One of the things that constantly amazes me about fibromyalgia is doubt. We’ve all heard of fibromyalgia patients who don’t believe that their pains are real, or who are interested in medical professionals who are disrespectful of friends and family about the validity of their diagnosis. But I didn’t expect to have to constantly fight with doubt…

CBN. For the first time, researchers have evidence that fibromyalgia can be reliably detected in blood samples; the work they hope will pave the way for a simple and rapid diagnosis. In a study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, researchers at the Ohio State University reported on the success in identifying biomarkers of fibromyalgia and…

Most people with chronic diseases are always sick. The effects on the cancer of the body, a virus or a degenerative disease are fairly constant. The confusion is understandable when you see someone with fibromyalgia who can not do anything on Monday, but who can do it perfectly on Wednesday. Look at it this way: hormones fluctuate,…

We live in a society where chronic disease remains invisible . We speak of realities as hard as fibromyalgia, which is for many that imaginary ailment with which one justifies his work absences. We have to change mentalities: there is no need for a wound that we can see so that the suffering is authentic. Chronically socially invisible diseases (ECSI),…

There are many areas in which people have made a significant improvement over the last decades. And yet, there are things that seem to want to remain unknown to us, no matter how much research is being done. Fibromyalgia is one of those things. When asked about fibromyalgia, most doctors would deny its existence or shrug their…

If you live with a chronic condition like fibromyalgia, you may be all-too-familiar with the frustrating and undesirable symptoms it can cause. Although there’s no reason to feel ashamed of any symptoms or side effects you experience, it can still be embarrassing when brain fog causes you to forget what you were saying in the middle…

Jennifer Walker, of San Antonio, Texas, lives with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and fibromyalgia. She’s a computer software engineer by day, but her passion is her art — a medium through which she can uniquely convey what it’s like to physically and emotionally cope with chronic pain. We asked Jennifer, who is also a Patient Governor…

It’s so important that celebrities with fibromyalgia come forward to help enlighten the public and promote awareness of the disease. They give a voice to fibromyalgia sufferers and promote awareness in ways that typical patients can’t. Here are just a few of the stars that have spoken out about fibromyalgia over the years: Michael James HastingsAlso known as Captain Mike…

Fibromyalgia is a very crippling disorder. Many people today suffer from this infliction. The name is very common but even doctors are baffled by it. How does a person come down with it? How can it be prevented? How is it diagnosed? Some people have to sit back and watch loved ones suffer from this…

People with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome may do best with individually tailored plans for physical activity — and ideal sleep hours — a study suggests, after finding that patients who exercised, or slept, either very little or a lot reported greater symptom severity than those who were moderate in their behavior. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)…