| Fibromyalgia is a serious disorder of suspected | | | | completely eliminate the existing confusion |
| neurological origin manifested by intense, | | | | between normal indicators of pregnancy and the |
| recidivating muscular pain, joint stiffness, | | | | symptoms of fibromyalgia. Once they will discover |
| pronounced sate of generalized fatigue, sleep | | | | efficient methods of identifying the symptoms of |
| disturbances, anxiety, irritability, increased | | | | fibromyalgia in pregnant women, doctors will focus |
| sensitivity to external stimuli and depression. At | | | | on reducing the impact of the disease in future |
| present, the exact causes and risk factors of the | | | | mothers. |
| disease are unknown, fibromyalgia still being | | | | A very recent medical study has clearly revealed |
| regarded as an enigma among the medical | | | | that the symptoms of fibromyalgia are very |
| community. | | | | difficult to detect during pregnancy. However, the |
| There is no specific cure for fibromyalgia and the | | | | same study has concluded that there are ways |
| treatments available today are only partially | | | | to detect the presence of fibromyalgia in |
| efficient in slowing down the progression of the | | | | pregnant women by comparing their symptoms |
| disease and alleviating its generated symptoms. In | | | | to those of pregnant women in good health. In |
| addition, due to the lack of conclusive medical | | | | addition, the researchers claimed that the |
| data on fibromyalgia and the deceiving character | | | | presence of fibromyalgia in such categories of |
| of the symptoms it produces (the symptoms of | | | | patients can also be spotted by verifying the |
| fibromyalgia have an unspecific, general character, | | | | patients' medical history. |
| being also produced by a variety of other | | | | The study involved the participation of pregnant |
| diseases that aren't related to fibromyalgia), the | | | | women with and without fibromyalgia. The |
| disease can be very difficult to diagnose properly. | | | | volunteers were between the ages of 29 and 31, |
| In persons with special conditions (existing or past | | | | pregnant in the third trimester and had no history |
| neuropsychological diseases, pregnant women, | | | | of premature, complicated birth or abortion. All the |
| etc.), fibromyalgia is even more difficult to | | | | subjects who participated in the study had no |
| diagnose accurately and more important, timely. | | | | chronic illnesses other than fibromyalgia and most |
| Recent medical investigations have revealed the | | | | of them were actually in perfect health. By the |
| fact that fibromyalgia is often overlooked during | | | | end of the study, the conclusions were that the |
| pregnancy. According to the results of elaborate | | | | signs of fibromyalgia can be distinguished from the |
| medical research conducted by a team of medical | | | | clinical manifestations of pregnancy with already |
| scientists from Temple University, the symptoms | | | | existing methods of diagnosis. |
| of fibromyalgia experienced by pregnant women | | | | For instance, compared with the group of |
| are very often misdiagnosed as regular clinical | | | | pregnant women without fibromyalgia, the group |
| manifestations of pregnancy. While symptoms | | | | with the disease experienced exacerbated pain |
| such as intense pain, generalized fatigue and | | | | (perceived through the entire body), states of |
| pronounced psychological stress generally point to | | | | exhaustion and even states of mental confusion. |
| fibromyalgia, their occurrence in pregnant women | | | | Although it is extremely difficult to timely and |
| determine most doctors to think that they are a | | | | accurately detect the presence of fibromyalgia in |
| normal part of pregnancy, not indicators of | | | | pregnant women, the researchers have |
| disease. | | | | demonstrated that this task is not impossible. |
| In order to accurately distinguish between the | | | | Medical scientists have recently initiated a new |
| early signs of fibromyalgia and the normal clinical | | | | series of studies, aiming to discover more |
| manifestations of pregnancy in future mothers, | | | | effective, reliable methods of diagnosing |
| doctors are currently focusing on establishing | | | | fibromyalgia during pregnancy. |
| more reliable criteria of diagnosis, which would | | | | |