A lot of people wonder if Guillain-barre syndrome and fibromyalgia are related. Both produce pretty similar symptoms in people who suffer from them, which makes it easy to see why people would think that there may be a connection between Guillain-barre syndrome and fibromyalgia. But is there? Let’s take a look at what these diseases…

People who suffer with fibromyalgia can all agree that they have never been told that any one thing caused the onset of their symptoms, and medical professionals will all agree that there does not seem to be one specific cause of fibromyalgia. However, more recently doctors and researchers have been looking into trauma(emotional trauma or…

Fibromyalgia has been a mysterious disease, causing pain throughout the body and deep in tissues with no apparent cause. A large proportion of the medical community has believed that the disease was psychosomatic, and people essentially think that they are in pain. But a small biopharmaceutical company, Intidyn, or Integrated Tissue Dynamics, has found what they believe…

Fibromyalgia means pain in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons. It is a common musculoskeletal condition that is associated with muscle pain throughout the body with localized tenderness at specific points on the body. Fibromyalgia occurs most often in women between the ages of 25 and 60. It is also seen in men and boys. It shows a number of…

Fibromyalgia, also known as fibromyalgia syndrome , is a chronic condition that characteristically causes pain throughout the body, including muscle and joint pain, fatigue, and digestive problems, being just a few signs of fibromyalgia , but including others as well, such as depression and social isolation. Fibromyalgia is a particularly distressing condition, which can affect someone both mentally and…

Researchers Find Main Source of Pain in Blood Vessels. Researchers came to believe that the root cause of pain in fibromyalgia does not stem from the brain. This finding contradicts the old beliefs and myths that were said about fibromyalgia. It was once thought that this was just an imaginary disease and it had no…

What Causes Dizziness? It is not totally obvious what causes equilibrium problems and lightheadedness in fibromyalgia. There are trigger points in the neck and jaw that can cause a feeling of faintness and unevenness. It happens because they affect the nerves that tell the brain where the body is in space. If these signals do…

Our muscles are at the core of fibromyalgia issues and because of that our muscles are where we are going to notice the majority of our issues. Controlling our fibromyalgia is based upon a lot of factors, but many of them are related to the muscles that are mostly affected by the disease. Muscle twitching…

There is nothing about fibromyalgia that’s not embarrassing. We walk around in a constant state of apology. Sorry I’m…. walking too slow in front of you … getting up every 2 hours at night and disturbing you … in bed all weekend so that I can garner energy to get through next week … making you…

Lady Gaga : ‘Chronic pain is no joke’ In a recent interview with Vogue, Gaga discussed her struggle with the disorder and revealed that she is annoyed of lack of compassion from people around. Almost a year ago, Gaga shares on Twitter that she had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. In her candid interview for the October 2018 issue of Vogue,…

Reproduced Amended Version of Story By Marie-Louise Connolly BBC News NI Health Correspondent, Additional Information and detailed is added. Official Statement is referenced at end. Fibromyalgia is the second most common rheumatic disorder after osteoarthritis. Still, it is hard to judge the fibromyalgia prior, as its symptoms vary. This situation affects mostly women than men. It…

You Don’t See the Worst Days of My Illness Because I Hide Them From You When you see me out and about, and you ask how I’m doing, I will likely say “fine,” make small talk and we will go our separate ways. However, my brain was screaming in pain as my eyes felt like…

Fibromyalgia is a pain disorder, with symptoms ranging from muscle pain and numbness in the extremities to sleep disorders. Inflammation and the body’s reaction to stress through the complex interactions between the brain and other organs play a role in fibromyalgia. It can be difficult to avoid the tensions that modern life throws at us, but certainly…

The Social Chamber of the TSJ of Catalonia has considered in a recent judgment, S 1403/2015, of 24 February (Rec. Suplicación 6239/2014), fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is grounds for declaring the “permanent disability”. The statement refers to a case of a woman, operaria chemical industry, which suffered a picture of recurrent major depression…

Written By: Dr Sher Bailey It is not uncommon to have hip flexor issues or pain in this area when living with fibromyalgia. The hips, hip flexors, and lower back correlate with fibromyalgia pain areas due to tender areas around the lower back, many more trigger point areas and other conditions that affect the surrounding areas.The hip…

Author: Denise Reich (Contributor at themighty.com) When I was six, I was hospitalized with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. At the hospital, I was encouraged to get out of bed, get dressed and spend as much time as possible in the playroom. I brought magazines and books back to my room to read and played with other kids who…

It is estimated that fibromyalgia affects almost 6 million or 1 in 50 people. Fibromyalgia is classically characterized by chronic pain, particularly muscle aches, fatigue, trouble sleeping, brain fog or cognitive impairment, depression, and painful tender points throughout the body. Conventional medicine has yet to uncover the cause of fibromyalgia and only offers to treat symptoms with…

What happens when your life starts to unravel? For 23-year-old Peyton Connor, that happened last May when she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. The long-term chronic condition can cause increased sensitivity to pain, extreme fatigue, difficulty sleeping and memory loss. After collapsing at work at the end of 2015, several tests revealed she had the condition,…

BY JULIA NELSON Treatment For Fibromyalgia Treatment For Fibromyalgia much like treatments for any and all disease., often starts with the management of symptoms. With this disorder, the symptoms create a string of tender points along the body. Coupling this with extreme fatigue and an inability to sleep and you have a concoction for a drastically…

BY JULIA NELSON 1. “Imagine the worst sickness, fatigue and pain and your head is in a deep fog where it made you think to go to the hospital. Now imagine feeling like that every day and knowing if you go to the hospital they will likely find nothing wrong and send you home and tell you…