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Article #98: Unknown causes of fibromyalgia

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There are cases when patients might be it. They have physical problems, and also
treated for years for chronic hip pain have some emotional and related issues.
with no relief and after that to find The major factors in this case are more
that they have fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia and more suggestions that central
is known as syndrome which involves sensitivity is altered sensitivity
medical problems, symptoms and signs issues.
tending to occur together, but not For fibromyalgia diagnosis has been
related to a single identifiable cause established two criteria from the
like to a disease. The following symptoms American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
are present to patients with fibromyalgia like: a patient history of widespread
like:pain and fatigue, and also may pain lasting more than 3 months and the
experience sleep disturbances, morning presence of tender points. Usually when
stiffness, numbness or tingling of the the pain affects all quadrants of the
extremities, headaches, restless leg body it's considered to be widespread.
syndrome, painful menstrual periods, There are 18 sites on the body as
memory and cognitive problems. They can possible locations for tender points.
have other symptoms too. When a person has at least 11 tender
Generally in the U.S. from two to four points a fibromyalgia can be diagnosed.
percent of the population suffer from Because of the severity of the syndrome
this syndrome. Fibromyalgia is numerous treatment options are important.
characterized by a chronic pain There are many people with fibromyalgia
associated with multiple areas of the which are perfectly functional and active
body, that is called 'tender points' in life.
distributed quite frequently in the neck, A substantial amount of emotional stress
lower back, and a number of joints, may be associated with fibromyalgia.
situated in muscle, ligament and tendon Patients often feel a lot of fatigue
areas. People with fibromyalgia have because the altered sleep pattern does
problems with their sleep pattern, have a not allow adequate recovery of the
lot of fatigue, and often uncertainty as muscular and ligament structures. Also
to what is causing the problem. the pain that is felt by patient is very
An easily missed diagnosis is bothersome and frustrating. There are a
fibromyalgia because many times people number of other associations that have
will develop symptoms gradually, and been found. Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus,
often they present with a localized area AIDS, or chronic fatigue syndrome are
of pain. Generally after an usual some conditions associated with
treatment the relief may fail. Patients fibromyalgia.
with fibromyalgia have a number of Sometimes people who have had cervical
systemic type complaints and problems. injuries, as in an automobile or other
Many of patients with fibromyalgia are accident, can develop features of
women of childbearing age, but this is fibromyalgia over time. At these
also present at younger and older women, individuals the level of growth hormone
men, and children. The researchers have secretion is reduced. Also neurochemical
been trying to tie the syndrome together changes can be present, like altered
include problems with how the central levels of noradrenalin and serotonin.
nervous system processes pain, physical Fibromyalgia is an expensive condition
or emotional trauma, hereditary factors, because a lot of cost is involved in the
underlying diseases, and others after the medical care by people looking clarity, a
causes of fibromyalgia have been studied. clear diagnosis, and solutions. They also
For diagnose fibromyalgia is difficult lose a lot of workdays and they make a
because there's no single test that can variety of tests without finding nothing
be made, there are a number of things wrong.
that may be going on. In the brain or The treatment is difficult due to
below the brain level something is going complexity of fibromyalgia. Unfortunately
on, and these changes seem to be such patients with fibromyalgia end in
that the person perceives pain to a specialty clinics such as Physical
heightened level. The 'central Medicine and Rehabilitation,
sensitivity' theory is supported by some rheumatology, and quite often in pain
research experiments. There seems that clinics. Fibromyalgia is a well-described
fibromyalgia is not a psychosomatic condition accepted in the medical world.
condition, although many people think of






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