Five Things You Should Know About Fibromyalgia
Published: May 5, 2009
Updated: September 22, 2009
International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Fibromyalgia Awareness Day is next week on May 12th. I’m going to take a break from articles on internet wastes of time, movie reviews and news updates. Instead I’m going to take a moment to highlight these illnesses and the necessity for awareness.
Five Things You Should Know About Fibromyalgia
1. 3-8 million people in the United States have Fibromyalgia and up to 80% are women.
2. Fibromyalgia most commonly hits between the ages of 20-40 years old, at the “prime of life.”
3. It has been nick-named “the pain disease” because of the characteristic wide-spread, migrating body pain patients have. The pain has been described differently by each patient from dull aches to deep bone pain to burning, tearing, singeing, stabbing or shooting. The breadth of pain descriptions is what makes diagnosis difficult.
4. People with Fibromyalgia have cognitive difficulties, such as memory problems and attention issues, that has been nicknamed “Fibro fog” or “brain fog.”
5. Fibromyalgia is considered as functionally disabling as rheumatoid arthritis but is much less accepted and recognized by both the medical establishment, Social Security and the community at large.
To learn more visit C-Street May 12th from 11am-1pm or check out www.fmsaware.org.
Thank you for taking the time to mention fibro awareness day!
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what i do to manage the pain and inflammation caused by rheumatoid arthritis is to take food supplements that help joint health. this includes glucosamine, chondroitin and niacinamide. i also do light exercises and stretching.
I would like to know different techniques for the severe muscle pain? I stretch and stretch and I do have the rubberband effect, constant spasms, swimming helps alot but I’m in bed for 3 days because I’m exhausted, and in pain. Any feedback will help I was diagnosed in 05, with fibro and I am trying all kinds of things but right now the only thing that really helps is hot tub and really good sex!!! Maybe my doc could write a script for that..LOL…Thank you
It is good to see some FMS awareness, without the judgement.
I have been on the Guaifenesin Protocol for a year now – try it, it works! It is the only treatment that actually reverses the disease, and the treatment was discovered by a doctor who has FMS himself.
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The fibromyalgia being more common among women makes us think over its adverse effects over women and to take the necessary steps for it… Regards, Denise Sasser, bronchitis autor
hello great post i know very little about fibromyalgia so i found this educational
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That is absolutely not true about Social Security not recognizing Fibromyalgia. It is now on their Listing of Impairments, as well as some of the symptoms, such as depression. Please update your information.