FIBROMYALGIA (FMS) INFORMATION:
Fibromyalgia or also known as FMS Syndrome has only recently been used as a term to diagnose people that suffer from multiple abnormalities revolving around chronic muscular irritation. The name Fibromyalgia means painful fibrotic changes in the soft body tissue/parts including the muscles, tendons and ligaments, but has come to mean much more to the people that suffer from this syndrome.
Fibromyalgia is not life threatening, but it does change your life and living with it is no joy as many suffers will relate too, and finding help and support is also a challenge as many people simply do not understand the pain suffers are in as to most people they simply just look fatigued. It is only really close friends, family and the sufferers medical consultants/doctors that understand the reality.
Finding relief to FMS is also a challenge and takes a considerable amount of understanding, and understanding Fibromyalgia goes a long way to helping cope with this syndrome and to living a normal lifestyle.
While no pathological changes in the muscle tissue have been demonstrated on any type of examinations, Fibromyalgia sufferers have very tender muscular points which cause a great deal of pain. It Is often referred to as the Arthritis of the soft body tissues, where normal arthritis affects the bones.
People who suffer with Fibromyalgia may have a whole host of other symptoms including but not limited to extreme fatigue, irritable bowl, headaches, insomnia, and depression (For more information on symptoms click on this link). At the moment there is no treatment that can completely resolve Fibromyalgia. However, there are many treatments that can help to elleviate the pain and discomfort. The problem is, finding the treatment that suits and provides the individual suffer the best relief. I will discuss the various treatments further on in these webpages.
Some physicians have speculated that Fibromyalgia begins with the Mononucleosis virus, and followed by the lingering Epstein's bar virus. It has also been suggested that many Fibromyalgia sufferers have had a recent heavy emotional or physical trauma prior to the onset of FMS. It is also said that Fibromyalgia sufferers do not get into the deepest phase of sleep. This is known as the Delta Stage, which prevents the muscles shutting down and resting/repairing properly. It is also possible that a combination of these symptoms in a person may develop into Fibromyalgia.
Doctors seem in disagreement, but some do believe that when Fibromyalgia runs in families, that an inherent predisposition may be present.
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