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    Fibromyalgia - Making Sense of It
    Fibromyalgia - Making Sense of It
    Fibromyalgia - Making Sense of It
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    Fibromyalgia - Making Sense of It

    By Steven Carroll and Lorna Carroll

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    Do you experience deep and radiating aches in your body? Are you often fatigued and restless, regardless of the amount of sleep you’ve had? Are you not sleeping enough and find it difficult to get a full night’s rest? Have you ever wondered whether the body aches you are feeling are due to fibromyalgia? Has a doctor confirmed that you or a loved one is suffering from fibromyalgia? An estimated 5 million US adults suffer from fibromyalgia and 90% of them are women. Unlike heart disease, diabetes, or cancer, fibromyalgia is not clearly understood. And even medical professionals misdiagnose it or do not know how to treat this chronic pain condition once a diagnoses is made. Don’t Take Chances Arm Yourself With The Necessary Knowledge About This Condition With Our Comprehensive And Complete Guide "Fibromyalgia - Making Sense Of It". Understand the symptoms, the causes and risk factors, how diagnosis is made, the prognosis, your treatment options. Improve your quality of life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateDec 26, 2016
    ISBN9781365636448
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    Steven Carroll

    Steven Carroll is the multi-award winning author of fifteen novels including A World of Other People (2013), which was the joint winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Award, and The Time We Have Taken (2007), which was the winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize for the SE Asia and Pacific Region and the Miles Franklin Award in 2008. Forever Young (2015) was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award and the Prime Minister's Literary Award in 2016. A New England Affair (2017) was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award in 2018 and The Year of the Beast (2019) was longlisted for the 2020 Voss Literary Prize. His most recent novel, Goodnight, Vivienne, Goodnight was longlisted for the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize and for the 2023 Voss Literary Prize. Steven lives in Melbourne with his partner, the author Fiona Capp, and their son.

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      Fibromyalgia - Making Sense of It - Steven Carroll

      FIBROMYALGIA MAKING SENSE OF IT

      By

      Steven & Lorna Carroll

      First Edition

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      © 2016 Steven Carroll & Lorna Carroll.

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      For Personal Non-Commercial Use Only.

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      Legal Notice: For personal non-commercial use only. You may not distribute, edit or modify this book or any of its art work without written permission from the authors(s). Disclaimer: This publication is for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Medical advice should always be obtained from a qualified medical professional for any health conditions or symptoms associated with them. Every possible effort has been made in preparing and researching this material. We make no warranties with respect to the accuracy, applicability of its contents or any omissions.

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      Table of Contents

      What Is Fibromyalgia?

      Possible Causes Of Fibromyalgia

      Who Does Fibromyalgia Affect?

      Risk Factors For Fibromyalgia

      Is Fibromyalgia Real?

      Symptoms Of Fibromyalgia

      Diagnostic Criteria For Fibromyalgia

      Treatment Options

      Alternative Medicine

      Living With Chronic Pain

      20 Tips For Dealing With Fibromyalgia

      Improving Your Quality Of Life

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      What Is Fibromyalgia?

      Fibromyalgia is a poorly understood medical disorder that involves the experience of widespread pain in the muscles, joints and tissues along with extra- musculoskeletal symptoms of sleep disturbances, memory problems, chronic fatigue, and issues related to mood.

      There has been much research on this disorder. While the exact cause of fibromyalgia is unknown, most researchers feel that fibromyalgia takes painful sensations experienced by the sufferer and amplifies them in the brain, resulting in the sensation of pain with even light touch.

      In a sense, fibromyalgia is believed to be a brain disorder caused by abnormal processing of pain signals by the brain.

      For reasons that are not completely clear, women have a greater chance of developing fibromyalgia when compared to men. Interestingly, those who have fibromyalgia also have a greater incidence of temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJ disease), tension-type headaches, depression, irritable bowel syndrome, and anxiety

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      acupuncture, nutritional supplementation, and other alternative therapies.

      disorders.

      Fibromyalgia has no known cure although sufferers have used various types of medications to make the symptoms more tolerable. Non-medical therapies for fibromyalgia include reducing stress levels, relaxation, exercise,

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      There is no general consensus as to what causes fibromyalgia. Many doctors speculate that there isn’t a single cause to the disorder but that it involves several different physical and emotional factors that work together to cause the disease.

      Possible Causes Of Fibromyalgia

      These are some things that may be related to who gets fibromyalgia and who does not:

      Genetic factors. There may be some yet unknown genetic reasons why some people get fibromyalgia and others do not. It is known to run in families although it does not appear that there is a single gene involved in getting fibromyalgia. Genetic mutations have not yet been discovered but may play a role in developing the disease. According to the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin diseases, there may be genes in the human genome that regulate the ways the body handles pain. Those who have fibromyalgia may have inherited genes that result in an exaggerated response to pain in situations that another individual would not find painful.

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      Hormones. Fibromyalgia occurs to a much greater degree in women when compared to men. There may be something about female hormones that trigger the

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