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