Fibromyalgia Symptoms
How to recognize fibromyalgia
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Fibromyalgia symptoms can severely limit the lives of those affected. Here you can find out what symptoms there are, how the disease develops and what helps.
What is fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia is a chronic disease that means something like “muscle fiber pain”. Fibromyalgia syndrome (also FMS) is estimated to affect around 1.6 million people and mainly causes severe pain at certain points in the body.
What are the fibromyalgia symptoms?
The following ailments and diseases may occur in patients with fibromyalgia:
- muscle and joint pain
- pain of the tendons
- stomach pain
- intestinal problems
- fatigue
- incontinence
- difficulty breathing
- heart diseases
Fibromyalgia can also affect the psyche. The disease can also cause these symptoms:
Depending on how severe the symptoms are and how severe the pain is, doctors divide the disease into mild and severe forms. The severe forms, which are associated with constant and many pains, can significantly reduce the quality of life of those affected.
How do I know if I have fibromyalgia?
Affected people often have a long ordeal behind them before the doctor makes the right diagnosis. FMS is not a particularly easy disease to diagnose – many patients are not taken seriously because it is initially difficult to find possible causes for their symptoms.
Are there any triggers for fibromyalgia symptoms?
So far, no research has been able to explain exactly why FMS breaks out. However, initial approaches indicate that the body’s pain processing processes are disrupted. Triggers for this could be hereditary factors and environmental influences, for example. Heavy burdens, for example family or work-related, also cause increased stress. If this lasts for a longer period of time, fibromyalgia is more likely to occur.
Therapy: This helps against fibromyalgia
Most fibromyalgia patients have good experiences with holistic treatments, which take place both psychologically and physically and thus alleviate chronic pain. Some corresponding programs are financed by the health insurance companies.