Psychology Today | 16.01.2026 05:26
Many people living with chronic illness experience fatigue (Farragher et al., 2020). Fatigue has been closely linked with inflammation (Rio et al., 2024), and many chronic illnesses involve inflammatory processes. Because fatigue cannot be objectively measured (with a blood test, for example), it is often disbelieved and minimized. While there is no standard definition of fatigue due to the individualized nature of the experience, commonalities do exist (Rio et al., 2024).
