Aug 01 2009

The Symptoms of Fibromyalgia

Category: Fibromyalgia Symptoms — admin @ 4:12 am

Characteristic Symptoms of Fibromyalgia

Living With The Chronic Pain and Other Symptoms

What Are The Symptoms Of Fibromyalgia?

Anyone can develop fibromyalgia millions of people have been diagnosed, and there are many more with symptoms that have never been diagnosed, but are living with the debilitation chronic pain, and fatigue everyday looking for answers. It is a wide spread condition that increases as the population ages. You should be aware that the range of symptoms is vast, and fibromyalgia can be difficult to diagnose because the disease mimics many other diseases. Most people will not have all the symptoms at once, but the norm is experiencing multiple symptoms and a variety of other chronic conditions at the same time. It can be difficult for health care professionals to treat, and the term fibromyalgia until quite recently brought on the connotation of an imaginary or hypochondriacs disease due to is difficulty in diagnosing. It is sad to say, but the majorities of practicing doctors do not have the patience, or time to help fibromyalgia untangle the intricate web of symptoms that can debilitate, and life altering. Many of you reading this now may be suffering with fibromyalgia for years, going from doctor to doctor searching for a name for the pain that haunts you day in and day out. The symptoms can be present for years before a diagnosis is made, and the primary symptom of this disorder is PAIN. The pain can be centered on any of the tender points, but it also migrates, not always staying in one location. You begin to wonder if you are going crazy, as the pain migrates from point to point; it can be stabbing, burning, shooting, a dull ache, or radiates out. Many describe it as feeling like you have the flu, or have been run over by a car. Stress seems to exasperate the symptoms of fibromyalgia, as does other conditions like weather changes, poor diet choices, menstruation, and hormonal shifts. The difference between fibromyalgia and other disease processes, is that it does not just affect a single body system, but instead can encompass the whole body. The degree to which individuals are affected is a mystery as well. Some people will have only the pain, while others can check off every symptom on the list. Fibromyalgia symptoms can cause symptoms that mimic arthritis, and other neurological disorders. There are differences in the similarities; arthritis causes joint swelling and deformities, fibromyalgia does not. This chronic disorder can also resemble progressive neurological problems similar to multiple sclerosis, or symptom that resemble a ruptured disc or pinched spinal nerves. However, there is a list that is pretty consistent across a large expanse of sufferers.