Theo Williams

The Essential Fibromyalgia Cookbook Theo Williams

F?br?m??lg?? ?? a f??rl? ??mm?n syndrome ?h?r??t?r?z?d by ??m?t?m? ?u?h ?? mu??l? pain, ???nful ?r??? of th? body ??ll?d tender ???nt?, and f?t?gu?. Th? ?v?r?ll ?xt?nt ?nd n?tur? of symptoms v?r? widely fr?m ??r??n t? ??r??n, ?nd th? ??m?t?m? may b? chronic ?r th?? m?? ??m? ?nd go ?v?r t?m?, ??m?t?m?? making it challenging to get an ???ur?t? d??gn????. L?k? ?rthr?t??, f?br?m??lg?? is considered a rh?um?t?? ??nd?t??n b???u?? ?m???t? the mu??l??, j??nt?, ?nd b?n??. The term fibromyalgia stems from th? Latin "f?br?," for f?br?u? tissue, th? Gr??k words "m??" for mu??l?, ?nd "algia" for ???n. B?f?r? th? 1980?, th? ??nd?t??n w?? ??ll?d fibrositis. F?br?m??lg?? d??? n?t harm ?rg?n? and is ?lm??t never life-threatening, though ?t ??n significantly ?m???t one's quality of l?f?. The focus ?f tr??tm?nt ?? to m?n?g? th? pain ?nd symptoms. Symptoms ?f f?br?m??lg?? ??n be ??nfu??d w?th those of ?rthr?t??, ?r j??nt inflammation. H?w?v?r, unlike arthritis, ?t h?? not been f?und t? cause j??nt or mu??l? inflammation ?nd d?m?g?. It ?? ???n ?? a rheumatic condition, ?n ?th?r w?rd?, ?n? that ??u??? soft t???u? pain or myofascial pain. Fibromyalgia is a label f?r a ??tt?rn of unexplained ?tubb?rn chronic pain, ?t?ffn???, f?t?gu?, ?nd mental f?g; it is a diagnosis ?f ?x?lu???n, [W?k???d??] used wh?n all ?th?r known ?????b?l?t??? have been ?l?m?n?t?d. It often g??? w?th conditions like ?rr?t?bl? bowel ??ndr?m?, m?gr??n??, ?nd mood disorders. Ab?ut 1-2% ?f th? ???ul?t??n suffer from th??.1 Some ????l? do g?t better, but most do not. Controversy, ?t?gm?, ?nd quackery ?w?rl ?r?und f?br?m??lg?? l?k? a bad smell. It is ?ft?n not d??gn???d wh?n ?t ?h?uld be, ?nd ?v?n m?r? ?ft?n th??? d??? it ?? diagnosed wh?n it ?h?uldn't b?.2 N? medical ★★★★★★l?t? ★★★★★★l?z?? ?n ?t. Rheumatologists ?nd neurologists ?ft?n get "stuck" w?th f?br?m??lg?? patients, but h?v? n? ?d?? wh?t t? do w?th them unless they've taken a special ?nt?r??t ?n th? t????, ?nd f?w d?. Th?r? is no m?d???l ??n??n?u? ?n h?w fibromyalgia ?h?uld be tr??t?d.3 Alternative m?d???n? has ru?h?d ?nt? th? m?d???l g?? w?th a dizzying ?rr?? ?f ?r??k??t ?ur??. Th? b??l?g? ?f f?br?m??lg?? r?m??n? a m??t?r?. Th?r? are intriguing theories ?nl?. M?n? ?r?f?????n?l? ?t?ll ???um? it's a ????h?g?n?? problem (much like m?gr??n?? w?r? unt?l ?ur?r???ngl? r???ntl?). M?n? ?th?r? now believe th?t f?br?m??lg?? ?? a d★★★★★★ ?f neurological ??n??t?z?t??n ?n ?v?r??t?v? ?l?rm ???t?m but th?? ?? un?r?v?n ?nd ?wkw?rdl? ?t ?dd? with ??m? ?f wh?t w? d? kn?w ?b?ut the ??nd?t??n. It'? l?k?l? th?t there are mult??l? ??u???.