Fibromyalgia
Kandi K. Exposito
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Fibromyalgia is described as inflammation of the fibrous or connective tissues of the body (Larson, 2002). The connective tissues include the muscles, joints, ligaments, and tendons. The primary characteristics of this condition include widespread pain, fatigue and multiple tender points. Individuals diagnosed with fibromyalgia may also suffer from sleep disturbance, headache, bowel disturbances, morning stiffness, painful menstrual periods, numbness or tingling in the extremities, restless leg syndrome, temperature sensitivity, or sensitivity to loud noises or bright light. Fibromyalgia is considered to be a rheumatic condition and has been categorized
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Anyone in any age group can be affected by this syndrome but it is most common in women of child bearing age. The female to male ratio is 7:1 (Larsen, 2002).
The actual cause of fibromyalgia is unknown. Some studies show that this condition may be hereditary and others show that it may arise due to a physically or emotionally stressful event, repetitive injuries, linked to an illness, or just occurs spontaneously (Webb, 2013).
The term fibromyalgia was first coined in 1976 when the name was changed from fibrositis to fibromyalgia by physicians due to the fact that the condition did not present any form of inflammation in the affected areas (Fibromyalgia, 2010). The word fibromyalgia comes from the Latin term for fibrous tissue (fibro) and the Greek ones for muscle (myo) and pain (algia). Fibromyalgia may be thought of as a new illness; however, records show that this condition may have existed as far back as around 1500 BC.
Fibromyalgia,
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Joe’s Rehab center in Bellingham and Bothell FM/CFS/Chronic Pain Support group meets the second Tuesday of each month in Bothell.
One of my Aunt’s was diagnosed with this condition about 20 years ago and ever since her diagnosis, I had wondered exactly what Fibromyalgia was. She had suffered for years with unexplained chronic pain and depression due to the pain. After reading about the effects that fibromyalgia has on a person’s body, mind and daily life, I can understand now why she was always so miserable. I just hope that the research and studies continue to improve diagnosis and treatment for this terrible debilitating chronic
Family History also is positive for rheumatoid arthritis (Inflammatory changes in the joints causing pain), so we had serology (scientific study of blood or other bodily fluids) run for the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (the rate at which red blood cells settle in one hour used to detect inflammation associated with conditions such as infections, cancers, and autoimmune diseases), and looking for presence of Anti-Nuclear-Antibodies (found in patients whose immune system may be predisposed to cause inflammation against their own body
Activities at home and work worsen the pain. Numbness, tingling, and burning sensation are reported with increased pain throughout the week. The patient is requesting medication refills and reports limitations with gripping, grasping, pushing, pulling, and lifting 10 pounds. Activities of daily living are limited due to pain, as
It can be either chronic or acute, but it typically acute. It is near the medial head of the tricep and the arcuate ligament. Also, the arcade of struthers, medial intermuscular septum, and the deep flexor aponeurosis are affected. History:
This disease has killed lots of people and so far, scientists have not found out the reason for people getting it or how to cure it the only drug known to help slow down the disease is called riluzole (“ALS”). No other drug has been able to stop ALS from
Blair describes the frustration of self-medicating and not receiving the support she needed from others who dismissed her pain as "normal". She talks about how she suffered in silence and felt alone. This resonated with me and reminded me of my own struggles with invisible illnesses. Like Blair, I've been told by others that my pain is "all in my head" and it's been a struggle to get the support I need. Blair's story also highlights the stigma that can come with a diagnosis.
First, I am going to introduce my Pt (patient) to you. Her name is Wendy Couch and she is my mother. Her D.O.B. (date of birth) is January 12, 1980, which would make her 37 years old today. Wendy was diagnosed with a chronic disorder called fibromyalgia when she was 20 years old. It took the doctor 5 years to diagnose her with this disorder because they said she was too young to be diagnosed with fibromyalgia.
Inversion Table for Hip Pain - Does it Really Work? All of us like staying healthy and fit but it can be disturbing when pain checks in, more especially hip pain; this inevitably calls for attention in so many ways. One of the popular ways to treat hip pain today is using an inversion table through inversion therapy.
Discovered in 1989, Cystic Fibrosis is the most common, fatal genetic disease in the United States. Statistics show that 30,000 people in the US have been named with this disease. (Genome) Cystic Fibrosis is a disease caused when the CFTR (Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator) is defective and the cells do not release the right amount of chloride. This causes for the body to produce thick, sticky mucus that clogs up the lungs, leads to infection, blocks the pancreas, which stops the digestive enzymes from reaching the intestine. Symptoms require; salty tasting skin, wheezing, shortness of breath, persistent coughing, poor growth or weight gain, frequent/bulky stool, and male infertility.
Picture in your mind a rheumatoid arthritis patient:Let me guess : elderly women, hair gray or graying, right? Eight and a half years ago, I would have had the exact same image in my own mind, but my life took a course that prooces that there are rheumatoid arthritis patients who do not fall in the typical category During third grade, I was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). I distinctly remember the day things changed. Ibe day I es having the time of my chikdhoif life playing volleyball with friends at recess and the next I was bedridden, unable to move without feelling excruciating pain.
Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease characterized by varying degrees of weakness of the skeletal muscles of the body. It occurs when communication between nerve cells and muscles becomes impaired. This impairment prevents crucial muscle contractions from occurring, resulting in muscle weakness. Normally when impulses travel down the nerve, the nerve endings release a neurotransmitter substance called acetylcholine. Acetylcholine travels from the neuromuscular junction and binds to acetylcholine receptors which are activated and generate a muscle contraction.
Fibromyalgia affected her life in every way, even in regards to getting out of bed in the mornings, going to work, and maintaining her usually positive attitude. My mother’s illness started to become apparent especially in the mornings when it became increasingly difficult to get out of bed in the mornings. She felt drained and unmotivated to fulfill daily
MY PRIVATE BATTLE Living with chronic illness and pain is something that isn’t easily understood by people who are not going through the same thing. Moreover, the effects of illness are an emotional and personal daily battle. All of us with Fibromyalgia are not the same!! Not one of us has the exact same symptoms. We have a lot of the same, some are worse, some are less, but no two are exactly alike!
In the autobiography, Laughing at my Nightmare, the author, Shane Burcaw, is diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, and the book deals with Burcaw’s life with spinal muscular atrophy. In order to understand spinal muscular atrophy, one must know the causes, the variations of spinal muscular atrophy, as well as the outlook of the disease. To begin with, one of the key concepts of spinal muscular atrophy is the causes of it. According to WebMD, spinal muscular atrophy is a noncommunicable disease, which means that a person with this ailment cannot infect other people with spinal muscular atrophy due to it being heredity.
1.1 INTRODUCTION Myasthenia Gravis as well as known by the name (MG) is autoimmune neuromuscular disease that caused weakness in the skeletal muscles, the muscle that are used for movement to do activity of daily living. Myasthenia Gravis are caused by the neuromuscular disorder. The neuromuscular disorder for Myasthenia Gravis occurs when communication between nerve cells and muscles becomes impaired. This neuromuscular disorder caused the important muscle to make the contraction movement from occurring, that caused muscle weakness, resulting rapid fatigue of any of the muscles under voluntary control. Symptoms include drooping of one or both eyelids, diplopia and difficulty swallowing, chewing and speaking.