Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder that is hard to diagnose. It is usually characterized by extensive pain all over your body along with stiffness, soft tissue tenderness, chronic fatigue at times, and sleep disturbances. You will usually feel the pain in your hands, back, shoulders, neck, and pelvic girdle. Unlike arthritis there is not pain or swelling in your joints, but instead the pain is felt around your joints in the soft tissues. You can even feel pain in your skin, organs, tendons, and ligaments.
At this time the cause of fibromyalgia is not known, but most researchers is in agreement that there is a malfunctioning of the central processing along with impairment in your neurotransmitters. Most people who are affected by fibromyalgia are women between the ages of thirty-five to fifty-five, but it can happen to anyone at any age.
Some of the symptoms of fibromyalgia include intense pain that can be a stabbing, shooting, or dull constant pain. You can have a deep ache in your muscles along with throbbing and twitching. Sometimes you even have numb, burning, or tingling sensations. This pain can be set off by the change in weather, stress, being too physically active, but it all depends on the individual.
You can also feel so fatigue that you do not even have the energy to get up from the chair or you can just drop off to sleep for no reason. It can be total exhaustion that can last from a few hours to weeks or longer. You feel sapped and unable to function not only physically, but also mentally.
You can also have problems remembering things, have trouble concentrating, your sleep is disturbed and many do not get a good night's rest because of the intense pain. There is no known cure for fibromyalgia and basically all you can do is take medication, either over-the-counter or prescription medication for the pain and depression that fibromyalgia patients may suffer from.
At this time the cause of fibromyalgia is not known, but most researchers is in agreement that there is a malfunctioning of the central processing along with impairment in your neurotransmitters. Most people who are affected by fibromyalgia are women between the ages of thirty-five to fifty-five, but it can happen to anyone at any age.
Some of the symptoms of fibromyalgia include intense pain that can be a stabbing, shooting, or dull constant pain. You can have a deep ache in your muscles along with throbbing and twitching. Sometimes you even have numb, burning, or tingling sensations. This pain can be set off by the change in weather, stress, being too physically active, but it all depends on the individual.
You can also feel so fatigue that you do not even have the energy to get up from the chair or you can just drop off to sleep for no reason. It can be total exhaustion that can last from a few hours to weeks or longer. You feel sapped and unable to function not only physically, but also mentally.
You can also have problems remembering things, have trouble concentrating, your sleep is disturbed and many do not get a good night's rest because of the intense pain. There is no known cure for fibromyalgia and basically all you can do is take medication, either over-the-counter or prescription medication for the pain and depression that fibromyalgia patients may suffer from.
