Fibromyalgia is real

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Fibromyalgia is now a common condition characterized by widespread pain in joints, muscles, tendons, and other soft tissues. Some other problems commonly linked with fibromyalgia include fatigue, morning stiffness, sleep problems, headaches, numbness in hands and feet, depression, and anxiety

 

Diagnosis of fibromyalgia requires a history of at least three months of widespread pain, and pain and tenderness in at least eleven of eighteen tender-point sites. These tender-point sites include fibrous tissue or muscles of the neck, shoulders, chest, rib cage, lower back, thighs, knees, arms, elbows, and buttocks. The overwhelming characteristic of fibromyalgia is long-standing, body-wide pain with defined tender points. Tender points are distinct from trigger points seen in other pain syndromes. Unlike tender points, trigger points can occur in isolation and represent a source of radiating pain, even in the absence of direct pressure.


Fibromyalgia pain can mimic the pain experienced by people with various types of arthritis. With fibromyalgia syndrome, the significant joint swelling, destruction, and deformity seen in patients with diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis does not occur, which supports the source of pain to toxins deposited within the tissue fibers. The soft-tissue pain of fibromyalgia is described as deep aching, radiating, gnawing, shooting or burning, and ranges from mild to severe.


Symptoms of Fibromyalgia
Multiple tender areas (muscle and joint pain):
back of the neck
shoulders
sternum
lower back
hip
shin
elbows
knees.
Fatigue
Sleep disturbances
Body aches
Reduced exercise tolerance
Chronic facial muscle pain or aching

[Lb128f]

Apr. 7, 2009 at 1:06 PM

It is absolutely real! :( Unfortunately.

[Babylove76]

Apr. 9, 2009 at 6:59 PM

Anyone who thinks this isn't real - needs to live my life for one damn day!! I guarentee they won't be so smug then!

[landjs]

Apr. 10, 2009 at 6:43 PM

I was finally diagnosed with Fibromyalgia over 5 years ago. I does not get worse, but it doesn't get better either. I'll have a few pain free days and then it will show up somewhere else in my body. Right now I am dealing with shoulder pain below the shoulder blade, but then it radiates down my arm and back.

Everything that was written in the above article is True. I have it all.

Lori