Campaigners have called on the Government to recognise fibromyalgia as a long-term disability. It is estimated that tens of thousands of people in Ireland suffer with the condition, which is characterised by widespread pain and fatigue and can be difficult to diagnose. College student Merissa Appel, 25, lives with fibromyalgia. She says she is in constant…

By Addison Johnson Losing weight with fibromyalgia can be a struggle, but it doesn’t have to be. In the United States, there are at least five million adults who struggle with the debilitating disease of fibromyalgia. Many of these sufferers are also overweight or obese. Often, being overweight or obese is a symptom of the…

Are the eyes the window to whatever’s going wrong with the brain in fibromyalgia? Research published in 2015 and 2016 suggests that it just might be. Fibromyalgia is widely believed to be a condition of the central nervous system, which includes the brain and spinal column. It also includes the eyes and the structures that help our…

Fibromyalgia can be a difficult one to explain. When there’s an estimated 200-300 different symptoms that any one person can have, there’s no way you’re going to be able to convey all of those in one conversation. Here I thought I would make a list of just a few symptoms that seem unbelievable to other…

How has fibromyalgia affected one of the best-selling musical artists of the 21st century? In “Gaga: Five Foot Two,” a documentary released on Netflix this month, Lady Gaga describes the pain that’s characterized her life with fibromyalgia for the past half-decade. “I have chased this pain for five years,” Gaga said. “I can still be…

Fibro is a condition characterized by persistent chronic pain throughout the body. It is certainly not a pleasant condition to have. To manage it well, it is best to detect the warning signs as early as you can. Here are a few warning signs that point to the possibility that you or any other person…

In our practice, we see many patients, mainly women who suffer from fibromyalgia.These are completely discouraged and baffled by their insomnia, extreme tiredness and chronic pain.  Fibromyalgia has been ignored in traditional medicine for many years and in some “medical circles” the diagnosis is still in doubt. But the clinical picture of fibromyalgia is real. It is…

The most common symptoms of fibromyalgia include chronic muscle pain, trigger points (tender points), and chronic fatigue, as well as headaches, anxiety, insomnia, and digestive problems. Unfortunately, there is no cure for this painful condition so far, but there are effective ways to relieve its signs and symptoms.  Apparently, fibromyalgia sufferers can benefit a lot from…

Finally, Spanish courts have done something for fibromyalgia suffers, Spanish courts have considered fibromyalgia a state of Permanent Disability. I hope other countries like USA and UK also adopt such thing. The ruling was made on the basis of a woman (an operator in a chemical company) suffering from major anxiety, cervical pain and degenerative…

This article was originally published on Prohealth.com. It is being republished here with permission from the editor.  If someone could give you a vaccine that would cure your fibromyalgia, would you do it? That may sound like a dream but it’s closer to reality than you might think. Los Angeles-based biomedical firm EpicGenetics and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers…