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How Bad Is Fibromyalgia
Pain?
Fibromyalgia pain is something that grows on you. It starts
like a simple body ache similar to that when you have flu and
it develops into a monster pain that plagues you during every
waking moment of your day. You will find this pain increasing
if you undergo any strenuous activity – even if it is not
enough to justify the body ache you feel. Side by side you
would notice that you feel unusually tired all the time – when
you are active and even when you do not do much.
How to Describe Fibromyalgia Pain?
Fibromyalgia pain varies from person to person. It could so
terrible that you could not move a muscle, and it could be a
nagging and irritating pain that would be at the back of your
mind through out the day. There are many types of pain
classified by the way it feels and where it is located.
You have muscle pain which is a major symptom of fibromyalgia.
This pain could be deep or these could be throbbing pains like
you would feel after you just hit yourself. Sometimes the
muscles feel like they are on fire and sometimes they just
would tingle. All these symptoms cause acute discomfort and
would interfere heavily with your day-to-day chores.
Fibromyalgia pain is also manifested through a dull all ache
all over the body – very similar to the pain induced by flu.
You would feel like you have been hit by a truck with every
bone, muscle and inch of your skin paining. However, this is
not all.
One of the characteristics of fibromyalgia pain and a major aid
for the diagnosis of this ailment is a peculiar localized pain.
This pain would be very acute and found at about 10 to 20
different spots on the body. These would be tender when left
alone and extremely painful when touched.
Other Symptoms That Characterize Fibromyalgia
Pain is only one side of this disease; side by side there would
be feeling of extreme fatigue, inability to concentrate,
inability to perform mental activities, anxiety attacks,
inability to sleep, acute restlessness and so on. Depression is
a common side effect of this ailment which often results from
the feeling of hopelessness in fighting this ailment and lack
of sleep.
There is no cure, unfortunately for this disease. However, with
the right drugs and careful symptomatic treatment you would be
able to control most of the pain and depression.
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