Re: What are Fibromyalgia and Its Symptoms?

From: dtouch (dtouch@bellsouth.net)
Mon Nov 26 20:49:33 2001


dtouch wrote:

> Dear Helen: I don't know if you know about it or not but there is a
> doctor in California whi is using Muco-Fen 800 to 1000 mg tabs twice
> daily as a treatment for fibromyalgia. This drug is actually made to
> take for congestion in the lungs and to break up mucus but he has it
> has helped a lot of his patients like what you mentioned. Just
> because a drug is for one thing, does not mean it cannot be used to
> treat a completely non related disorder. I take it and I feel like it
> has helped me a pretty good bit. Dolores in Louisiana
> dtouch@bellsouth.net
> Also, I am having surgery Wednesday to free my small intestine from my
> diaphragm plus remove other massive adhesions and fix a very large
> hernia. Please remember me in your prayers. Love & hope.
>
> Helen Dynda wrote:
>
>> June 2001
>>
>> WHAT ARE FIBROMYALGIA AND ITS SYMPTOMS?
>>
>> General Description of Fibromyalgia Symptoms
>>
>> Fibromyalgia (also called fibrositis or fibromyositis) is a syndrome
>> of unknown causes that results in chronic, sometimes debilitating
>> muscle pain and fatigue.
>>
>> Pain. The primary symptom of fibromyalgia is pain, both pain
>> experienced in certain precise locations called tender points and
>> generalized pain [ See Box Criteria for Classifying Fibromyalgia].
>> The pain of fibromyalgia is often is described as follows:
>> .....Tender point pain occurs in local sites (tender points),
>> usually in the neck and shoulders, and then radiates out. It occurs
>> specifically in areas where the muscles attach to bone or
>> ligaments. (The joints themselves are not affected, however, so
>> they are not deformed nor do they deteriorate as they may in
>> arthritic conditions.) There are no lumps or nodes associated with
>> these points and no signs of inflammation (swelling, redness,
>> heat)......The experience of widespread pain is similar to that of
>> arthritis and has been described as stiffness, burning, radiating,
>> and aching. Most patients report feeling some pain all the time,
>> and many describe it as "exhausting." The pain can vary, depending
>> on the time of day, weather changes, physical activity, and the
>> presence of stressful situations. The pain is often more intense
>> after disturbed sleep. * Fatigue and Sleep Disturbances. Another
>> major complaint is fatigue, which some patients report as being more
>> debilitating than the pain. Sleep disturbances, particularly
>> restless leg syndrome, are also very common. Fatigue and sleep
>> disturbances are, in fact, almost universal in patients with
>> fibromyalgia, and if these symptoms are not present, then some
>> experts believe that physicians should seek a diagnosis other than
>> fibromyalgia.
>>
>> * Other Symptoms. Other symptoms that occur more often than average
>> in fibromyalgia patients are the following: There is much more to
>> read about Fibromyalgia at the following website: 1.) Enter:
>> http://www.cchs.net/hinfo/ 2.) Click: Well-Connected Patient
>> Education Reports; 3.) Scroll down and click: Fibromyalgia
>


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