Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is the second most common arthritis related illness capable of affecting the body, next to osteoarthritis. Unfortunately, Fibromyalgia is a disease that is both often misdiagnosed and also misunderstood. The disease known as Fibromyalgia is a rheumatic type of condition, and it has numerous characteristics including joint pain, muscle pain and fatigue on a widespread basis as well as numerous other symptoms as well. Fibromyalgia is capable of leading to social isolation as well as depression overtime.

Fibromyalgia is a syndrome rather than a disease or a disorder, because syndromes are sets of symptoms. When these sets of symptoms exist all together, what they do is imply that a specific disease is present, or they imply that there is a greater chance that a disease will be developed. When it comes to Fibromyalgia, the following symptoms most typically occur together with one another: Anxiety as well as depression, a decreased threshold for pain as well as tender points on the body, fatigue on an incapacitating level and widespread pain in the muscles and joints throughout the body.

More than 12 million different people in America alone are battling Fibromyalgia. Most of the people who are battling Fibromyalgia in the United States are women between the ages of 25 years old and 60 years old. Women are considered to be as many as ten times more likely to develop Fibromyalgia than men are.

The primary symptom of Fibromyalgia is aching and pain all over the body. You may also experience crippling fatigue if you are dealing with Fibromyalgia. You may get out of bed in the morning and already feel as if you are fatigued beyond what you can reasonably handle. Many people also have specific tender points and trigger points in the body that are painful to the touch. People who have Fibromyalgia also commonly experience swelling in their joints, mood disturbances and disturbances in sleep. When you are suffering from Fibromyalgia, you may feel as if your muscles are constantly overworked, or they may even feel as if you have pulled them. Even if you stay in bed all day, you may feel uncomfortably tired all the time, and as if you are working too hard. Sometimes your muscles will burn, twitch or experience stabbing and deep pains with absolutely no known cause.

Many patients suffering from Fibromyalgia have achiness and pain around their neck, back, shoulder and hips, making it difficult for them to sleep or to exercise. There are a number of other symptoms associated with Fibromyalgia as well, including abdominal pain, anxiety, depression, chronic headaches, difficulty sleeping, dryness in the mouth and eyes, fatigue upon arising, incontinence and irritable bowel syndrome, painful menstrual cramps, restless legs, stiffness all over, joint pain, hypersensitivity to cold or heat and an inability to concentrate.