Cannabis for fibromyalgia & nerve pain Fibromyalgia and diabetic neuropathy have a couple of things in common. Both conditions involve seemingly unexplainable pain, tingling, and can drastically reduce your quality of life. Early research suggests that cannabis may have powerful therapeutic effects for both conditions, and this new pain patch offers a novel new approach for conditions that are incredibly…
This post is aimed at relatives and the close circle that surrounds people with fibromyalgia. Although Fibromyalgia is not noticeable, it is very real. Many people think that a person is not really sick unless they look sick. When you have fibromyalgia, the person can be full of health (on the outside), but inside a procession of terrible terrible symptoms.…
Fibromyalgia has been a mysterious disease, causing pain throughout the body and deep in tissues with no apparent cause. A large proportion of the medical community has believed that the disease was psychosomatic, and people essentially think that they are in pain. But a small biopharmaceutical company, Intidyn, or Integrated Tissue Dynamics, has found what they believe to be the…
The Social Chamber of the TSJ of Catalonia has considered in a recent judgment, S 1403/2015, of 24 February (Rec. Suplicación 6239/2014), fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is grounds for declaring the “permanent disability”. The statement refers to a case of a woman, operaria chemical industry, which suffered a picture of recurrent major depression without psychotic symptoms serious nature,…
Lady Gaga, who’s been on leave from her tour to contend with her fibromyalgia, surprised fans by showing up to a major fundraiser for hurricane relief this weekend. Gaga has recently been in the news not for her signature pop hits, but for her new Netflix documentary Five Foot Two, which shows the pain and struggles she experiences with this…
Patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) experience pain throughout the body and increased pain perception, especially in the muscles and tendon insertions. Fibromyalgia attacks typically last several days, during which time the patient is completely incapacitated. After, on average, just two weeks of respite, the next batch begins. With increasing age, the disease course of the pain disorder usually weakens. In…
Both multiple sclerosis and fibromyalgia involve the nervous system and cause chronic symptoms, such as pain and fatigue. However, there are crucial differences. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological condition. It causes the immune system to attack the central nervous system and damage the protective covering of the nerves, called myelin. Fibromyalgia is a complex disease that affects many body…
What you need to know about fibromyalgia: Fibromyalgia is not a new disease.In 1815, a surgeon at the University of Edinburgh, William Balfour, described fibromyalgia.Over time, it was described as chronic arthritis, myalgia, or fibrositis. Unlike diseases, syndromes such as fibromyalgia have no known cause, but are a set of signs and symptoms that, unfortunately, for the patient are present…
What’s True A 2013 study published in Pain Medicine studied the hands of 24 female patients and discovered an excess number of specific nerves surrounding a specific kind of blood vessel, hinting at a possible physical and identifiable cause for the disease. What’s False The study is no longer new, despite its having been billed as such for the past…
“Fibromyalgia is the best fake disease ever. I get to lie in bed all day, I get to see my doctor every month, I get to take handfuls of meds that cost a lot and seem to do very little, I don’t have to socialize, and I get to mooch off loved ones instead of working!” says Shelley of Houston,…