Dry eyes and mouth due to fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is typically characterized by generalized pain, fatigue, headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, inability to sleep refreshingly, wake up tired and rigid and develop cognitive disorders, including lack of concentration and lack of mood, dizziness, etc. Fibromyalgia syndrome is a chronic, long-term condition that has no cure. About 10 million people are currently diagnosed with this disorder. Although 9 out of 10 people diagnosed are women, men also have this disorder. Association of fibromyalgia with other conditions Studies have shown that fibromyalgia is also associated with several other conditions. Usually, some patients with fibromyalgia…

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My chronic disease is “invisible” not “imaginary”

We live in a society where chronic disease remains invisible . We speak of realities as hard as fibromyalgia, which is for many that imaginary ailment with which one justifies his work absences. We have to change mentalities: there is no need for a wound that we can see so that the suffering is authentic. Chronically socially invisible diseases (ECSI), according to data from the “World Health Organization” (WHO), account for almost 80% of current ailments. We speak, for example, about mental illnesses, cancer, lupus, diabetes , migraines, rheumatism, fibromyalgia … debilitating illnesses for those who suffer from them…

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