Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Fibromyalgia Diagnosis and Treatment - Part 1

Fibromyalgia Diagnosis and Treatment - Part 1

FM is a disease process characterized by chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain, non-restorative sleep, fatigue, headache, morning stiffness, poor memory, difficulty concentrating, paresthesias (numbness and tingling) and overall impaired functioning in both social and occupational settings.[1,3,15,16] The severity of the pain is typically more constant than other forms of pain and may come and go rapidly, move around to various parts of the body, and worsen with touch.  For example, some fibromyalgia patients find their own clothing against their skin painful, particularly if it is tight clothing.[1] 

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