The only blessing about having fibromyalgia is knowing your symptoms are not fatal. While other chronically ill patients wait in apprehension concerning positive test results, you can be certain yours will usually be negative.
Whenever you feel panicked about a new symptom arising, check out the chart below offering a wide range of Fibromyalgia complaints.
In Your Head:
Fatigue, irritability, nervousness, depression, impaired memory, Issues concentrating (fibrofog), apathy, frequent awakening during the night, nonrestorative sleep, blurred vision, dizziness, and
headaches – sometimes severe.
Common Aches:
Widespread pain, stiffness in Muscles, tendons, and ligaments which is worse when you first
wake up. Pain varies and can be felt as throbbing, burning, stabbing, stinging, grabbing, or a combination of
the above. Numbness in the body or face and tingling found throughout. Jaw joint involvement causes difficulty in chewing or swallowing. Sometimes excruciating facial and head pain. Neck lesions and muscle knots produce headaches. Muscles often display various twitching. Restless leg syndrome makes impossible to find an adequate rest position. Many complain of electrical impulses starting in upper spine and shooting down muscles in their arms. This then causes exhaustion and general weakness.
On Your Skin:
Crawling sensations, itching, acne, dry skin, rashes, and burning. Many complain of swollen
wrists and ankles accompanied with hot-itching on their palms and soles of their
feet. Flu-like symptoms felt in various parts of the body. Patients usually have brittle nails, poor hair quality, as well as slightly pungent and irritating perspiration.
In Your Gut:
Irritable bowel syndrome including gas, pain, bloating,constipation or diarrhea, and sometimes nausea or hyperacidity with acid reflux.
Down Below:
Raw, irritated, burning vaginal lips or deeper areas, vaginal spasm, burning discharge, increased menstruation and uterine cramps, painful intercourse, poor erection, repeated bladder infections, pungent, smelly, concentrated urine, chronic interstitial cystitis.
Eye-Ear-Nose-Throat:
Eye Irritation or dryness and burning with tears, blurred vision, excessive or sticky discharge with morning sand, sudden imbalance or dizziness, vertigo, strange sounds (ringing or tinnitus), post nasal drip, chronic nasal congestion, foul metallic tastes, painful or cut tongue, persistent sore throats without infection. Prone to common infections.
Other Issues:
Buckling knees when walking, low-grade fevers. Reynaud’s phenomenon (blanching of fingers exposed to cold), increased allergies, sensitivities to light, sounds, odors, medications, and supplements.
Whenever you feel panicked about a new symptom arising, check out the chart below offering a wide range of Fibromyalgia complaints.
In Your Head:
Fatigue, irritability, nervousness, depression, impaired memory, Issues concentrating (fibrofog), apathy, frequent awakening during the night, nonrestorative sleep, blurred vision, dizziness, and
headaches – sometimes severe.
Common Aches:
Widespread pain, stiffness in Muscles, tendons, and ligaments which is worse when you first
wake up. Pain varies and can be felt as throbbing, burning, stabbing, stinging, grabbing, or a combination of
the above. Numbness in the body or face and tingling found throughout. Jaw joint involvement causes difficulty in chewing or swallowing. Sometimes excruciating facial and head pain. Neck lesions and muscle knots produce headaches. Muscles often display various twitching. Restless leg syndrome makes impossible to find an adequate rest position. Many complain of electrical impulses starting in upper spine and shooting down muscles in their arms. This then causes exhaustion and general weakness.
On Your Skin:
Crawling sensations, itching, acne, dry skin, rashes, and burning. Many complain of swollen
wrists and ankles accompanied with hot-itching on their palms and soles of their
feet. Flu-like symptoms felt in various parts of the body. Patients usually have brittle nails, poor hair quality, as well as slightly pungent and irritating perspiration.
In Your Gut:
Irritable bowel syndrome including gas, pain, bloating,constipation or diarrhea, and sometimes nausea or hyperacidity with acid reflux.
Down Below:
Raw, irritated, burning vaginal lips or deeper areas, vaginal spasm, burning discharge, increased menstruation and uterine cramps, painful intercourse, poor erection, repeated bladder infections, pungent, smelly, concentrated urine, chronic interstitial cystitis.
Eye-Ear-Nose-Throat:
Eye Irritation or dryness and burning with tears, blurred vision, excessive or sticky discharge with morning sand, sudden imbalance or dizziness, vertigo, strange sounds (ringing or tinnitus), post nasal drip, chronic nasal congestion, foul metallic tastes, painful or cut tongue, persistent sore throats without infection. Prone to common infections.
Other Issues:
Buckling knees when walking, low-grade fevers. Reynaud’s phenomenon (blanching of fingers exposed to cold), increased allergies, sensitivities to light, sounds, odors, medications, and supplements.
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