The Symptoms of Fibromyalgia The Symptoms of Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that usually causes pain throughout the body in connective tissues, or the muscles, tendons and ligaments. These fibrous tissues result in the “fibro” prefix, and “myalgia”refers to muscle pain. Unfortunately, the exact causes of the condition are not completely known, and some physicians consider fibromyalgia to be a disease of the nervous system and brain instead of the soft tissues. Regardless of cause
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Preface The Importance of Reading about Fibromyalgia and Neurological Disorders A neurological disease is a condition that impacts the brain, spine, and nervous system. There are more than six hundred diseases that fall into this group, including fibromyalgia (FM). It is important to be aware of how these diseases can impact daily life. Diseases such as FM cause significant changes in health. Education is one of the most powerful tools available. The importance of reading about health and neurological
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Natural Medicines for Fibromyalgia Once upon a time pharmacies weren’t located in all four directions! What did the people do? Very simple. They relied on Mother Nature’s pharmacy. Nowadays, the base of most pharmaceuticals is derived from medicinal plants and healing herbs. Let’s explore several natural fibromyalgia remedies, which rarely have side-effects. Capsaicin Awesome for treating fibromyalgia pain from the skin to within. Particularly effective for fibromites who can’t tolerate NSAIDs.
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Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is a musculoskeletal illness (which causes chronic pain) and a chronic Fatigue disorder. It can also change sleep patterns and cause the following: digestive disorders, chronic headaches, painful menstrual periods, temperature sensitivity, morning stiffness, numbness or tingling of extremities, and even cognitive memory problems. The name fibromyalgia comes from "fibro" in Latin meaning tissue, "my" in Greek meaning muscle, and "algia" meaning pain. Because
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Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex chronic pain disorder that causes widespread pain and tenderness to touch that may occur body wide or migrate over the body. The pain itself waxes and wanes over time. Fibromyalgia affects people physically, mentally and socially. Approximately 10 million Americans have FM with a ratio of about 8 to 2, women over men. It occurs in people of all ages, including children. Healthcare providers diagnose FM based on a combination of relevant symptoms, including fatigue
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Therapeutic Exercise Prescription Concepts Applied to Patients Diagnosed With Fibromyalgia Pain is defined as an “unpleasant feeling, conveyed to the brain by sensory neurons” (Medical Dictionary, 2013). Pain is a subjective interpretation, which describes location, intensity and nature of sensory information resulted from noxious stimulation of nerve endings. The emotional response and other various conscious or unconscious responses add to the concept of pain. Acute pain usually results
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Abstract Throughout this paper, there will be an extremely debatable discussion about legalizing marijuana. Though both sides to this discussion have valid arguments, the pros outweigh the cons by a substantial amount. According to norml.org marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America. Federal law prohibits marijuana; anyone found with possession by federal law is punishable by up to one year in jail and a minimum fine of $1,000 for a first conviction. With making this “troubling
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Benefits of Meditation Article Critique Part two Paper Rasheedah Long Grand Canyon University NSG 325: Evidence Based Practice 03/30/2015 The purpose of composing this paper is to review one article that supports the PICOT statement. This paper will be written as an essay and will scrutinize major components of the study such as the introduction, the review of literature, the methods used, the findings, and lastly the discussion. This paper will provide an analytical view of the chosen article
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“Misdiagnosis” from Chapter 10 titled Physicians Ethical and Legal Issues. This chapter explores how to understand how ethics and law impact physicians everyday professional lives. There are many misdiagnosed patients more and more every year. In this paper I will go over the background of Misdiagnosis and how it affects the patient, the legal mindset of the ever growing issue, and pick apart an actual case that was misdiagnosed and the outcome that came from it. Misdiagnosis is a medical error that
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lower LDL blood cholesterol); Lyrica (pregabalin, for neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia); Diflucan (fluconazole, an oral antifungal medication); Zithromax (azithromycin, an antibiotic); Viagra (sildenafil, for erectile dysfunction); and Celebrex/Celebra (celecoxib, an anti-inflammatory drug) (Pfizer, 2010). Pfizer is made up of three main divisions; pharmaceutical, animal health, and research & development divisions. This paper will focus on the pharmaceutical division, with the emphasis on Viagra
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