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Tiredness/fatigue in adults - Management
What red flags should I identify in an adult with tiredness?
- Identify and appropriately manage the following red flags or alarm features:
- Significant weight loss.
- Lymphadenopathy with signs of malignancy (for instance, a lymph node that is non-tender, firm, hard, larger than 2 cm across, progressively enlarging, supraclavicular, or axillary).
- Any other symptoms and signs of malignancy. For example:
- Localizing/focal neurological signs.
- Symptoms and signs of inflammatory arthritis, vasculitis (such as giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica), or connective tissue disease — see the CKS topics on Giant cell arteritis, Polymyalgia rheumatica, and Rheumatoid arthritis.
- Symptoms and signs of cardiorespiratory disease — see the CKS topics on Angina, Asthma, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and Heart failure - chronic.
- Sleep apnoea — see the CKS topic on Sleep apnoea.
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