A comprehensive guide on chronic pain, its causes, symptoms, and effective management strategies to improve your quality of life.
Are you plagued by chronic lower back, buttock, or leg pain? Chances are it’s radiating from your sciatic nerves, which run from your lower back down to your legs. The symptoms can be frustrating, ranging from numbness to outright pain in the affected areas. When you go to your doctor for treatment, they’re likely to prescribe pain medications, pat you on the back and tell you to continue with your day-to-day activities. But not only…
Despite the claims of some government agencies, research has shown that the overwhelming majority of addictions do not start with a prescription, and most opioid prescriptions do not cause addiction. When 58-year-old Zyp Czyk* had a serious mountain biking accident in June, she refused to go to the emergency room even though her injuries knocked her out cold and her husband pleaded for her to seek help. Instead, Czyk slept for two days—contrary to the…
One of the worst things about fibromyalgia, besides the chronic pain and fatigue, has to be the way that people who suffer from fibromyalgia are at risk of so many other conditions like autoimmune diseases and especially, chronic headaches. It’s estimated that up to forty percent of people with fibromyalgia suffer from migraines or some other form of a persistent headache. But like fibromyalgia, it’s hard to get to the bottom of what’s causing your headaches.…
Fibromyalgia is typically characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, inability to get refreshing sleep, waking up tired and stiff, and developing cognitive disturbances including lack of concentration and clumsiness, dizziness, etc. Fibromyalgia syndrome is a chronic and long-term condition that has no cure. About 10 million people are currently diagnosed with this disorder. Although 9 out of 10 people diagnosed are women, men also get this disorder. Fibromyalgia association with other conditions Studies…
Sometimes prescription drugs are warranted in acute conditions and can save lives. But more often than not, prescription drugs for chronic health conditions can actually deteriorate your health in the long run, and many people are overprescribed drugs that cover up the underlying health issue found in their lifestyle or diet choices. There are some major downfalls of relying on pills for a chronic condition. Western medicine tends to focus on managing and suppressing individual symptoms…
If there’s one thing someone with fibromyalgia knows, it’s pain. After all, anyone living with the kind of chronic, excruciating pain that fibromyalgia causes quickly finds that their life becomes all about it. But did you know that there are actually several different types of pain? Doctors spend a lot of their time trying to help people in pain. And they’ve developed a system for classifying it over the years. One of these categories is something called “visceral…
Fibromyalgia is a difficult disease to live with. It affects your entire body and changes your way of life. Its symptoms include muscle pain, fatigue, and exhaustion. All of those things can make it very difficult to live your life the way you want to. It may prevent you from doing things that you love to do. That can make you feel discouraged or depressed about your chances of living a pain-free life. However, there…
Fibromyalgia is a complex соndіtіоn thаt is rеѕроnѕіblе for a lot of dіffеrеnt ѕуmрtоmѕ. Including wіdеѕрrеаd раіn mаnу ѕіtеѕ of thе body, system аrе affected. But yet, раіn іn thе ѕсаlр аnd hеаd is соmmоnlу experienced. Someone with fіbrоmуаlgіа also fееlѕ еxtrеmеlу tired, ѕuffеrѕ ѕlеер dіѕturbаnсеѕ, dерrеѕѕіоn аnd сhаngеѕ іn body habits – frequent urination and іrrіtаblе bowel symptoms – fоr example. The еxасt саuѕе of fіbrоmуаlgіа іѕ nоt rеаllу well undеrѕtооd but іt mау…
Though fibromyalgia and Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis are two different conditions it may take a while to distinguish between the two, considering that they exhibit similar symptoms. Fibromyalgia can aggravate the symptoms of Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis, likewise, having Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis, can also increase your risks of developing some other conditions and complications. While Fibromyalgia does not trigger other disorders such as Psoriasis, both fibromyalgia and Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis can trigger irritated bowel syndrome. Ankylosing Spondyloarthritis is a condition whereby…
Fibromyalgia is a disease that has many symptoms and some of them can be confusing for people. So in case, you were thinking that it only affects the energy levels of the body and that the only problem is muscle and tissue pain, you were wrong. This kind of disease can affect almost any aspect of a person’s life and it is time we educate ourselves on it and give more understanding to people who…