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Article #261: Interesting aspects of fibromyalgia

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Fibromyalgia feels like a severe case of muscles, ligaments and tendons.
the flu but it does not go away in 24 Some experts suspect fibromyalgia being
hours, 48 hours or even 48 days and every caused by viral or bacterial infection,
muscle in the body aches. A person who an autonomic nervous system dysfunction,
has fibromyalgia doesn't have the energy upper spinal cord injury, emotional
to lift the head, much less do the stress or trauma, immune or endocrine
dishes, drive to work or walk up a flight system dysfunction or chronic sleep
of stairs. The symptoms of fibromyalgia disorders. Because resemble a post-viral
are similar to ordinary illness such as state fibromyalgia is the same as chronic
the flu. fatigue syndrome. Some of the old names
Recent medical studies have confirmed used for fibromyalgia are: fibrositis,
fibromyalgia is real even some doctors chronic psychogenic rheumatism and muscle
often write about fibromyalgia as pain syndrome.
hypochondria or an active imagination. 3 In 1990, the American College of
to 6 percent of the population of the Rheumatology put the term fibromyalgia on
U.S. has fibromyalgia. 80 to 90 percent the map by giving its official criteria
of those with fibromyalgia are women. The for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia. A
highest incidence occurs among women 20 person is classified with fibromyalgia if
to 40 years of age. he or she feels pain under pressure in at
Fibromyalgia is referred as a syndrome of least 11 of 18 specific areas of the
signs and symptoms that characterize it body. Patients with fibromyalgia must
such as soft tissue tenderness, sleep exhibit widespread pain on both sides of
disturbances, general fatigue, aches, the body and above and below the waist
pain and stiffness in the back, neck, for at least a three month duration of
hands and other parts of the body. time.
Fibromyalgia is also characterized as a Fibromyalgia feels similar to rheumatism
chronic, arthritis-related condition. but the two differ in two ways.
Because the symptoms are common in other Fibromyalgia affects muscles and their
conditions diagnosing fibromyalgia is attachments to bones rather than
confusing for those in the medical arthritis of a joint. Rheumatism is
profession. associated with arthritis and related
Symptoms of fibromyalgia may include: disorders of the muscles, bones and
chronic headaches, fatigue, cognitive or joints. Although fibromyalgia feel like a
memory impairment, jaw pain, chemicals joint disease, it does not cause
sensitivities, lighteadedness, menstrual deformities of the joints. People with
cramping, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia do not feel the sympathy of
disturbed sleep, muscle pain, morning friends, family members or their
stiffness, numbness and tingling co-workers and bosses.
sensations and dizziness. Fibromyalgia is In many cases the pain of fibromyalgia is
influenced by gender, age, sleep imagined. Treatments and alternative
disorders and genetic disposition. Other therapies are available for people with
symptoms of fibromyalgia are: pain in the fibromyalgia to ease the pain and stress.






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