Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia Overview
Fibromyalgia is an illness that causes chronic pain in muscles and ligaments. Although this disorder affects about 4 million Americans, the vast majority of them are women in their mid-30s to late-50s.
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Fibromyalgia is one of several pain syndromes included in the classification of musculoskeletal pain syndrome (MSPS), or pain amplification syndrome.
What causes or triggers fibromyalgia?
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Fibromyalgia is a chronic-pain-related syndrome associated with high rates of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use.
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Fibromyalgia is also characterized by tender spots. Those tender spots are felt particularly in the neck, spine, shoulders and hips. Fibromyalgia mainly affects muscles and their attachment to bones.
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Fibromyalgia
Definition:
Fibromyalgia is a common condition characterized by widespread pain in joints, muscles, tendons, and other soft tissues.
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Fibromyalgia
Diagnosing fibromyalgia is difficult because there isn't a single, specific diagnostic laboratory test.
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Fibromyalgia is a chronic musculoskeletal syndrome characterized by pain, achiness, tenderness, and stiffness in the muscle tissue, ligaments, and tendons. It most frequently affects the neck, shoulders, chest, legs, and lower back.
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Fibromyalgia: Diagnosing and Treating General Aches and Pains
By: Larry Leventhal, MD, FACP, FACR
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Fibromyalgia
Dr Rob Hicks
Everyone experiences tender points around the body from time to time, usually as the result of a minor injury, which disappear in a short period of time.
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Fibromyalgia - Find out about fibromyalgia, a chronic condition that causes pain and stiffness of the tendons, muscles, and joints. Fibromyalgia patients have an unusually low pain threshold.
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Fibromyalgia
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Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition. Therefore, expect to be treated for it for years.
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FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME (Chronic Muscle Pain Syndrome, Fibromyositis, Fibrositis, Tension Myalgia) ...
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"I have fibromyalgia, and when I first started walking, I couldn't even get to the end of the street without being exhausted,"' she remembers. "The doctor I instructed me to lean against a tree until I could go again and then to walk some more.
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fibromyalgia, which causes chronic pain and stiffness in the muscles
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Fibromyalgia
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Other causes include a herniated disc, fibromyalgia (pain syndrome throughout the body), and arthritis (rheumatoid or osteoarthritis). Meningitis, although much less common, can cause significant neck stiffness.
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"Bursitis, Tendinitis, Myofascial Pain, and Fibromyalgia." In Conn's Current Therapy., Ed. Robert E. Rakel. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1996.
The Burton Goldberg Group. Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide.
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Veldona is in phase III trials for the treatment of dry mouth and decreased salivary gland function associated with Sjgren syndrome, in phase II trials for the treatment of fibromyalgia, ...
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In patients with a similar condition, fibromyalgia, low doses of tricyclic drugs have been shown to improve symptoms, probably by improving a sleep disorder that is part of the illness.
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Pain may be contained to a discrete area, as in an injury, or it can be more diffuse, as in disorders like fibromyalgia.
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Minor alterations of immune, neuroendocrine, and autonomic function may be associated with this syndrome. There is also considerable overlap between this condition and FIBROMYALGIA.
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