| What is fibromyalgia? | | | | develop fibromyalgia as a result of these events or |
| There is still relatively little known about fibromyalgia | | | | diseases are described by doctors as having already |
| although the word means pain in the tendons, | | | | been predisposed to the condition. |
| ligaments and muscles. Fibromyalgia pain is reported | | | | What are the treatments for fibromyalgia? |
| to affect the whole body, sometimes causing | | | | Treatment for fibromyalgia is usually home based |
| muscles to twitch or giving a burning sensation. The | | | | tends to be focused upon reducing pain to |
| disease is more common among women than men | | | | manageable levels. This is done for two reasons; the |
| and most sufferers agree that the symptoms | | | | first being in the interests of a patients comfort and |
| resemble that of a bad flu virus or a post viral state. | | | | the second, to allow for better sleep quality. Sleep is |
| Experts in the field believe that chronic fatigue | | | | an integral part of the body's healing process as |
| syndrome may be closely linked to fibromyalgia | | | | without deep sleep, tissue repair and immune function |
| syndrome with some even concluding that they are | | | | can be severely limited. There are a variety of drugs |
| in fact one and the same. | | | | used to assist in the modulation of sleep, pain and |
| What causes fibromyalgia? | | | | immune function such as: |
| There is very little known about what causes | | | | -amitriptyline |
| fibromyalgia and furthermore the disease in general. | | | | -cyclobenzaprine and |
| Women tend to be more susceptible but the disease | | | | -celexa |
| can occur in either men or women and at any age. | | | | Other medications that may be used specifically to |
| More commonly fibromyalgia strikes women in their | | | | aid sleep include: |
| thirties and forties and doctors believe that the | | | | -ambien |
| disease can be triggered by certain events. Car | | | | -clonazepam |
| accidents, viral infections, arthritis, lupus and thyroid | | | | -trazodone |
| abnormalities are just a sample of the things that | | | | Where pain relief is concerned there is a vast array |
| may be responsible for triggering fibromyalgia but | | | | of medications available. |
| these are not said to be caused by People who | | | | |