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Fibromyalgia
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Symptoms
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Diagnosis
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Causes
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Symptoms
- "Chronic muscle pain,
muscle spasms or tightness, and leg cramps
- Moderate or severe fatigue
and decreased energy
- Insomnia or waking up
feeling just as tired as when you went to sleep
- Stiffness upon waking
or after staying in one position for too long
- Difficulty
remembering, concentrating, and performing simple mental tasks
- Abdominal pain,
bloating, nausea, and constipation alternating with diarrhea (irritable
bowel syndrome)
- Tension or migraine
headaches
- Jaw and facial
tenderness
- Sensitivity to one or
more of the following: odors, noise, bright lights, medications, certain
foods, and cold
- Feeling anxious or
depressed
- Numbness or tingling
in the face, arms, hands, legs, or feet
- Increase in urinary
urgency or frequency (irritable bladder)
- Reduced tolerance for
exercise
- A feeling of swelling
(without actual swelling) in the hands and feet
- Painful menstrual
periods
- Dizziness"
Understanding
Fibromyalgia -- Symptoms
Diagnosis
A Patient's Frequently
Asked Questions about Fibromyalgia
Causes
"Fibromyalgia was
once thought to be an inflammatory condition and later a psychiatric one, but
neither of these causes now appears likely. No good evidence of inflammation
or arthritis has been found. When depression and anxiety occur they are more
often the result than the cause of fibromyalgia. Patients with fibromyalgia
are no more likely to be depressed than patients with other chronic painful
disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis. Spinal fluid levels four times normal
of the main pain neurotransmitter substance P suggest that the pain is
not imaginary."
A Patient's Frequently
Asked Questions about Fibromyalgia
Treatment
A Patient's
Frequently Asked Questions about Fibromyalgia
Stretches for Fibromyalgia
"Here are five recommended stretches, each done for at
least 15 seconds per stretch. They should be gentle and painless. Hold onto a
tree or post for support for #'s 3-5:
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Shrug your shoulders in a circular
motion.
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2.
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Reach your arm over your head and
bend to the opposite side.
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3.
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Bend forward and try to touch your
toes. Go only as far as is comfortable. [Note: Make sure you keep your knees slightly bent. Avoid
locking your knees.]
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4.
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Pull your foot toward your buttock
with your hand while standing on the other leg.
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5.
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With your feet flat on the ground and
one foot ahead of the other, lean forward,
bending just the front knee."
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