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Originally Posted by gamby
fibromyalgia didn't exist until the drug Co's came up with a drug to treat it;
Doctors would tell their patients it was something else and there was no such thing as fibromyalgia .
There is a possible connection to Lyme disease but Lyme disease and
co/ infections have been disputed for 30 years now . Yet some research
claims 200,000 people a year are infected with lyme.
Modern Medicine ???:
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I have some friends and relatives with severe fibromyalgia; they've tried every treatment going over the years, in addition to elimination diets, etc.
Full body massage seems to help a bit but nothing truly relieves the pain.
Years ago (in the olden days) it was called "muscular rheumatism".
Since William Gowers first described the condition in 1904, it has been called fibrositis, fibromyositis, myofibrositis, muscular rheumatism, tension myalgia, myalgia, rheumatic myositis, and myelogelosis.
The list is only partial: * Muscular Rheumatism * Interstitial Myofibrositis * Myofascial Pain Syndrome * Myofascitis * Trigger Points (Trigger areas, Trigger zones) * Myofascial Pain - Dysfunction Syndrome * Fibrositis
An important step was taken, say Travell and Simons, when formal definitions were developed....
fi·bro·si·tis (f
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n.1. Inflammatory hyperplasia of white fibrous connective tissue, especially surrounding the muscles and causing pain and stiffness.
2. See
fibromyalgia.
LYME DISEASE IS A VERY VERY SERIOUS CONDITION.......anyone who lives or vacations where deer ticks are, must be very cautious.
Many believe the connection to fibromyalgia to be REAL.