The depletion of the body is expressed in a decrease in its vital functions. The causes of the pathology can be excessive loads or the direct influence of factors leading to an imbalance in the intake of nutrients and their amount required for a person. The limit value of the body mass index, indicating that the depletion of the body takes place, is equal to the value of twenty kilograms per square meter. Lack of body weight also corresponds to lower values ββof this indicator.
In the case when the depletion of the body is a consequence of malnutrition, it is classified as primary. A decrease in body weight as a result of metabolic disorders in the body, as well as a decrease in the amount of absorbed nutrients due to various pathological processes, is secondary.
Exhaustion can develop for various reasons. The most common of these are the following:
- malnutrition;
- pathology of the digestive tract;
- diseases of endocrine-hormonal nature;
- diseases of the nervous system ;
- mental pathology;
- prolonged use of alcoholic beverages (drunken phenomena);
- infections;
- injuries;
- burns;
- diseases that are accompanied by an unconscious state;
- oncology;
- taking certain medications.
The depletion of the body is primarily characterized by a decrease in body weight, which in the initial stages of the disease can be weakly expressed. The insufficiently clear manifestation of the pathology also depends on the constitutional characteristics of the patient. But, despite this, at the level of physiology, a person is already beginning to experience a deficit of the elements necessary for his life. This process finds expression in a decrease in the functional activity of the patient by exhaustion. At the same time, a person experiences a constant tendency to sleep, weakness, mental and physical fatigue.
Patients with exhaustion have βridesβ in the corners of the mouth, which are a characteristic sign of a deficiency in the body of vitamins belonging to group B. A person with reduced body weight often catches a cold, he has unstable stools, and relatively stable functioning of the central nervous system alternates with asthenia neurotic conditions.
The next stage of body depletion is characterized by the appearance of edema, which is mainly observed in the abdomen and lower extremities. The patient's performance is sharply reduced. At this stage, hypovitaminosis, depressive states, mental and volitional disorders are noted, suspiciousness appears. In this case, the appearance of a person indicates the presence of exhaustion.
The third stage of the development of the disease (cachexia) is expressed in immobility and a critical decrease in mental processes. The skin on the patient's face becomes pale, have a grayish or yellowish tint. Eyes sink. Facial features are pointed. Convulsive conditions, as well as involuntary urination, are frequent in people with reduced body weight.
Nervous exhaustion of the body occurs as a result of various infectious diseases. The cause of this pathology can be poisoning. As a rule, the state of the body after prolonged heavy loads of the physical or intellectual plane is referred to nervous exhaustion.
Signs of nervous exhaustion :
- chronic fatigue;
- prolonged depression;
- distraction;
- a constant feeling of drowsiness.
To get rid of this pathological condition, you need to leave things for a while and have a good rest, allowing your nervous system to recover.
According to medical statistics, about two percent of women suffer from ovarian exhaustion. This disease is characterized by the cessation of menstruation before the due date. The cause of the pathology can be autoimmune disorders, as well as chromosomal abnormalities. Ovarian depletion, the treatment of which is hormone replacement therapy, can be caused by surgical intervention, as well as be the result of the use of certain methods of treatment of oncology.