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What Is Fibromyalgia Remains An Unanswered Question
By Phillip Johnstone

Six million or more suffer from fibromyalgia in the United States alone. When their doctors tell them about the diagnosis, their first question is usually the same. What is fibromyalgia? This question often remains unanswered. They return to tell their family what the doctor has told them, and their family members ask the same question. What is fibromyalgia? They cannot answer this question because there is no research that has provided a definitive answer. Often people like to do some independent research, and they might go to the local library. The librarian will help them once they tell them about their search. The librarian will probably ask the same question. What is fibromyalgia?

Medical researchers have worked on this question for many years, and no one has been able to answer the root of their research. What is fibromyalgia? The researchers have studied many of the same people who have come to them with similar symptoms. They will say that they have intense pain throughout their body. They will also say that they have many tender points throughout their body. The symptoms are similar to those of arthritis, but these patients will not have the outward signs that appear with arthritis such as swollen joints. They will appear to be normal from their outside appearance.

What Is Fibromyalgia May Remain Unanswered Forever

This question may remain unanswered for a very long time. The disease is not life threatening so it is not so important that the root cause is discovered. The doctors at this time treat the symptoms of the disease rather than the cause. The doctors often prescribe some pain medication for the intense and often constant pain. The doctors will sometimes prescribe antidepressant medication to provide relief to the patient. The patient with fibromyalgia may benefit from the services of a chiropractor who can help to relieve some of the pain.

Vitamins and other supplements are often helpful to those with fibromyalgia. These include fish oil which seems to have some benefit for those with fibromyalgia. Doctors often recommend that those with fibromyalgia join a support group to meet with others who suffer with this disease. It is sometimes helpful to hear how others deal with this disease. Fibromyalgia can be very difficult for people who have this disease, but there is some relief for the symptoms. Sometimes this condition will disappear only to return some time later.

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Phillip Johnstone has been a sufferer of chronic fatigue since 1983, unable to pursue a normal career he spends what time he can writing for web sites about the problem.

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