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To my Family and friends who already know about Patrick and Patricia, you can skip this post as there is nothing new in it, I only want to update others who don’t know. This is way off base from what … Continue reading
Pain in the @#$$
I am left out of long driving trips, as everyone now knows, I cannot make them, Traveling long distances in a car is unbearable to me, hopefully you girls and the other guy, do better at it. Continue reading
Posted in Docs Pages, Fibromyalgia
Tagged Fibromyalgia, fibromyalgia pain, pain, people
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Kentucky adds Fibro Awareness Day
A RESOLUTION recognizing May 12, 2011, as Fibromyalgia Awareness Day in Kentucky, and urging all citizens to support the search for a cure.
WHEREAS, an estimated 10 million Americans have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, most of them women; and
WHEREAS, fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder that is becoming an increasingly common diagnosis and is taking a toll emotionally, financially, and socially on patients, their families, friends, co-workers, and communities Continue reading
7 myths about the risks and dangers of opioid analgesics
Celebrity magazines all too often feature stories about overdose deaths and rehab admissions, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy is running an advertising campaign about the dangers of prescription drug abuse.
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Laser Therapy and Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia, also called muscular rheumatism or musculoskeletal pain syndrome, is a chronic disorder of the muscles and other body tissue. A person suffering from fibromyalgia typically experiences muscle pain, fatigue, sleeping problems and many tender points on the body. The … Continue reading
Posted in Fibromyalgia, General Health News
Tagged fibomyalgia, fight fibromyalgia, laser, old laser, pain
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Early Treatment Of Fibromyalgia More Effective, Research Suggests
It’s a common misconception that fibromyalgia is a manifestation of mental problems,” says Karin B. Jensen, postgraduate at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience. “But in the studies that comprise my thesis, we’ve made careful measurements and have found no correlation at all between pain sensitivity in fibromyalgia patients and the degree of anxiety or depression they show.” Continue reading
Insecure Teens Feel More Pain, Are More Likely to Be Anxious
December 8, 2009 — Insecure adolescents feel more intense pain and are more likely to be anxious and depressed than their secure counterparts, new research suggests. Continue reading
Posted in Chronic Pain Syndrone, General Health News
Tagged anxious, intense pain, joint pain, pain
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Men with Fibromyalgia
For generations women had a tough time convincing doctors to take them seriously for many medical conditions, especially Fibromyalgia. Women have been called hysterical and told to curtail their active imaginations. However, men with Fibromyalgia are Now, don’t get me wrong, women will also push through the pain and fatigue to take care of their jobs, family, and home, but they will also seek medical attention much earlier in the process. Gender roles may not be the only reason though since
insomnia manifests itself earlier in women. Ron also pointed out another difference, “Men are also more difficult to diagnose, since the physical muscle structure of men is different, they often don’t have pain in the 18 pressure points that doctors often use to diagnose fibromyalgia.” Of course, as the syndrome progresses, men and women quickly become equal.
So, whether you are a man or a woman, you need to go to the doctor, get diagnosed, and stop suffering in silence. As more people are diagnosed, the more research the pharmaceutical companies are willing to finance. Continue reading
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Tagged chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgia, Men with Fibro, pain
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$100 Million for Innovative Lupus Research
December 8, 2009—It was announced last night that over the past decade, the Lupus Research Institute (LRI)’s pioneering science has generated $100 million in new research funding for the devastating autoimmune disease of systemic lupus. Continue reading
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Tagged chronic fatigue symptoms, Fibro, Lupus, lupus research, pain
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What are the disadvantages and side effects of cortisone injections?
Disadvantages of cortisone injections are the necessity of piercing the skin with a needle as well as potential short- and long-term side effects. It should be emphasized that though each of these side effects is possible, they usually do not occur. Continue reading
Posted in Chronic Pain Syndrone, Medication News
Tagged Fibro, joint pain, pain, rheumatoid arthritis
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