What is fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia causes pain in your muscles and joints, as well as tenderness when you press certain spots on your body. You may not have any energy, or you may have trouble sleeping. These and other symptoms can be bad enough to cause problems with your work and home life. But fibromyalgia does not harm your muscles, joints, or organs, and there are many things you can do to control it.
Fibromyalgia is a syndrome-a set of symptoms that happen together but do not have a known cause.
2007-02-23 14:30:07
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answered by Anonymous
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Very complex and hard to diagnose.I know 2 women with it.One
takes 11 meds,not all the time but 7 all the time.Some symptoms, they have muscle aches and pains ,stiff neck Migraine headaches,sleep disorders insomnia,Chronic fatigue Irritability,she has a very short fuse depression.She can't sit at the computer for more than 30 minutes a day. Sleeps a lot.
2007-02-23 14:41:52
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answered by thresher 7
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Fibromyalgia (fye-bro-my-AL-gee-ah) is an arthritis-related condition that is characterized by generalized muscular pain and fatigue. The term "fibromyalgia" means pain in the muscles, ligaments and tendons. This condition is referred to as a "syndrome" because it's a set of signs and symptoms that occur together. You need to get it diagnosed.
2007-02-23 14:38:05
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answered by Anonymous
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I do not have Fibro, but i have RA... i am on a great forum called 4ratalk.com... it has lots of people from all over the world with various diseases like lupus, RA, fibro and others.
There is lots of info and fun interactions at the site... come check us out and meet several others with Fibro. I am positive they can give you more info!
4ratalk.com
2007-02-23 14:58:59
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answered by itutorchem 2
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i have it and have had it for about 10 yrs. doc's didn't have a name for it [some still don't] and it has gotten worse as time goes by. i have taken many pills and nothing seems to help. a lot of pain and a lot of restrictions on your body. cant do a lot of things that i could before.
2007-02-23 14:34:36
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answered by Anonymous
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do you dryclean alot of your clothes? or microwave your food in plastic or with plastic wrap ?
cause that is a part that can make you react
2007-02-23 14:29:45
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answered by Anonymous
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I have it. Cymbalta is the only thing that has helped me.
2007-02-23 16:40:21
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answered by ? 5
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