A comprehensive look at Fibromyalgia pain, its symptoms, triggers, and effective strategies to manage and alleviate discomfort.
Fibromyalgia a disorder that causes widespread chronic pain and tenderness affects 2 to 4 percent of women and men in the United States (women ages 20 to 50 are the most affected) and impacts patients in many different ways. Thus, fibromyalgia remains mysterious, and questions still linger like why are more women affected by fibromyalgia than men? And why is fibromyalgia so hard to diagnose and treat? Why do some patients with fibromyalgia have more back pain…
Wrist Stuck is a condition that typically involves fibromyalgia pain. This fibro wrist stuck diagnosis can have many different manifestations. The fibromyalgia wrist stuck is generally considered to be centered around a heightened sensitivity of the veins system stuck, especially in the arm pain. Many people with fibromyalgia experience multiple wrist symptoms including: The wrist symptom that most people have in common is stuck pain. This wrist pain can affect many parts of the body,…
You love your morning jogs. Watching the sunrise as the wind blows through your hair seems to center you for the day. But one day, your foot lands strangely slips out from under you, and you’re stuck on the sidewalk with a fibromyalgia ankle that’s just not right. Are you rankled by fibromyalgia ankle pain symptoms? Fibromyalgia Ankle pain can be felt on the inner side of the ankle, on the outer area, in line…
The muscles between the ribs are formed in such a way to allow our chest to expand and relax with breathing, and they perform their job many times a day, because adults breathe about 20 times per minute.. Many fibromyalgia (FM) patients and some chronic fatigue (ME/CFS) patients complain of chest wall pain and restriction of movement. Often this restriction and pain is misdiagnosed by the health care provider as costochondritis, which is inflammation of…
Every color in the color wheel has effects on us both physically and emotionally are very important in our lives as they directly influence our well-being and mood. We often hear people say that they are red hot mad, tickled pink, green with envy or ask someone why so blue? (sad). There have been so many studies showing the positive and the negative effects color can have on us. Red color Red reminds me of heat…
Like many people diagnosed with fibromyalgia, I have also been diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome now known as SEID (Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease). What is SEID? The five main symptoms that the new IOM considers key for SEID are: Doesn’t sound like much fun, does it? No matter what fancy name the medical community uses, to me it means that I am always tired. Every activity that I choose to do will eat away at…
I have found myself Lost in the Fog this week. I know that there really is no way that my non-fibromite friends & family will truly understand how it feels however I still find myself trying to explain it to them. My daughter almost ended up grounded because I did not remember a conversation that we had last night. I know what you are thinking – but she is a good kid so I knew…
Nayer: What was your life before fibro? It was very different than it is today. I was your typical type A perfectionist. My life was mostly about work. I was editor of a rapidly-growing weekly newspaper, and with that came a lot of deadlines and stress. I loved my job, but the pace of it began to wear on me after a few years. I admit I was bad about work/life balance, but I did…
What have you done due to fatigue? I was posting things I have done because of fatigue/”fibro fog”. After sharing my stories others began to share theirs. I saw myself in everyone of their stories. I know it makes me feel better to know that I am not alone. MY CONFESSIONS I stood in front of my office door pushing the button on my key wondering why it was not opening my door. It took…
I am like most fibromites. I struggled to get someone to believe that there was something wrong and that my symptoms were not just “in my head.” Prior to being diagnosed with fibro, I racked up a list of diagnosed conditions / diseases. Once diagnosed with fibromyalgia, it all began to make sense. I looked at the lists of symptoms and found myself checking them off one at a time. As additional symptoms and conditions appeared,…