People with fibromyalgia and other disorders of chronic fatigue must consider their insurance or lack as the Affordable Care Act is in effect now.
Under this act insurance companies must have to accept any person regardless of their pre-existing conditions. That cost related to treatments is not to be paid by the company that is prior to the insurance.
From 2014 onwards, insurance companies are obligated to cover any and all expenses that are related to policyholders, regardless of the time in which they were diagnosed with them.
People with intensified disorder and worse conditions of fibromyalgia had to leave their jobs before this act. Their insurance policy was deducted after leaving the job.
It was hard for the highly infected people to find an insurance company that would cover them after employment. Such people almost seem uninsurable. The affordability for treatments became the major issue for such people who had to quit their jobs due to worse health conditions.
The conditions become horribly intensified if treatments are not taken properly and timely. The worse conditions may affect the state of mind and body miserably.
The widespread chronic pain, severe headaches, migraines, and fatigue are the initial symptoms of fibromyalgia but if proper treatment and care are not made it may lead to the severe problem of depression and anxiety.
Depression typically ensues in fibromyalgia patients. Because of constant pain and weakness the person develops a state of mind of being useless and a burden for friends and family which leads to depression case.
Due to consistent pain and fatigue, the colors of people start vanishing. The enjoyable and fun activities become boring for the affected person. The physical condition brings him to the state of mind that is away from life and its blessing.
Sometimes it becomes a very miserable and exceptional case. The affected people sometimes lose hope and start feeling that their life will never get better because of all-time fatigue and tiredness.
The condition becomes worse when a person is able to get the proper sleep due to pain. Sleeping disorder and lack of relaxation lead him to a continuous state of anxiety and stress.
There is no proper treatment procedure available for the disorder and the rare available for worse conditions are too expensive. The uninsured persons often go untreated because of the affordability problem.
In this scenario implementation of the Affordable Care Act proves really significant and helpful for such people.
Research is done to study the impact of early life events on a person’s later life. It was to measure how much the childhood environment and events affect the psychological life of a person.
It is the disorder that not only increases the sensitivity of pain but has a number of other co-morbidities. In the world of health and medicine, the primary cause of the disorder is still unknown.
There is still no verifiable indication of the causes or factors of the development of fibromyalgia. A number of theories are present but unfortunately, none of them is necessary to evidence to prove the facts of this disorder. Women being more affected than men, this disorder overall affects almost two percent of the population.
One very important factor that has been under quite a bit of research is painful experiences that are felt during childhood. These pain experiences cause long-term adaptation in the processing of pain by the brain. Proper treatments are needed by the infants that are born with some specific sickness or children with premature births or those born under stressful situations.
Newborns are likely to be subjected to many painful procedures in the clinical stages of neonatal intensive care that have the possibility of being performed daily with routine monitoring. Such newborns that need early hospitalization could have to face fourteen very painful procedures per day.
Recent research has shown that almost eighty percent of infants who face stressful procedures due to premature births or illness were not given proper analgesia prior to the procedure.
Children may have negative effects and experience significant changes in brains for processing of the pain due to the long-lasting high frequency of such procedures. The abnormal processing of pain in patients facing this disorder is the result of such infant abnormalities.
By providing necessary pain management techniques to neonatal patients such Physiological disturbances can be prevented. The pain management techniques to accomplish levels of pain are not easily affordable.
Morphine and some benzodiazepines treatments are used for pain experienced after surgery and for general sedation for neonates. Some non-medical techniques that could be administered to neonates including sucrose are helpful.
According to studies for long-term chronic exposure, such techniques don’t work that efficiently. The adequate amounts of pain management for neonates should be discovered to reduce various types of pain syndromes, including fibromyalgia is still under discussion and research.
Lack of warmth and motherhood relation is a major risk factor for future development of fibromyalgia according to research. The child-mother bond states the emotional reactivity of the child throughout their life and the type of relations that will be created with others.
A strong mother-baby relation has proven to be fruitful for the healthy development of the baby. A weak and improper relation results in consistent chronic pain and issues of coping with chronic pain. According to studies, those patients will have intense levels of pain who have constant ignoring and emotionless relations.
Patients show high even unbearable levels where there is a very weak and strangely low relation. Adults with healthy bonding styles take acute pain tests and have low-intensity levels. A direct link between the opioidergic and dopamine system and a person’s living environment has been shown and this study suggests that when a parent and infant are strongly attached, the child has far fewer possibilities of getting affected by such disorders.
Children who experience physical and sexual abuse are more likely to develop fibromyalgia. Early life abuse results in a number of behavioral problems and types of pathological issues. Like heavy depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, alcoholism, stoutness, and even suicide.
Unfortunately, the same problems are associated with fibromyalgia. Several studies have shown a link between childhood abuse and early life traumas with fibromyalgia. These links also elaborate disruption of neurotransmitter systems that will affect a person’s capacity to manage stress.
When early age traumas, abuses, neonatal complications, and the parent-infant bond strength are considered, fibromyalgia is high to be discussed. However there is no significant evidence to prove this fact, still, the studies and the connections documented in the research can serve as the basis for several future works in this field.
The search for the primary factors for the development of fibromyalgia disorder is constantly under discussion and observation. Persistent efforts are made by researchers to get people aware of the disorder. A proper treatment procedure is likely to be discovered after the clear identification of the root cause.
We’re fortunate to live in a new era of cannabis where its social and political stigmas are losing credibility one state at a time. Patients are gaining better access while recreational consumers are regaining their personal liberties.
Every now and then, we see a burping up of the old Reefer Madness scare tactics that madly drove cannabis prohibition for many decades, and this Medical Minute looks at the latest example proliferated by the media, its implications, as well as other developments in our understandings of medical marijuana.
We’d be surprised if you haven’t yet heard of the latest study supporting the theory that even occasional cannabis consumption leads to permanent structural abnormalities in the brain; mainstream media covered the Harvard/Northwestern findings with sensational headlines that would be difficult for any cannabis advocate to miss. In case you did, here’s the short of it:
Neuroimaging MRI scans of 40 individuals (ages 18 to 25; 20 cannabis consumers and 20 non-consumers) showed that marijuana – even in small amounts – caused gray matter changes in the brain’s amygdala and nucleus accumbens, areas associated with motivation, reward, and emotional processing. In light of the results, one researcher responded,
“This research with the other studies we have done have led me to be extremely concerned about the effects of marijuana in adolescents and young adults and to consider that we may need to be very careful about legalization policies and possibly consider how to prevent anyone under age 25 to 30 from using marijuana at all.”
While it’s important to understand the impact of consumption on developing brains, this study draws conclusions without exploring how these structural changes actually affect cognitive functioning.
The researchers do state, however, that the marijuana users reported no problems with school, work, family life, or legal matters. Considering the fact that alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine are also associated with changes in the brain, we have to wonder why this particular study of the myriad cannabis studies available was given such widespread attention.
Speaking of developing brains and the legalization policies that would supposedly enable adolescent consumption, a recent meta-analysis tracking 20 years of data showed that medical marijuana laws do not cause increases in teen consumption.
The study compared consumption trends in states with and without medical marijuana laws, as well as statistics from before and after legalization. Their analysis sample of over 11 million students demonstrated that legalmarkets have no more of a negative impact on our youth than the thriving black market. Surprised? Nah, we aren’t either.
Currently, only three legal medications are being prescribed to treat fibromyalgia, a central nervous system disorder that causes pain and sometimes other symptoms like fatigue, stiffness, sleeplessness, and psychiatric disorders. The National Pain Foundation recently surveyed over 1,300 fibromyalgia patients about the efficacy of their treatments. Here’s what they found:
Very effective – 10% Helps a little – 22% Doesn’t help at all – 68%
The differences in efficacy are staggeringly disparate, and the results really don’t require much commentary. While it’s easy to look at this information, fist pump, and move on, remember to also share emerging information with those who might benefit from it. You’d be surprised by the number of people who don’t realize what amazing relief lies behind the veil of stigma.
Most people affected by fibromyalgia are trying to find alternative remedies to cure the disorder then the pharmaceutical medications. There are documented several ways that helped people to deal with their conditions of fibromyalgia and proved to have a positive impact on their lives.
There are several supplements and herbs that can be helpful. They can be taken in order to ease the pain of fibromyalgia by increasing serotonin levels, decreasing pain sensitivity, improving immune function, and others.
The other natural remedy used to relax the sore muscles is massage. It is also highly recommended for fibromyalgia patients. It can be done by some professional or at home.
In several cases, it has been shown that having a masseuse not only helped people to release their muscle pain directly but also allowed them time to fully relax and ease stress. However, most people prefer to do daily massage at home. This can also be done using a tennis ball, rolled over the sore muscles to gently wipe the fatigue out.
The application of heat and cold (ice) can also help to ease sore muscles. The usage of cold packs and ice can be helpful for deep and achy muscles in order to soothe their pain. Heat in the form of a warm cloth or a warm bath can also be applied to release muscle tension. The heat from a shower or bath will relax muscles and refresh the body and is considered the best way for heat application.
Magnesium has potential that helps with nearly 300 biochemical body reactions. The deficiency of minerals is found in about 80-95% of people with fibromyalgia. The lack of this mineral is also found in a large number of the general population.
Another remedy that can relieve fibromyalgia is oleander extract. It is an immune modulator. It should always be taken in supplement form because raw oleander is toxic.
Acupuncture is a very old traditional Chinese methodology. In this technique, small needles are applied to the skin to open the energy fields. The acupuncture process helps to open up pathways to energy. This traditional medical and spiritual practice that has also been backed by the NIH has proven to be very helpful.
The energy levels in the body can be attained by using vitamin B12. The deficiency of this vitamin can give pain to people who have fibromyalgia. The usage of B12 supplements can ease the conditions of fibromyalgia and provide chances to improve the quality of life as it can increase energy levels in people suffering chronic pain and can also help to release depression and isolation due to pain and fatigue.
The regular liver cleanse process is a great way to clear out toxins. There is a number of natural ways to complete a liver cleanse. This is very important because the presence of toxins in the body can affect other organs and the liver. The regular process of flushing and cleansing of the liver improves the functionality of the liver and also helps the body to eliminate waste that has been stuck in the body.
5-HTP helps to increase serotonin levels and to reduce the number of tender points on the body due to fibromyalgia. This supplement helps the body to release pain by enhancing serotonin levels and stabilizing mood. This chemical affects the brain and should be taken after a doctor’s consultation.
An important compound in the body that is essential for the body’s proper immunity system is SAMe. It helps to maintain cell membranes and break down neurotransmitters including serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine.
Meditation is a powerful technique to clear the mind by calming the body and thoughts. It can be done in a number of ways: sitting, lying down, walking, and others. It has been proven to reduce stress levels and increase the clarity and focus of the mind remarkably.
It is a good way to manage pain and overall provides a positive outlook. It helps to clear the mind from any negativity. The regular practice of meditation can reduce stress levels and bring optimism and balance to the lives of those with fibromyalgia.
These natural cure processes should be considered by the people who want to save themselves from any further harm of the traditional pharmaceutical drugs. However, for serious conditions, proper medication is required.
It is an anti-depressant that helps in regulating serotonin production and reuptake. This medication helps in an uplifting mood, counteracts pain, and restores normal sleep patterns by increasing the concentration of usable serotonin. Both depression and anxiety symptoms are alleviated by this medicine.
Researchers show that trazodone helps in improving cognitive rationality and functioning, enhancing the quality of sleep, and reducing the symptoms of depression and anxiety. Of course, there are some side effects as well.
Clinical studies and researchers have shown that like other anti-depressants that are available in the market, trazodone is also effective. Of course, some side effects have also been mentioned in the studies.
Constipation and glaucoma are treated by this unmatched ability of Trazodone. Trazodone doesn’t make anticholinergic reactions like other medications, that is why it shows effectiveness in treating these conditions.
Sedative effects are also produced by Trazodone, which distinctly reduces agitation, anxiety, and sleeps deprivation symptoms. These sedative effects make fibromyalgia patients in trouble who experience chronic fatigue and lethargy.
Moreover, cardiac arrhythmias are the confirmed side effect. People with and without pre-existing heart conditions have experienced this side effect.
Priapism is another rarely observed but very serious side effect. This side effect makes the male penis not retreat from its erect state for almost 4 hours. As it is a rare condition, but it does indicate some concern among men with fibromyalgia. Treating this condition generally has a high risk for this side effect.
There is a need to take some precautionary measures, as it has some side effects. An individual can take a smaller dosage if he is highly sensitive to trazodone.
As youth combines trazodone with other anti-depressants, the warning signs given by researchers should be noted by doctors and parents i.e. suicidal tendencies among youth. Early interventions and precautionary measures are critical in suicidal thought processes.
For safety purposes, this medicine should be taken in small doses by both suicidal depressed children and adults. There are a lot of anti-depressants that induce an unresponsive mental state due to which suicide thoughts increases. The rare incidence of seizures is another serious side effect.
Trazodone is safer in overdoses as compared to some other anti-depressants. Moreover, usually, people less surrender to this medicine overdose, as its toxicity levels are mild. But in some cases, the toxicity levels are spiked in the bloodstream and lower the blood pressure when it is consumed in excess. There is a worst-case report ever that says, the blockage in the atrioventricular region of the heart was developed in a patient and several organ systems got failed with it.
There is an interaction between trazodone and a liver enzyme called CYP3A4. This enzyme has responsibility for metabolic processes that activate trazodone. The concentration of trazodone increases severely in the bloodstream when there is some enzyme hindrance in some way. The effects of CYP3A4 suppresses by specific foods, herbs, and medication, which might be harmful. Grapefruit taken in large quantity can be one of these foods.
Doctors advise patients not to combine Trazodone with other medications. In some cases, the potency of alcohol, depressants, and barbiturates in the bloodstream increases with trazodone. Due to this, fatigue and scattered thinking induce. The digoxin and phenytoin levels spike in those patients who take trazodone with other medications. More research should be done in the field of trazodone and its impact on aesthetics.
Where there are benefits of trazodone, there are a few risk factors for it as well. So, before taking this medication, patients should thoroughly check both risks and benefits.
If a patient found it to be ill-suited for himself, he should take another anti-depressant as a solution. Fortunately, there are so many ways for recovery and patients can adopt different medications for treatment.
The risk of developing tachycardia, arrhythmia, and severe fatigue increases due to fibromyalgia in a lot of cases. If you have a history of suicidal thoughts or tendencies, you should consult your doctor for alternative medication. There are some additional treatments that include sleep aids, muscle relaxers, anticonvulsants, and steroid injections.
There are a lot of patients who have enhanced or replaced traditional therapies with homeopathic medications. One of the most useful methods is physical therapy, as it helps in aiding mobility and range of motion.
Moreover, energy blockages can be removed by massage and it promotes Qi flow, soothes trigger points. Muscle tension and pain are also reduced by massage. For fibromyalgia treatment, deep tissue massage, trigger point massage, and Shiatsu massage are well known. Shiatsu massage helps in interacting directly with nerve pathways in the central nervous system.
When some overwhelming risks occur in a patient’s health due to trazodone, biofeedback and acupuncture prove effective for treatment. Pain is relieved and chances of recovery are high.
It is also advised to fibromyalgia patients that they need to limit their diet by avoiding sugar, junk food, fats, etc. sugar and caffeine are the most devastating stimulants for fibromyalgia patients. So, there are some other options other than trazodone.
Fibromyalgia is a mystery that consists of a lot of symptoms and it seems like it is impossible to solve this mystery, especially when researchers haven’t found the root cause and cure of this illness.
There are a lot of doctors who do not admit this syndrome existence. It is true that people who are having this syndrome have to live their life with this syndrome. We cannot stop the occurrence of fibromyalgia till now.
Fibromyalgia is a syndrome whose main symptom is widespread pain. Along with this pain, people with fibromyalgia suffer from many other symptoms as well.
Some other symptoms include nausea, lack of focus, memory loss, arthritis and joint pain, depression, vomiting, sensitivity to light, odors, medication and noise, sensitivity to certain kinds of food, stiffness, numbness, tingling sensation, sleep problems, jaw sensitivity, food sensitivities, digestive issues, irritable bladder and reduced tolerance to exercising.
The major question that still doesn’t have an answer is what actually causes fibromyalgia. Although we have reached a very high level in research and technology the truth is still we don’t know about the actual root cause of fibromyalgia.
Some researchers believe that fibromyalgia can be caused by genetics, as many people have this disease in the family and doctors have detected certain polymorph genes in the bodies of fibromyalgia patients. But also, it cannot be the only cause of fibromyalgia because the same gene can be responsible for many other diseases as well. Some diseases can be similar to fibromyalgia.
Some other explanations are also there for fibromyalgia-like stress, low quality sleep, and dysfunction of nerve cells that worsen the pain in the brain. And yet, there is no explanation which is for sure a cause. Until we find the cause and cure it, all we have is to treat every symptom separately and manage the condition while never losing hope.
Fibromyalgia patients have to suffer a lot because sometimes it is difficult for them to even perform routine activities. There are some people who have openly told us the stories of how they are living a dreadful life with this illness.
Even, there are some celebrities like Morgan Freeman, who accepted openly that he is suffering from this condition. Life feels like a long string of devastating days with fibromyalgia. Sometimes people lose hope and get into an endless string from which they cannot come out.
Fibromyalgia is not something that you can treat without any concern from doctors. If you feel like you are having chronic pain for a very long time, or you have some severe symptoms; you should consult a doctor to check whether you have fibromyalgia or not.
Various forms of pain have been treated effectively from laser therapy including fibromyalgia. Although chronic pain is not cured of its studies have shown that pain due to fibromyalgia can be alleviated by this laser therapy.
Eve, this deep tissue laser therapy has been approved as a complementary therapy by FDA in the US of America. This therapy can help in managing various chronic pain conditions.
Laser therapy is effective for those who want some alternative prescription therapies. You will feel a relaxing type of warmness and will feel no pain during this treatment. This treatment lasts for a maximum of 10 minutes and you will feel an immediate difference in your first results.
However, make sure that you are choosing a facility where equipment has more efficiency and where well-trained people are available if you want to go for this therapy.
There are several types of medications approved by the FDA. 3 drugs have been approved by FDA i.e. Lyrica, Cymbalta, and Savella. Since the beginning, Savella is the only drug that is approved for fibromyalgia treatment. The rest of the drugs were used to treat other conditions previously.
Moreover, fibromyalgia symptoms can be lessened by physical therapies and exercising also. It is proved that more endorphins are released in the body and due to this pain is alleviated.
Naltrexone is a medication that is used to help former narcotics, those who stopped using narcotics to remain drug-free. Naltrexone is also used by people addicted to alcohol to stay alcohol-free. Recent studies have shown that it also works with endorphin levels and has the power to release pain, fatigue, and stress in fibromyalgia patients.
There are some other alternative therapies for fibromyalgia patients like meditation, Yoga, Tai Chi, acupuncture, etc. all these therapies help in alleviating pain and making the person relaxed.
Fibromyalgia is known to be a very painful and chronic disease and there are some guidelines for anyone diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Doctors will do a lot of tests and exams that range from some blood tests to every single examination of the symptoms to determine if the person is having fibromyalgia or not. Identifying pressure points is the most effective test of all.
You might think that you have widespread pain throughout the body and indeed you might have. But, there are some specific pressure points on your body that doctors test to check whether you have pain in these points or not. It is believed by a lot of researchers and professionals that the central problem of the pain in fibromyalgia can be determined by these pressure points.
In examining fibromyalgia, doctors put pressure on these points to check the severity of pain there. So doctors find it difficult to diagnose fibromyalgia if you may have pain all over the body. They have to check these pressure points and base their decisions on them. The back neck, shoulders, above the knees, hips, upper chest, elbows, and upper part of buttocks are included in pressure points.
Only lab tests can’t identify that whether there is a pain in these pressure points or not. There has to be a physical exam of these pressure points and this exam will take 10 to 15 minutes. You have to tell the feeling you get by having pressure on these points, whether you are having pain or not.
You should have widespread pain in all four quadrants of your body for more than three months and when the pressure is applied to these points, you should have severe pain in at least these pressure points in order to be diagnosed with fibromyalgia.
In this method, the level of accuracy is high and there are 90% chances that the doctor will make the correct diagnosis. This test is found to be more accurate than other tests.
Your doctor will never apply too much pressure to make you feel pain either way. Enough of the pressure is applied in order to know how you feel. You can try it yourself by applying pressure.
Treating fibromyalgia has another aspect and that is “trigger points”. There are 90% of the pressure points that also trigger points. So, what is the difference between them? Trigger points are referred to as nodules that you feel in tight muscles. The trigger points make you feel pain as well as send pain throughout your body if you apply pressure on these points.
In a similar way, when you apply pressure to pressure points, it will only cause pain in that area where you have applied pressure and won’t send pain all over the body. There is another difference between these two and that is the motion you can make can be restricted by trigger points but can’t be restricted by pressure points.
As we have mentioned earlier that there are 90% of pressure points that also trigger points. In fact, this is a beneficial thing. It is beneficial in the sense that a lot of therapies and treatments are there in reducing pain in the body, and if only one of your trigger points gets relieved by pain, it will help you in reducing the pain of other trigger and pressure points as well.
You can take hot showers or baths, massage, or you can do anything that relieves tension in muscles that can help you in relieving the pain of your trigger and pressure points.
Keep in mind that you should have pain in at least 11 out of 18 pressure points in order to be diagnosed with fibromyalgia. If you have pain in less than 11 points that it is good news for you that you are not having fibromyalgia. The bad news is that you still don’t know your illness and you are still experiencing pain.
It is believed by many researchers that if you have pain from less than 11 pressure points, you can still have fibromyalgia. This is the reason why a lot of professionals and doctors have tossed out this idea in the diagnosis of fibromyalgia. Yet, there will be a formulation of another diagnosis process that will be more effective as this process was.
Stay in touch with every latest news and research on fibromyalgia if you agree with your doctor that the process of pressure points is not an effective process for diagnosing fibromyalgia. A lot of doctors still believe this process to be effective. So get an opinion from your personal doctor.
Arthritis is considered one of the most common diseases related to bones. The statistic shows that more than 50 million Americans in the US suffer from some form of arthritis. Yet, this disease is somehow, still a mystery.
Like arthritis, fibromyalgia is not so common but around 5 million Americans are suffering from it. But fibromyalgia is so much similar to arthritis that it gets difficult to diagnose fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia and arthritis both are mysterious and can affect one’s life so much that the person feels hard to do daily activities.
Arthritis is a disease in which joints get inflamed and painful. It is believed that 100 forms of arthritis are present and osteoarthritis is considered to be the common one. More quite common forms are rheumatoid arthritis and also gout, psoriatic arthritis, and septic arthritis.
People show joint pain as a symptom of it which becomes so persistent and confined. The developing of stiffness and swelling of joints occur too. Moreover, some other symptoms like poor sleeping, tenderness, muscle aches, malaise, unable to use hands or feet properly, and much more appear too.
Different things cause different forms of arthritis. For instance, the natural wear and tear of joints cause osteoarthritis which is the reason for appearing later on in life. Infection in the joint causes septic arthritis. However, it is difficult to explain rheumatoid arthritis in the real sense of the word.
As rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease so it develops without any actual reason. When there is a virus in the body or an infection that needs to be eliminated, the body’s immune cells are created. However, the body’s immune cells start to attack healthy tissues in case of an autoimmune disease. These immune cells start to attack the joints in various body parts without having any reason, in the case of rheumatoid arthritis.
There is no cure for arthritis but yes it can have treatments. Paracetamol is prescribed in osteoarthritis and ibuprofen in rheumatoid arthritis. Doctors start prescribing other medications as well when these less harmful drugs cannot perform their job anymore.
Moreover, physical therapy is good for patients with arthritis, as it helps to lessen the pain and stiffness. Some other therapies which are believed to perform well are also used in arthritis-like Tai Chi, Yoga, acupuncture, and other eastern practices.
Weigh loss and constant exercise can lead you towards a healthy lifestyle. It can turn one’s life from pain to a normal life. There are a lot of patients who are managing their life successfully with arthritis.
If things are clear for arthritis (except for rheumatoid arthritis), fibromyalgia makes everything complicated. Fibromyalgia is considered to be a syndrome and not a disease, so there are a lot of symptoms of fibromyalgia, some of which become the worst types. Chronic widespread pain is the major symptom that fibromyalgia patients show. You should keep in mind that like arthritis, fibromyalgia is not localized.
Fibromyalgia brings a lot of symptoms other than pain that includes sleeping issues, anxiety, depression, headaches, stiffness, bowels problems, swelling, joint pain (and even arthritis as a co-morbid condition), bladder problems, cognitive issues (fibro fog), and many more symptoms that can be unbearable for pain.
It is so much difficult to put the right diagnosis as there are a lot of symptoms. While it is easy to diagnose arthritis with some tests, fibromyalgia is usually diagnosed by identifying a series of 18 tender points, examining the symptoms, and ruling out the other medical conditions as well. Fibromyalgia can be spotted out by only one kind of test but this test is out of range for many people due to its cost and many insurance companies haven’t covered it yet.
Moreover, it is so much difficult to explain or find fibromyalgia causes. A lot of researchers have put theories about the causes of fibromyalgia but these theories seem like putting forth the risk factors instead of causes that lead towards fibromyalgia.
There are a lot of things that seem to play a role in developing fibromyalgia-like poor sleeping patterns, chemical imbalances, depression, genetics, and lack of proper functioning of pain neurotransmitters. But, there is no one who can tell for sure which one of these actually causes fibromyalgia.
Fibromyalgia and arthritis have some similarities but their nature is totally different. Both of them run in family and are enigmatic to some extent. Both of them do not have any cure but they do have treatments with medications and therapies etc. however, you should need to know that fibromyalgia treatment frequently goes beyond pain medications and that FDA-approved drugs are prescribed to patients for the treatment which are alike to anti-depressants.
It is important to differentiate between fibromyalgia and arthritis. Both of these conditions could get better from exercises, therapies, home remedies, and alternative practices. Fibromyalgia may need different drugs than arthritis if we talk about medications. Make sure which condition you are having and take adequate treatment for that. It can help you in living a happier and normal life.
This disease affects the brain of a person. The disorder causes the central nervous system to become oversensitive to pain impulses from various parts of the body.
The disease causes chronic and widespread pain all over the body that cannot be related to a single physiological cause. The most frequent complaint of fibromyalgia patients is muscular and skeletal pains.
The reason behind this is the abnormal behavior of the sensory neurons close to the spinal cord as they become hyperactive upon the application of a pain stimulus.
A large number of problems other than body pain are associated with the disorder. People may also lose the cognitive ability and the ability to concentrate on a single task for a lengthy amount of time due to this disorder. The attention extent and the ability to multitask could develop.
It may also cause disrupted sleep patterns and mood swings. The interrupted sleep pattern leads to other problems that are nearly identical to the problems faced by healthy people when they’re deprived of sleep.
Continuous fatigue and the feeling of tiredness throughout the day is the most common problem related to fibromyalgia. The tiredness remains consistent even after a long period of sleep.
The reason behind this lies in the fact that while the patient cannot remind waking up in the middle of the night, but fibromyalgia causes pain and the sleep is disturbed and causes a patient to wake up for very short periods and disturbs the long sleep that is needed for healthy functioning.
Almost 2% of the adult human population all over the world gets affected by this disorder annually. Some theories suggest it to be a genetically linked disorder. For this reason, people with relatives who have fibromyalgia are at greater risk of getting the disease at some point in their life.
Fibromyalgia may also intensify by physical stresses or injuries. Neck injuries are one of the most common triggers of fibromyalgia in healthy people. The thing that should be clearly known is that apart from physiological and physical stresses, psychological stresses also play a vital role in the development of this disease.
The probability of the disorder is very high in people who have continuous stress or some form of posttraumatic stress disorder. The symptoms of fibromyalgia can also get intensified due to inherent psychological problems.
There is no distinction between race, age, gender, and economic status. All groups of people are equally probable of becoming its victim. There are several celebrities and famous people who suffer from fibromyalgia.
Moreover, it is reported that famous people and celebrities are at a greater risk of developing fibromyalgia because of the raised level of psychological stresses they face. This is particularly factual for people who are in very accountable positions and have to make important decisions every day.
The most famous celebrity Sinead O’Connor was one of the victims of this disorder. The condition of the disease was so intensified that she was required to take a two-year pause and step away from the limelight in order to properly deal with the condition and get proper treatment.
Moreover, Sinead was also a patient with bipolar disorder and has to manage her problems while raising 4 children at the same time. Another famous celebrity Susan Flannery had to take a break from their career in order to deal with fibromyalgia. She won Emmy four times but had to leave showbiz in 2007 due to her condition. She later returned and was told that she had a daily basis treatment which did not allow her to work.
Michael James Hastings was one of the very serious victims of the disease who later had to leave their careers in order to get proper treatment. Moreover, he started spreading awareness about this disease as a spokesperson.
Florence Nightingale was a patient whose fight for fibromyalgia becomes harder when caught by another infection. She faced the disorder with so patience and her soul parted at a fine age of ninety. Rosie Hamlin is a celebrity who was so aggravated with fibromyalgia that she was strained to make remarkable changes to her career.
She was the lead singer of the band, “Rosie & The Originals” but after becoming a victim of fibromyalgia, she was not able to carry along with the tours and started a new career as an artist.
The wife of Ambassador Paul Bremer Frances Winfield Bremer has been fighting against fibromyalgia for the past 30 years. She is an active worker for spreading awareness about the disease along with her husband. She is an important member of several organizations working on this disorder.
One of the most high-profile celebrities who are a source of inspiration for all those who suffer from the disorder is Morgan Freeman, the man who played god fights has to fight with fibromyalgia every day.
Fibromyalgia is a much painful syndrome, and if you try dealing with it, there may be some embarrassing consequences that can arise along with it.
So far, urinary tract and pelvic symptoms are the most frustrating side effects. In this article, we are going to explore what sort of symptoms are? How do we have to deal with it?
A lot of symptoms show up when you suffer from fibromyalgia. The most uncomfortable one is the urinary tract, and we have to take care of it. People with fibromyalgia often deal with incontinence, which is the number one issue that arises.
Incontinence in layman’s terms is when the urine is not held by your body for a long time period. Sometimes, you are unable to hold the urine for an extended time period or you may leak urine before reaching the bathroom.
People with fibromyalgia have another issue and that is the frequency in which they have to urinate. In case of having the disorder, you may notice that you are going to the bathroom a lot more times than you normally go. You may also feel a need to go to the bathroom even if you have urinated a few minutes earlier.
In these cases, people find it embarrassing to leave the house or they avoid going to the events in which they might not get easy access to the restroom. People with fibromyalgia also face another major issue that is dysuria, a burning sensation while urinating.
A lot of pelvic and abdominal symptoms arise with fibromyalgia. Abdominal pain is among the most common abdominal symptoms that you will cope with as part of fibromyalgia.
People with fibromyalgia may feel sharp pains in the stomach or it feels like you may have to double over to lessen the pain. Gas, bloating and various other issues that arise in the pelvic area accompanies this. Of course, there are also some other issues that you may suffer from. If you are not taking a proper diet, you may suffer from constipation.
Dyspareunia is another side effect that occurs in the pelvic area. Dyspareunia is a disorder in which women feel uneasy while having sex (this case doesn’t arise in men, so sorry ladies). Sometimes, women may even feel a lot of pain while having sex.
It feels like sex is no more enjoyable for women and women find it a lot more embarrassing and get into depression. This pain can arise anywhere, either in the vagina, labia, or in the clitoris. The pain can hurt so badly in the vaginal area, due to which you may feel uneasy to have sex.
This pain can even make the relationship strained when women are found to have Dyspareunia and it isn’t going well. It is not known where this issue comes from. Since STD are usually is the reason for this intercourse pain.
The most important question answer to the need is how do we cope with the symptoms we suffer from? First of all, you need to consult your doctor and tell him about every issue that comes in your way, whether it is an embarrassing one or not.
Doctors are there to treat your symptoms whether it is incontinence or Dyspareunia. It is so much difficult to cope with these symptoms, so you have to talk to your doctor.
There has to have some sort of therapy for people who have urinary and pelvic issues. The common one is physical therapy and you have to learn how to retrain the bladder.
Some exercises are there that can help in making the bladder stronger, and that also teaches your body how to react accurately to different stimuli. Your body might take some time to get into the shape again, as it was before incontinence.
Another thing you can do is to make sure to take care of yourself. Try communicating the problems that you are having so that your relationship doesn’t go strained. Try to do exercises on a daily basis even if you find some hurdles in doing it. Take a healthy diet as well. Taking care of yourself is very much important for people with fibromyalgia. Because, only you have to suffer at the end, so take care of yourself.
If you are having fibromyalgia, your life can be so terrifying. You can’t even explain how debilitating the pain is. The symptoms can make your situation even worse. You can stop these issues by consulting your doctor. Get some help from specialists; they will surely give you the treatments and resources you need in order to live a happy and satisfactory life.
