| Chronic diseases are those that make their | | | | to the patient either losing his or her job or losing |
| presence felt constantly to those who are | | | | his or her social group, or worse still, both. |
| suffering from them. More often than not, these | | | | The worst thing about this disease is perhaps the |
| chronic diseases lead to the death or irreversible | | | | fact that although the pain and the fatigue are |
| disability of the patient. In the United States of | | | | chronic, the symptoms remain invisible. In addition |
| America, chronic diseases are the leading cause of | | | | to that, the fact that the diagnosis of the disease |
| death. | | | | is difficult makes it extremely tough for the |
| Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition. It is extremely | | | | patients of this illness to fit in. They are often |
| disabling for those who are sufferimg from it. The | | | | labeled hypochondriacs or neurotics. Some medical |
| pain is usually continuous and relentless. Sleep | | | | practitioners even deny recognizing it as a disease. |
| disorders and fatigue syndromes also become | | | | As there is no fixed pattern for treating this |
| regular features of this condition. The people who | | | | condition, the disease, which began as chronic, |
| have this are often tired and suffering from a lot | | | | remains chronic and incurable. The only relief that |
| of pain continuously. This situation can lead to only | | | | is available for this condition is temporary. |
| one result. There is absolute abnormality as far as | | | | Analgesics, antidepressants, and anti-inflammatory |
| regular day-to-day activities are concerned. | | | | medicines are used for providing patients with this |
| Disability comes at an early stage of this disease. | | | | temporary relief. Such a solution is not only fake |
| It is difficult for such a person to concentrate on | | | | but may also cause other irreversible side effects |
| his/her social life or career. This situation may lead | | | | apart from the agony of the disease itself. |