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Page 18 What is Fibromylgia?
Article supplied by Kevin Thornton,
Telephone 96 676 5686
The symptoms of Fibromyalgia are many and can cause the sufferer a lot of anxiety, bone and muscle aches and pains, depression, fatigue and a lot of stress. Common pain sites include the neck, back, hands, pelvis, shoulders and sometimes pain radiates up into the head. Unfortunately, in most cases it affects women more than men. They all experience a wide range of symptoms with varying degrees of pain intensity, the constant pain of FM can sometimes
be so severe that the sufferer is totally incapacitated. There are other conditions which are associated with FM, such as Chronic fatigue syndrome, and Lyme’s disease.
When someone is suffering with FM, most times they also have the symptoms of I.B.S. Irritable Bowel Syndrome. The pain is intensified as they may also suffer from frequent abdominal gas, abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea and severe nausea. Unfortunately the origins of FM are unknown, however studies in the U.S.A. have shown that reduced nutrient and blood circulation into the muscle cells causes damage to the cells energy producing mechanism, which causes the breakdown of energy into the muscle tissue.
In other words, when there is insufficient oxygen supplied to the cells as well as insufficient nutrients, there is an imbalance and a great shortage of other bio-chemicals which the body needs. Therefore our bodies deal with this by robbing essential protein from the muscles and converts it into glucose for energy; this reaction causes the muscle tissue to break down resulting in pains and aches associated with the condition FM.
Some of the patients suffering from FM report that since they have started exercising as a self-help approach to FM in most cases it reduces the pain in the joints and helps greatly. Also N.M.T. massage treatment given on a regular basis helps to improve the joints mobility and flexibility and also with pain reduction. Many of the patients at the clinic report that certain types of food appear to worsen their condition, such as fizzy drinks, bad fats (found in most take away foods), coffee, and the dreaded alcohol. Mushrooms are a big NO NO, as are most processed foods and artificial sweeteners may cause this condition to get much worse. I do hope that having a better understanding of FM will help you, the sufferer, to deal with this in a much better way.
This article is for information purposes ONLY and should not be used as a diagnostic tool. Always consult with your medial adviser or G.P. on all medical matters. Should you require any further information, have any other question that you may want answered or would prefer a one to one FREE consultation then please contact Kevin 96 676 5686 or 605 306 129 or email him on
physicaltherapyclinic@yahoo.com or
sitam66@yahoo.co.uk.
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