Fibromyalgia
What is fibromyalgia, who is affected, and what causes fibromyalgia to exist? Fibromyalgia is a common chronic disorder; “chronic” refers that the disorder is long lasting. The Greek word “myos” means “muscle” and “algos” means “pain”. In New Latin “fibro” means “fibrous tissue” Cite! Fibromyalgia is referred to as an arthritis associated condition. Fibromyalgia has been around as early as the 1800’s. According to “spine-health” Fibromyalgia was seen in 1904, by pathologist Ralph Stockman”. Dr. Stockman first found the inflammatory changes in the fibrous the intra-muscular septa a.k.a. the thin membrane that divides two soft masses of tissue. The difference between arthritis and fibromyalgia is that unlike arthritis; fibromyalgia …show more content…
affects 1in every 73 American adults, between 3-6 million Americans have F. N.I.H says that “out of all of the people that have fibromyalgia, 90% of those people are females. A study of 39 fibromyalgia patients with a three year evaluation resulted in no change referring to the symptoms. The symptoms of fibromyalgia are headaches, morning stiffness (usually all over the body and limits your ability to get out of bed and become active), I.B.S. (irritable bowel syndrome), nausea, skin problems, vision impairment, and urinary problems. The main cause of F. is unknown to doctors but they have determined that it could also occur from family history, being in traumatic accidents, surgery, repetitive injuries and being sent to war. “Cite”. The ages that can be affected by F. have been mostly seen in ages 18 and older, but there have been a few diagnosis when the patients were men or children. “One study shows that 25% 0f patients report similar symptom by the age of fifteen” cite. People with diseases such as lupus and any type of arthritis could also contract this disorder. There also has been a research that says another cause to the fibromyalgia condition could be something involved with the central nervous system in the brain and how we deal with “painful
What is fibromyalgia, who is affected, and what causes fibromyalgia to exist? Fibromyalgia is a common chronic disorder; “chronic” refers that the disorder is long lasting. The Greek word “myos” means “muscle” and “algos” means “pain”. In New Latin “fibro” means “fibrous tissue” Cite! Fibromyalgia is referred to as an arthritis associated condition. Fibromyalgia has been around as early as the 1800’s. According to “spine-health” Fibromyalgia was seen in 1904, by pathologist Ralph Stockman”. Dr. Stockman first found the inflammatory changes in the fibrous the intra-muscular septa a.k.a. the thin membrane that divides two soft masses of tissue. The difference between arthritis and fibromyalgia is that unlike arthritis; fibromyalgia …show more content…
affects 1in every 73 American adults, between 3-6 million Americans have F. N.I.H says that “out of all of the people that have fibromyalgia, 90% of those people are females. A study of 39 fibromyalgia patients with a three year evaluation resulted in no change referring to the symptoms. The symptoms of fibromyalgia are headaches, morning stiffness (usually all over the body and limits your ability to get out of bed and become active), I.B.S. (irritable bowel syndrome), nausea, skin problems, vision impairment, and urinary problems. The main cause of F. is unknown to doctors but they have determined that it could also occur from family history, being in traumatic accidents, surgery, repetitive injuries and being sent to war. “Cite”. The ages that can be affected by F. have been mostly seen in ages 18 and older, but there have been a few diagnosis when the patients were men or children. “One study shows that 25% 0f patients report similar symptom by the age of fifteen” cite. People with diseases such as lupus and any type of arthritis could also contract this disorder. There also has been a research that says another cause to the fibromyalgia condition could be something involved with the central nervous system in the brain and how we deal with “painful