The victims of fibromyalgia often undergo pain in shoulders, upper arms or clavicle. This pain is like the usual symptoms of fibromyalgia. Clavicle is the collar bone that runs between the shoulder blade and breast bone. Some people experience this pain when they are tired or when they do repetitive motions, while others are the victims…
Postnasal Drip in Fibromyalgia: The Overlooked Connection
Fibromyalgia is a complex and multisystem disorder known for causing widespread pain, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction. However, many people with fibromyalgia also experience chronic postnasal drip—a condition in which mucus from the nasal passages drips down the back of the throat, causing irritation, coughing, and congestion. While postnasal drip is often linked to allergies, sinus infections, or environmental triggers, fibromyalgia patients may experience persistent nasal and…
What Family Members of People with Fibromyalgia Need to Know
This article is intended for the loved ones and those around people with fibromyalgia. Although fibromyalgia is subtle, it is very real. Many people believe that a person isn’t really sick if they don’t look it. A person with fibromyalgia may be perfectly healthy (on the surface), but internally, they may have a multitude of…
Fibromyalgia: What are the 18 points of fibromyalgia and what are the methods for relieving the pain?
Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome that affects the musculoskeletal system, resulting in widespread pain, significant fatigue, and sleep disturbances. One of the diagnostic criteria is based on tenderness in 18 specific areas of the body. These tender points, also called pressure points , help identify fibromyalgia, although this criterion alone is not sufficient for a complete…
The mystery of fibromyalgia resolved – Researchers discover the principal source of pain in the blood vessels
Do you suffer from chronic fatigue and muscle aches ? You may suffer from fibromyalgia. It is estimated that 5 million American adults suffer from this condition. Among these adults, 90 % of the persons affected are women. Unfortunately, this chronic condition can be extremely difficult to treat. The researchers originally thought the symptoms weren’t…
Fibromyalgia is Not All In Your Head, New Research Confirms
Fibromyalgia has been a mysterious disease, causing pain throughout the body and deep in tissues with no apparent cause. A large proportion of the medical community has believed that the disease was psychosomatic, and people essentially think that they are in pain. But a small biopharmaceutical company, Intidyn, or Integrated Tissue Dynamics, has found what…
My mother has fibromyalgia. Reading this made me cry for her.
Yet chronic pain and chronic illness are often invisible. In many cases, there are no visible casts, rashes, or runny noses. People with chronic pain often appear “normal,” perhaps only a little more fragile or sad than average. I suffered from chronic headaches for four and a half years and chronic hip pain for two…
10 Real Causes of Fibromyalgia Your Doctor Will Never Tell You About
Fibromyalgia is estimated to affect nearly 6 million, or 1 in 50, people. Fibromyalgia is typically characterized by chronic pain, particularly muscle pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, brain fog or cognitive impairment, depression, and painful tender points throughout the body. Conventional medicine has yet to discover the cause of fibromyalgia and only offers to treat the…
Clear Signs You Have Fibromyalgia Like Lady Gaga
In 2017, Lady Gaga shared on Twitter that she suffered from fibromyalgia and “wanted to raise awareness” about the debilitating condition. She has since rescheduled tours due to the intense nerve pain she suffers from fibromyalgia, revealing to Vogue, “I get so irritated by people who don’t believe fibromyalgia is real,” the singer said. “For…
I Am So Sick of Being Sick With Fibromyalgia
Having a chronic illness such as fibromyalgia really does take its toll on you, especially when you have a ton of other stuff along with it like me. It waxes and wanes but it never goes away, at least it doesn’t for me. Right now I must say it’s as bad as it has ever…