You may well have heard of fibromyalgia but what exactly is it? It is a chronic condition of widespread pain and profound fatigue. The pain tends to be felt as diffuse aching or burning, often described as head to toe. It may be worse at some times than at others. It may also change location, [...]
It’s often misdiagnosed and misunderstood, even by doctors. Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain illness, and it affects about 10 million Americans. You never where its going to show up in your body,” says Marilyn Morrison. “One day its in your wrists, then two days later its in your knees.” Morrison has suffered with fibromyalgia for [...]
On May 12, millions of people affected by the chronic pain disorder fibromyalgia will join together with friends and family to commemorate National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day.
If you suffer from fibromyalgia, you know the symptoms: the constant fatigue, the intense muscle pain, and the tender areas of the body. While this terrible disease is most common in women of childbearing age, there are men with fibromyalgia as well. This is rare, however. According to a 1999 study, there is only one [...]
Fibromyalgia affects five percent of the population which is about 6 million people in the United States. This condition produces intense pain throughout the body of the victim of this awful syndrome. The people who suffer from fibromyalgia also feel great fatigue and have a difficult time sleeping at night. These people are very disturbed [...]
When you are diagnosed with fibromyalgia, the first thing you want to know is what it is and how you can get rid of it. Unfortunately, there is no cure for fibromyalgia and experts still don’t really know what causes it. They just know the symptoms, which are characterized by fatigue, muscle and bone aches, [...]
The first question is always the same when a doctor first gives the diagnosis of fibromyalgia: What is fibromyalgia? The problem as of this writing is the question still remains unanswered. There is no definite answer. In the United States, it is estimated that over 6 million people suffer fibromyalgia.
Anyone who either has fibromyalgia or knows someone who does knows how unpleasant it can be. With the bone and muscle aches and the constant drowsy feelings, coupled with other symptoms that affect some with the disease and not others, it can be hard to find relief. After all, experts really don’t know what causes [...]