day, the speed of completion also has an important impact on fatigue feelings. Completing each task at a moderate pace can help conserve stamina.
3
Split tasks
Before starting a difficult task, you can take a break and break it down into several small tasks to complete one by one.
For example, if you used to clean the floor of your entire home once, you can clean one room and take a break during the recovery period, and then clean the next one.
4
Learn to sort
Before completing various tasks, arrange them in order, list what is necessary, need, want to do, can be delayed, etc., and prioritize the most important tasks or require energy consumption as much as possible.
If something is difficult to accomplish, don't put too much pressure on yourself and ask a family member or friend to help.
5
Declutter the environment
The environment is clean and orderly, work more efficiently, tidy up the living or office area, less visual pressure, less mental pressure, and easier work.
In addition, a clean environment can make it easier to complete tasks. Frequently used items can be placed in easily accessible locations and heights to reduce walking back and forth, bending over or reaching for wasted energy.
6
Happy mood
To prevent tiredness and maintain abundant energy, it is necessary to maintain a happy mood, cultivate your strong, optimistic, cheerful, humorous personality, learn to actively adjust when you feel anxious, do not pursue perfection too much, and don't be too truthful in everything. ▲
Editor of this issue: Wang Xiaoqing