Category: Fibromyalgia

By Gina Roberts-Grey With fibromyalgia syndrome, just getting by each day often requires difficult choices. Read on for expert advice on managing fibromyalgia pain and fatigue while living life to the fullest… Life with fibromyalgia is full of ups and downs. One day you’re fine, able to handle everything on that mile-long to-do list. The next, you’re so tired you can’t get out of bed to feed the kids.But even with such uncertainty, you can take steps to avoid fibromyalgia pain. “If a woman with fibromyalgia spends too much time stressing about…

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Fibromyalgia is a condition characterized by pain in your muscles and fibrous tissues (such as the tendons and ligaments), accompanied by fatigue, low mood, and sleep problems. A person with fibromyalgia can experience a wide range of symptoms, and symptoms may vary from person to person. The cause of fibromyalgia is unknown. For many years it was thought that it was psychologically based but research has found that injury, infection, surgery, or illness may trigger the condition. Sometimes symptoms accumulate over time without a single triggering event. There are also…

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Fibromyalgia is a long-term chronic condition causing widespread pain, fatigue, and cognitive disturbance.  While it’s unclear what causes fibromyalgia, it’s thought that the pain is due to an overactive sympathetic nervous system.  This is the part of the body that activates the flight or fight response mechanism.  Many people experience their first fibromyalgia symptoms after a physically or emotionally traumatic event.  Researchers think that certain gene mutations may play a factor. If you have family members with fibromyalgia, you are more likely to develop it. Pain is the hallmark of fibromyalgia.…

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Costochondritis pain is just one of the symptoms within Fibromyalgia. You have likely experienced it at one time or another. This pain involves burning, stabbing, and radiating pain around the ribs and sometimes pushing up into the lower chest area. It may not always occur as often as other symptoms such as widespread muscle painor nerve pain. However, when it does occur, it can be very painful. If this is occurring more often for you, please get this checked out, as we don’t want to miss another condition.  This pain…

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