For many people, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a chronic, gastrointestinal (GI) condition. It is extremely common and affects the large intestine, or colon, causing many painful symptoms. Luckily, IBS doesn’t cause permanent damage to the colon, however it can interfere with normal functioning. It is also one of the rare chronic conditions that doesn’t … Read more
Fibromyalgia is a mysterious and painful disease. It impacts the lives of over 12 million individuals living in the United States. Nearly 5 percent of women and 1.6 percent of men between the age of 35 and 55 suffer from this disease that affects the muscles and tendons, joints and even the patient’s outlook on … Read more
The manner in which we experience pain is sometimes regarded as a defining feature of being a human. The very fact that we are able to react to negative external stimuli is something which suggests our sentience. Pain does, however, serve a very important biological function: it is a warning. Pain warns us that the … Read more
It’s still a controversial diagnosis: fibromyalgia syndrome, or FMS, is something which often leaves the medical community very divided. While the diagnosis has become more respectable in the United States in the last ten years, FMS is still heavily criticised by many doctors. The main reason for this is because FMS does not correspond to … Read more
Unlike those medical conditions that medical discovery is able to trace back to causes of origin with some degree of certainty, fibromyalgia today is considered an idiopathic condition, which means, in essence, that we are highly unsure where it starts. It is estimated that between 3 – and 6% of the world’s population suffers from fibromyalgia, … Read more
Studies show that chronic pain is a destructive force in the human body. The longer the pain persists, the worse it gets. Without proper treatment, your chronic pain will continue to have devastating effects on your body, and the symptoms will not subsist on their own. While the causes of chronic pain can vary from … Read more
There are over 12 million sufferers of fibromyalgia, a disease with a mysterious origin. This disease, which primarily affects women between the ages of 35 and 55 (roughly 5 percent of all women in this has the disease versus a little more than 1-1/2 percent of men in the same group) has symptoms that range from … Read more
There are many approaches taken toward the treatment fibromyalgia, ranging from pharmaceutical medicines to food elimination to sleep therapies to acupuncture and massage. They range in cost as much as they range in effect. Of course, everyone is interested in convenience and savings, but there are sufferers of fibromyalgia who would pay their last dime … Read more
Fibromyalgia Syndrome, or FMS, is an illness which is still difficult to classify. Some doctors and medical boards prefer to classify FMS as a somatoform disorder, affecting primarily the body, while others view it as a syndrome which disrupts the functioning of the individual’s Central Nervous System (CNS). Patients describe their primary symptoms as being … Read more
Exploring Experimental Treatments for Fibromyalgia: A Skeptical, Yet Optimistic Perspective Living with fibromyalgia can be a challenging journey, often marked by chronic pain, fatigue, and a multitude of other debilitating symptoms. While conventional treatments such as medication and therapy can provide some relief, many patients continue to search for alternative options. In this blog post, … Read more