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A LEMON a Day Keeps Fatigue Away – The ABCDE of Fatigue

Published:2018 Issue:1 Volume:14 Page:15
ISSN:1758-3772
Container-title:European Endocrinology
language:en
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Author:

Kalra Sanjay¹,Sahay Rakesh²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India

2. Department of Endocrinology, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, India

Abstract

Fatigue is a common symptom in clinical medicine. The complex and multifaceted etiopathogenesis of fatigue is a challenge for the differential diagnosis and management of fatigue. This brief communication shares two simple mnemonics – LEMON and ABCDE – which help in the evaluation of fatigue. These frameworks are as relevant to endocrinology and diabetes as to general practice. The mnemonic LEMON stands for lifestyle, endocrine, medical/metabolic, observer (physician) and nutrition-related factors which may cause fatigue; ABCDE lists the aetiology of fatigue in three columns related to physiological/nutritional, psychosocial and biomedical causes (each column includes one cause and how this relates to the ABCDE rubric).

Funder

No external funding was received in the publication of this article.

Publisher

Touch Medical Media, Ltd.

Subject

Endocrine and Autonomic Systems,Endocrinology,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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