How can stress affect your psoriatic arthritis and cause fatigue?
ANSWER
When you feel anxious and tense because of stress, it can take a toll on your sleep and drain your energy.
From: Psoriatic Arthritis: Causes of Your Fatigue WebMD Medical Reference
Reviewed by David Zelman on May 22, 2019
SOURCES:
Alice Gottlieb, MD, PhD, dermatologist-in-chief, Tufts Medical Center
Lee, S. , December 2010 Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Sharon Mayo, health educator, National Psoriasis Foundation
The Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance (UK): “Why do I feel so tired?”
National Health Services (UK): “The energy diet.”
National Sleep Foundation: “Fatigue and Excessive Sleepiness,” “Can’t sleep? Psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis may be to blame.”
SOURCES:
Alice Gottlieb, MD, PhD, dermatologist-in-chief, Tufts Medical Center
Lee, S. , December 2010 Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Sharon Mayo, health educator, National Psoriasis Foundation
The Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Alliance (UK): “Why do I feel so tired?”
National Health Services (UK): “The energy diet.”
National Sleep Foundation: “Fatigue and Excessive Sleepiness,” “Can’t sleep? Psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis may be to blame.”
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