| The last decade has seen the
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| | Analgesia and low dose antidepressant
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| proliferation of a disease called
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| | medication is commonly used to treat
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| FIBROMYALGIA or POLYMYALGIA-RHEUMATICA.
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| | symptoms. Alternative therapies and
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| It is characterised by diffuse and
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| | physiotherapy and massage have also been
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| variable pain symptoms felt in the
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| | cited as helpful. Results and outcomes
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| muscles and joints of primarily the upper
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| | are not proven though and symptomatic and
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| aspects of the arms and legs. It is
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| | temporary relief seem to be the commonest
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| reported to affect significantly more
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| | outcome of treatments.
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| women than men and has associated and
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| | However, it is commonly accepted that
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| marked fatigue type symptoms. It is
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| | exercising to a level of fatigue has
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| seemingly able to manifest for many
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| | negative rather than positive results
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| months if not years, without a definite
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| | with sufferers. If the symptoms are in
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| end point. There are a considerable
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| | remission the exercfise tolerance levels
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| number of experts who consider
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| | of sufferers can be improved albeit
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| fibromyalgia to have a major
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| | slowly.
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| psychological cause. Such phenomena are
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| | The following are believed to be among
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| termed psychogenic or psychosomatic.
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| | the possible causes:
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| The disease is characterised by a process
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| | Stress
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| of exacerbation and remission, where
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| | Genetics
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| sufferers have periods of increased
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| | Endocrine deficiencies
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| symptoms followed by periods of reduced
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| | As you can probably tell there is an
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| suffering. Exacerbations are commonly
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| | awful lot that of variation and debate on
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| associated with stressful situations as
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| | the subject. This is even to the point of
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| well as low temperature exposure and
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| | doubt as to whether fibromyalgia is
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| physical exertion.
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| | actually a definable and diagnosable
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| A provisional diagnosis of fibromyalgia
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| | disease or just a convenient label for a
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| is often given if widespread undiagnosed
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| | reported combination of a number of
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| pain is experienced in all four limbs for
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| | widespread signs and symptoms.
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| a continual period of three months or
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| | Many medical personnel believe it is a
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| more. Further confirmation is with tender
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| | psychosomatic set of symptoms because of
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| point analysis where patients feel
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| | its variable presentation and the vague
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| specific and abnormal tenderness on
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| | evidence based diagnostics associated
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| certain points located around the body.
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| | with it.
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| These are located at the knees, elbows
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| | Undoubtedly fibromyalgia has become a
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| and neck and shoulders.
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| | relatively recent and additional drain on
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| Sufferers often report abnormal sleep
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| | medical resources, certainly in the
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| patterns too.
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| | developed world. The increase in the
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| Fibromyalgia is also associated
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| | numbers of sufferers leads to the thought
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| symptomatically with a number of other
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| | that there could possibly be a link to
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| illnesses or diseases such as:metal
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| | the lifestyle we lead today. It is
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| poisoningpost war syndromeschronic
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| | certainly getting attention and whether
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| fatigue
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| | considered to be a 'proper disease' or
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| syndromehypothyroidismdepressioninfluenza
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| | not it is a label currently being given
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| There is no known cure for fibromayalgia.
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| | to an increasing number of patients.
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