Getting Diagnosed With Fibromyalgia

The first step in getting suspected fibromyalgia diagnosed is to find a physician, nurse practitioner or other health care provider who is knowledgeable and compassionate. Maybe it should be the other way around: compassionate and knowledgeable.
The only sure way to find the right health care provider is by trial and error. You can narrow [...]

How is Fibromyalgia Diagnosed and Treated?

Unfortunately fibromyalgia is not well understood by people and doctors do not know many things about this disease. Some of the possible symptoms are: fatigue, insomnia, tissue pain and tender points. Doctors have not found a cure yet for this affection but they are still searching for one.

It seems that mostly women are affected by [...]

How Fibromyalgia Can be Diagnosed?

To receive an accurate fibromyalgia diagnosis takes the average person five years because the symptoms of fibromyalgia are similar with other conditions. Unfortunately there are no laboratory tests that can help to diagnose this enigmatic chronic condition.

If the pain it feels for three months in all four quadrants of the body means that fibromyalgia occured.Also [...]

The First Year: Fibromyalgia: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

Product DescriptionFibromyalgia affects between three and six million Americans—80 percent of whom are women—yet remains one of the most difficult conditions to identify and diagnose. In the tradition of the other titles in the First Year series, The First Year—Fibromyalgia uses a unique approach—guiding readers through their first seven days [...]