| Although it is the most common cause of widespread | | | | we may say it can be a source of substantial disability. |
| pain, fibromyalgia can remain undiagnosed for a long | | | | Patients with fibromyalgia may be very affected by |
| time, and often doctors put misdiagnosis, causing | | | | some lights, sounds, touches. The body of the patient |
| disasters in the lives of the patients. It is not known | | | | may interpret all these as pain. They also experience |
| exactly how many people have fibromyalgia, opinions | | | | exercise intolerance, sleep disturbances, swollen felings. |
| differ from doctor to doctor, but it is sure the fact that | | | | Usually, most patients experience pain, but in the case |
| most patients are female. | | | | of the older patients, the dominant symptom is fatigue, |
| The word "fibromyalgia" comes from Latin, it is a | | | | depression and soft-tissue swelling. |
| combination of the Latin roots fibro, which means | | | | Young patients have skin sensitivity, discomfort after |
| connective tissue fibers, my (muscle), al which means | | | | minimal exercise, below-normal temperature or low |
| pain and gia- a condition of. | | | | grade fever. |
| For many years, fibromyalgia was called under | | | | It was discovered that increased pain sensitivity of |
| different names, such as fibrositis and chronic | | | | fibromyalgia can be determined because there is a |
| rheumatism. It is known that fibromyalgia is not curable | | | | dysfunction in the patient's central nervous system. In |
| yet, but it is very treatable, there exist many ways for | | | | fibromyalgia syndrome, there is a generalized central |
| you to improve your health and quality of life. | | | | nervous system mediated deep tissue sensitivity. |
| Many times, patients may experience symptoms that | | | | This sensitivity includes the muscle and that is why |
| seem to have nothing in common with fibromyalgia, | | | | many people are wrongly believing that it is a muscular |
| such as burning feet or mental confusion, but they | | | | condition. |
| experience also an over-all flu-like feeling. | | | | It was shown that many mothers with fibromyalgia |
| It was revealed that in the central nervous system of | | | | syndrome have children that develop the same |
| a patient having fibromyalgia, some things occur, and | | | | syndrome. This may due to genetics, the tendency to |
| that does not happen to healthy people. For example, | | | | develop fibromyalgia syndrome may be inherited. |
| in a healthy person, if you press a tender point, there is | | | | Studies discovered that about a half of the children |
| a minimal response in the brain, but if you do this to a | | | | that have a parent with fibromyalgia syndrome can |
| patient having fibromyalgia, the result is totally different, | | | | develop the same syndrome too. |
| the response of the brain is completely wild. | | | | It is very important that fibromyalgia syndrome to be |
| Fibromyalgia has as effects pain amplification, | | | | recognized as soon as possible, because following a |
| musculoskeletal discomfort, systemic symptoms, and it | | | | treatment at the right time will ease the symptoms and |
| can reduce the coordination skills, endurance abilities, | | | | make them controllable. |