
What Causes Severe Fatigue Muscle Cramps And Brain Fog?

I should add that since this all started, I have tried to improve other areas in my life to see if that helps. I have cut out all soda for the past 7 weeks. That was a daily habit for 20+ years and I may have been self medicating my fatigue. Since cutting out soda, I even more tired, have dry mouth and the cramps are worse.
Seems like inflammation of some glands
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Hi
Thanks for your query.
I read your query and I agree with you that something is gong wrong. It seems like an inflammation going in some parts of your body like neurons, thyroid gland, muscles, salivary glands. I won't consider it subclinical because you have symptoms, but nothing much is showing up on your tests. Regarding your muscle cramps, I am not sure if you gotten blood calcium levels and parathyroid hormone levels checked. If you could upload your test results, I would be better able to help.
The cause for this inflammation could be a chronic infection, autoimmune, etc. The fact that it gets better with prednisone points more towards autoimmune than infection. Though inflammation secondary to some infections like fungal infection get better with it too. Low WBC counts could be due to steroid therapy or part of autoimmune process
Autoimmune has a progressive course. While infections if found can be controlled. Since your WBC levels are in low-normal range, I would suggest that you take precautions to avoid unnecessary bacterial infections. One of the precautions would be to take more fruits (oxidant rich) and drink cleanest water with lowest PPM possible. It may help combating with inflammation issues as well.
I would suggest that you consult a rheumatologist to check if you are developing lupus.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
Dr Vaishalee

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