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