Jennifer Brea was 28 when she found herself unable to finish a short bike ride or run — she’d head home halfway through and sleep for hours. “I kind of thought, ‘Oh, maybe I’m just getting older,’” says the director and star of the new documentary “Unrest.” “I was only 28, and I was like,…
I am a computer .. I am upgradable but the space I came with is near the end .. I’ve uploaded so much.. Thinking my space is limitless .. I’ve suffered viruses along the way but stuffed them into quarantine .. But they are there and they exist … I’ve stored every cookie and flippantly…
Karen Lee Richards PATIENT EXPERT An outbreak of fibromyalgia is a transient increase in the number and / or intensity of symptoms. Some outbreaks last only one or two days, others can last weeks or even months. The best form of fibromyalgia outbreaks to prevent is to identify the cause and, if possible, to avoid the circumstances that trigger. Keep in mind that…
Michelle Ashby was diagnosed with the chronic disease 20 years earlier She spent 3 years before she tragically died going in and out of hospital Family claim medical staff were unsympathetic to the ‘agony’ she was in Coroner ruled she died of natural causes and nothing could’ve been done A woman who visited hospital…
People with fibromyalgia have a much higher muscle tension than people without fibromyalgia. The extreme muscle tension can be the cause of the often severe muscle pain associated with fibromyalgia. That is the conclusion from research by Dr. Ewa Klaver-Król from Twente. The high muscle tension develops in people with fibromyalgia without having to use their muscles. The research…
Throughout the history of Fibromyalgia, this disease has been strangely hard to identify and analyze on the grounds that it shows up, at first look, to be something else. Perhaps its symptoms including musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, mood swings, and memory loss, are genuinely common.To give some point of view 1 in 70 people, almost ladies,…
Climate and fibromyalgia: How to adjust the internal thermostat? It is common for people with fibromyalgia to tell that a certain type of climate, or changes in temperature, worsen their symptoms.Many complain of being cold all the time, or hot all the time, or alternately.And it is true, several studies confirm it: this symptom is called temperature…
Pain from sciatica and fibromyalgia often coexist in the same person, but may require different treatments and pain management options. Fibromyalgia itself is known to cause pain in various regions of the body. Many of us who live with fibromyalgia can also have secondary diagnoses when symptoms overlap with other conditions. As complex as fibromyalgia is, we…
Some are things that I wish I had never experienced, while others have made me a better person.These are the five things I learned: 1. It’s okay to say ‘no’.I spent most of my life trying to please everyone, so I rarely said the word “No”.Now it seems to be the only answer to every…
The fatigue experienced when you have fibromyalgia goes beyond “normal tiredness,” according to a recent publication in the journal BMC – Musculoskeletal Disorders. The researchers wanted to understand in greater detail the fatigue that occurs in fibromyalgia and the impact it has on our lives. After conducting a series of interviews, they analyzed the results and…