| Although it is the most common cause of | | | | substantial disability. |
| widespread pain, fibromyalgia can remain | | | | Patients with fibromyalgia may be very affected |
| undiagnosed for a long time, and often doctors | | | | by some lights, sounds, touches. The body of the |
| put misdiagnosis, causing disasters in the lives of | | | | patient may interpret all these as pain. They also |
| the patients. It is not known exactly how many | | | | experience exercise intolerance, sleep |
| people have fibromyalgia, opinions differ from | | | | disturbances, swollen felings. |
| doctor to doctor, but it is sure the fact that most | | | | Usually, most patients experience pain, but in the |
| patients are female. | | | | case of the older patients, the dominant |
| The word "fibromyalgia" comes from Latin, it is a | | | | symptom is fatigue, depression and soft-tissue |
| combination of the Latin roots fibro, which means | | | | swelling. |
| connective tissue fibers, my (muscle), al which | | | | Young patients have skin sensitivity, discomfort |
| means pain and gia- a condition of. | | | | after minimal exercise, below-normal temperature |
| For many years, fibromyalgia was called under | | | | or low grade fever. |
| different names, such as fibrositis and chronic | | | | It was discovered that increased pain sensitivity |
| rheumatism. It is known that fibromyalgia is not | | | | of fibromyalgia can be determined because there |
| curable yet, but it is very treatable, there exist | | | | is a dysfunction in the patient's central nervous |
| many ways for you to improve your health and | | | | system. In fibromyalgia syndrome, there is a |
| quality of life. | | | | generalized central nervous system mediated |
| Many times, patients may experience symptoms | | | | deep tissue sensitivity. |
| that seem to have nothing in common with | | | | This sensitivity includes the muscle and that is |
| fibromyalgia, such as burning feet or mental | | | | why many people are wrongly believing that it is a |
| confusion, but they experience also an over-all | | | | muscular condition. |
| flu-like feeling. | | | | It was shown that many mothers with |
| It was revealed that in the central nervous | | | | fibromyalgia syndrome have children that develop |
| system of a patient having fibromyalgia, some | | | | the same syndrome. This may due to genetics, |
| things occur, and that does not happen to healthy | | | | the tendency to develop fibromyalgia syndrome |
| people. For example, in a healthy person, if you | | | | may be inherited. |
| press a tender point, there is a minimal response | | | | Studies discovered that about a half of the |
| in the brain, but if you do this to a patient having | | | | children that have a parent with fibromyalgia |
| fibromyalgia, the result is totally different, the | | | | syndrome can develop the same syndrome too. |
| response of the brain is completely wild. | | | | It is very important that fibromyalgia syndrome |
| Fibromyalgia has as effects pain amplification, | | | | to be recognized as soon as possible, because |
| musculoskeletal discomfort, systemic symptoms, | | | | following a treatment at the right time will ease |
| and it can reduce the coordination skills, endurance | | | | the symptoms and make them controllable. |
| abilities, we may say it can be a source of | | | | |