How would you describe fibromyalgia pain?

The pain associated with fibromyalgia often is described as a constant dull ache that has lasted for at least three months. To be considered widespread, the pain must occur on both sides of your body and above and below your waist.

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How do you describe fibromyalgia pain?

Symptoms of Fibromyalgia

Pain is often felt in the arms, legs, head, chest, abdomen, back, and buttocks. People often describe it as aching, burning, or throbbing. Fatigue or an overwhelming feeling of being tired.

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What are the 8 symptoms of fibromyalgia?

Individuals with fibromyalgia may also experience these symptoms:
  • Moderate to severe fatigue.
  • Difficulty sleeping.
  • Joint stiffness.
  • Headaches.
  • Tingling, numbness, or a burning or prickling sensation in hands and feet.
  • Painful menstrual periods.
  • Irritable bowel.
  • Problems with thinking and memory.

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What a fibromyalgia flare feels like?

A fibromyalgia attack is also known as a flare-up. An attack can come on suddenly and cause mild to severe pain. These attacks may cause aching, burning, throbbing, or stabbing.

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Where is fibromyalgia pain usually felt?

Fibromyalgia is a condition that causes pain in muscles and soft tissues all over the body. It is an ongoing (chronic) condition. It can affect your neck, shoulders, back, chest, hips, buttocks, arms, and legs. The pain may be worse in the morning and evening.

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Fibromyalgia

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What is the most common pain in fibromyalgia?

If you have fibromyalgia, one of the main symptoms is likely to be widespread pain. This may be felt throughout your body, but could be worse in particular areas, such as your back or neck. The pain is likely to be continuous, although it may be better or more severe at different times.

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What are the four stages of fibromyalgia?

Results: There were four parent stages of FM identified and labeled: 1) regional FM with classic symptoms; 2) generalized FM with increasing widespread pain and some additional symptoms; 3) FM with advanced and associated conditions, increasing widespread pain, increased sleep disturbances, and chemical sensitivity; ...

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What does fibromyalgia feel like in legs?

What does fibromyalgia leg pain feel like? If you're suffering from fibromyalgia leg pain, you may experience throbbing, shooting, achy, or burning sensations in your legs. Often, you'll feel the pain at your fibro tender points, particularly inside of each knee and on the hip just behind your hipbone.

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How ill can fibromyalgia make you feel?

Fibromyalgia can cause fatigue (extreme tiredness). This can range from a mild, tired feeling to the exhaustion often experienced during a flu-like illness. Severe fatigue may come on suddenly and can drain you of all your energy. If this happens, you may feel too tired to do anything at all.

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What triggers fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia is often triggered by an event that causes physical stress or emotional (psychological) stress. Possible triggers include: a serious injury, such as after a car accident.

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What are the 2 most common symptoms of fibromyalgia?

The primary symptoms of fibromyalgia include:
  • Widespread pain. The pain associated with fibromyalgia often is described as a constant dull ache that has lasted for at least three months. ...
  • Fatigue. ...
  • Cognitive difficulties.

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What is the most effective treatment for fibromyalgia?

First-choice treatments for fibromyalgia are exercise and lifestyle changes. Studies prove these are very effective. Medications might help reduce fibromyalgia pain by 30% in some people. They work best in combination with non-medication therapies.

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Can fibromyalgia be detected in a blood test?

Tests to check for some of these conditions include urine and blood tests, although you may also have X-rays and other scans. If you're found to have another condition, you could still have fibromyalgia as well.

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Is fibromyalgia a nerve or muscle pain?

Fibromyalgia is one of a group of chronic pain disorders that affect connective tissues, including the muscles, ligaments (the tough bands of tissue that bind together the ends of bones), and tendons (which attach muscles to bones).

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Is fibromyalgia a muscle or joint pain?

Fibromyalgia causes pain, tenderness, fatigue, sleep problems, and other health conditions. Fibromyalgia causes bodywide pain and extreme tiredness. It can be confused with arthritis because it may cause pain in joints, muscles and soft tissues. But doctors consider fibromyalgia a pain disorder.

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Can fibromyalgia turn into MS?

While MS and fibro may have some symptoms in common, they are ultimately distinct conditions with very different causes and treatments. Fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis are both chronic diseases with no cure. Fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis can both cause some of the same symptoms.

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How do you calm a fibromyalgia flare up?

Regular gentle exercise is one of the most effective ways that fibromyalgia flare ups can be avoided or diminished and pain managed. Exercise in moderation may increase pain at first but may help prevent or improve pain over time and build up endurance, muscle strength, avoidance of depression, and boost moods.

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How severe is fibromyalgia pain?

Most severe symptoms. The pain from fibromyalgia can be intense, constant, and severe enough to keep you home from work and other activities.

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How do you know if you have fibromyalgia or something else?

The unifying and most common symptom of fibromyalgia from person to person is chronic pain without cause throughout your body. The pain can range from a dull, burning ache to a sharp pain, and it can move to different parts of your body. The pain may be seemingly innate, or it may be caused by even gentle touches.

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Does fibromyalgia affect the eyes?

Fibromyalgia can be associated with ocular symptoms (foreign body sensation, irritation) and visual disturbances (blurred vision), coexisting with dry eye syndrome and reduced corneal sensitivity. Cases of scleritis, including the necrotizing form, accompanying fibromyalgia have been reported.

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Why do my legs hurt so much with fibromyalgia?

Leg pain is common in fibromyalgia. It may be caused by fibromyalgia itself or by other conditions that are common in fibromyalgia. These include neuropathy, RLS, ITB syndrome, MPS, and certain autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. Treatment depends on your diagnosis.

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How long does a fibromyalgia flare up usually last?

A fibromyalgia flare is a temporary increase in the number and/or intensity of symptoms. Some flares only last for a day or two but others may continue for several weeks or even months.

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What happens if fibromyalgia is left untreated?

A major risk of leaving fibromyalgia untreated is that symptoms such as chronic pain, fatigue, headaches, and depression can become excruciatingly worse over time. Fibromyalgia also has a huge impact on mental health and anxiety and mood disorders can also worsen if you don't treat fibromyalgia.

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Does fibromyalgia ever go away?

Although there's currently no cure for fibromyalgia, there are treatments to help relieve some of the symptoms and make the condition easier to live with.

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Is fibromyalgia worse than arthritis?

Rheumatoid arthritis causes visible damage to joints. Fibromyalgia does not. Rheumatoid arthritis also gets progressively worse, causing swelling and sometimes deformities. The pain from fibromyalgia is more widespread, while rheumatoid arthritis is concentrated initially to hands, wrists, knees and balls of the feet.

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