Fibromyalgia News

AFTER spending years as his mother's carer, Danny Stepney has launched his own Swindon therapy charity to help others - but is struggling to meet growing costs.

Danny, 25, of Oakhurst, had cared for Christine, 51, constantly in the past few years after she was crippled by the muscle disease fibromyalgia.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional Associated Press series on their use and potential risks.

Brenda Witak didn't know it at the time, but her daughter Kendra's love for horses was just what she needed to alleviate her fibromyalgia.

I think we all know a few people who've been hit with the flu this year, both the seasonal one and H1N1 (swine flu). It's kind of a no brainer that the flu would hit those of us with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome harder than it does most people -- what doesn't?

Dear Dr. Gott: The recent article on the difficulty in treating fibromyalgia reinforces the urgency in making available sibutramine hydrochloride monohydrate to FM sufferers.

Regarding Wayne Madsen's Oct. 28 commentary, 'Should prescription drug ads be banned on TV?' the ads for drugs do alert people that fibromyalgia, restless leg syndrome and other illnesses are real.

Janet Krause of Lebanon Township suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, which force her to spend a lot of her time resting on the couch.

XMRV is believed by the researchers to be a possible cause of chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, but also some forms of autism.

I wonder how many people in our community and throughout the world are as bewildered and outraged as I am when reading news reports on mass vaccinations planned against the so-called H1N1 virus.

Space does not allow me to elaborate on the toxic and injurious nature of virtually every other ingredient of the swine flu vaccine. One of perhaps even greater concern than the mercury is the adjuvant called squalene, which is being used in virtually all of Canada’s swine flu vaccines manufactured by Glaxo, and has been linked with the deadly anthrax vaccine used in the Gulf War. Symptoms developed by the soldiers included arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, seizures, mood changes, MS, sterility, genetic defects in the newborns, etc.

After 5 years with RA, I have also just been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. The VA is currently my healthcare provider and I am happy that they have recognized this disease as real.

Depending on your devotion to health headlines, you might have picked up on some of the vitamin D news of late. But for those who might have missed it, here's an overview: After years of thinking that vitamin D's main role was in building and maintaining healthy bones, we now know that it acts in a number of ways previously unimagined. For a while, the big story was its potential role in cancer prevention, but a growing body of research has also linked vitamin D insufficiency to other chronic diseases, including heart disease and type-2 diabetes. More recently, connections between vitamin D status and cognitive decline, autism, chronic pain (including fibromyalgia -- some researchers believe that many cases of fibromyalgia may actually be misdiagnosed vitamin D deficiency) and depression have been suggested.

Acupuncturist Jonathan Breslow will perform a relief technique on those who suffer from fibromyalgia during a free “New Solution for Fibromyalgia” workshop on Nov. 11 in Camarillo.

“The workshop also offers those suffering from this condition an opportunity to receive a free relief test that is noninvasive and may relieve the majority of their symptoms for minutes or even days,” Breslow said. “The knowledge and free relief test provided in the workshop could save attendees and their loved ones years of needless suffering.”

A lot of us with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome have jaw pain, and in many cases it's not a symptom but a co-morbid condition -- temporomandibular joint disorder, better known as TMJ.

What defines a disease? At what point does a collection of symptoms and causes make the transition from a "condition" to disease? Is it when a consensus forms around a concrete, observable, and repeatable set of biochemical and/or physiological processes and outcomes? Surely there is little doubt that diabetes or hypertension qualify as a ...

Why Do Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome Go Together?

The short answer to the question of why these conditions often occur together is, "Nobody knows." The long answer is, at this stage, speculative. Similarities that bear looking at include:

All three conditions may involve serotonin imbalances IBS and ME/CFS both can begin after another illness IBS and FMS both are strongly linked to stress

Right now, we don't know the underlying causes of any of these conditions, and we likely won't understand their relationship until we better understand their causes and mechanisms.

A lot of people with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome develop bladder pain and other bladder-related symptoms that can be severe. These symptoms, though, are NOT related to FMS and ME/CFS -- at least not directly.

A condition called interstitial cystitis (IC) is a common overlapping condition for us. It can cause abdominal or pelvic pain, and it can mimic a urinary tract infection. In fact, it's so frequently misdiagnosed that most people have IC for about 4 years before they're diagnosed correctly.

PatientsLikeMe, the leading online community for people with life-changing conditions, announces the expansion of its fibromyalgia community to welcome patients with chronic fatigue syndrome , also know as myalgic encephalomyelitis .

Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain and palpation tenderness.

Fibromyalgia causes you to hurt all over. Fibromyalgia pain can come from painful trigger points, aching muscles, chronic headaches, or neck and back pain.