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If you feel pain all over your body, muscles ache all over and you frequently feel exhausted and unrefreshed even after a sleep. Also there are these points in your body where slight pressure causes severe pain and it so happens that even after numerous tests no diagnosis has ever been confirmed. If this sounds familiar, you may have fibromyalgia.
What is fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia syndrome is a chronic disorder although it resembles arthritis due to excessive pains, it is not at all like arthritis. It does not cause any damage or inflammation of joints, muscles and tissues.
Widespread muscle pain, fatigue, and multiple tender points are few of the important symptoms that often characterize the disorder. Tender points are specific places on the body where even slightest pressure causes extreme pain?they can be present on the neck, shoulders, back, hips, and upper and lower extremities.
As more medical advancement is being made to understand this strange disorder it is becoming more and more evident that sleep plays an important role in this disease. Usually people with fibromyalgia seem to wake up with tired-up feeling even though they seem to sleep enough. This morning fatigue is being linked to a kind of sleep disorder where a person is not able to go into deep sleep. Recent medical studies have suggested that this sleep problem is due to alpha wave interrupted sleep pattern, a condition where deep sleep is interrupted often by bursts of activity in the brain similar to wakefulness. So people suffering from fibromyalgia are deprived from this restorative phase of sleep.
In addition to the above mentioned symptoms those suffering from fibromyalgia may show a wide array of symptoms-, morning stiffness, headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, painful menstrual periods, numbness or tingling of the extremities, restless legs syndrome, temperature sensitivity, memory problems, depression or a variety of other symptoms
What causes fibromyalgia?
Although it is still unclear as to what causes this disease, some evidence points towards its association with emotional or physical stressful events. Some researchers link this disease to other auto-immune disorders. They believe that those suffering disorders such as arthritis etc. are more likely to develop it. This disorder is more prevalent in females.
Homeopathy and fibromyalgia.
The treatment available with conventional medical system is just palliative, where as Homeopathy offers an effective form of treatment, aiming at curing the disorder. This statement is based on a hardcore research done by the National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, United States . This study involved patients affected with fibromyalgia; they were selected beforehand according to symptoms referring to a specific homeopathic medicine. The results showed a significant superiority of the homeopathic treatment, as regards pain, the quality of sleep and the overall condition.
Homeopathic treatment in such disorders is based on assessing one individual group of symptoms and thereby finding the most suitable medicine. Mental and physical make-up both are taken into consideration while prescribing. It is this holistic approach that gives homoeopathy an edge over the conventional system.
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Reduce stress levels
As stress causes an increase in the symptoms of fibromyalgia, make sure to reduce your stress levels. Also make sure to follow a regular daily routine as people who tend to reduce their physical work due to pain, end up suffering more.
Getting enough sleep
Ensure adequate sleep in order to reduce fatigue. Follow a regular pattern in going to bed and getting up at the same time each day and limiting daytime napping
Regular exercise
Although initially the exercise would increase the symptoms, but eventually regular exercise would lead to reduction of the symptoms
Eat right
Having a regular balanced diet is essential in fighting all chronic disorders, especially if one suffers from irritable bowel syndrome along with.
Adjust your activities
Keep your daily activities on an even level. If you exert too much on a good day, you might have too many and severe bad days.
his feature ( authored by Dr. Vikas Sharma ) was earlier published in The Tribune(north India?s largest circulated daily newspaper). Dr. Vikas Sharma is regular Homeopathic columnist for The Tribune.You can mail him at vikas@drhomeo.com
here is my mri report,
CERVICAL SPINE
1. upper cervical 1V (C1,C2,C3,C4)early discs dessication.
2.c5-c6,posterocentral focal discs protrusion intending the ventral thecal sac.neural foramina are capacious.
3.mild cervical disc dessication changes with mild diffuse posterior disc bulges at c5-c6level intending thecal sac and right neural foraminal narrowing.
4.no significant canal narrowing/exciting nerve root compression at this level.
DORSAL SPINE
1.D3-D4 reduced disc height with dessication,d9 focal flaval hypertrophy intending the posterior thecal sac.
LUMBAR SPINE.
1.L5 SACRALIZATION.MILD POSTERIOR DISC BULGES AT L4-L5AND L5-S1 LEVELS.
SIR,
in my age 16 i had in evening time i got all joint pains.including headache with memory problems.with stiffness of neck numbness of hands and foot .now my age is 28.wheather this is an fybromylagia,or degenerative disc disease or any other..please help me to solve this problem.there is no deformation in my joints.all my blood tests are normal.ANA ,ELISA HB,RA,WHLOE BODY SCAN,VITAMIN D,B12,CRP,CBC,LYMPHOCYTES.HLAB27,
Sir,
I am suffering from severe fibromayalgic pain. First it started with frozen shoulders, pain in back, thighs n calf muscles. How can I get out of this severe pain.
sincerely Valsa
as i am suffering from fibromyalgia since 2 yrs. i have taken a lot of medicines but result in poor and my pain is increasing day by day. as i have read ur article my symtoms are very similiar. so pls suggest me . as earliest as possible. i will be very thankful to u and ur team.
thanks manu arora
Dear Dr.Sharma,
I am a 61 year old male. I have history of high blood pressure for which I am on medication for the past 20 plus years. I went through angioplasty 2 years back and have installed two stint in my cardiac vessels. After a week of angioplasty, I had severe duedenal bleeding due to a damaged blood vessel most probably caused by Luprin (Asprin) tablet. I was hospitalized and went through a traumatic condition. on discharge from hospital, I felt weak, lethargic with heavyness in the back of my head. After couple of moths I developed pain in my knees. This was followed by severe attack of anxiety and was unable to walk due to my locked legs and complete loss of sleep. I was put on anxiolytics and antidepressents but started develop sever somatic pains in my head, rib cage, foot soles and buttoks with burning sensation . After two years, after undergoing all sorts of test , the neurologist has identified it as fibromyalgia. Presently, I am on SSRI antidepressants and an anxiolytic medication. I have been almost non-functional for the past two. I do try to take balanced diet with walk and light exercise. Would you please help if possible? Looking forward to your reply.
Kind regards.
Mohammad Arfan, Ph.D
Professor
Dear Doctor,
My wife aged 40 years have been diagnosed of having Fibromylgia recently after having pain on her body for several years. Presently she is in India (Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh)on a visit. The pain has increased over the years & at times it becomes unbearable especially while waking up in the morning.
May kindly suggest medicine / suitable treatment so that she gets cured.
Best Regards,
sir plz respond me ……i will wait for yoyr answer…….thnx
respected sir,
i m sana……..26 yrs old……unmarried…….sir i hv stiffness and pain and burnig feelings on my neck shoulders back chest hips and knee joint,through out the day suffering this problem for last 7 years.i had done all the investigations but all r normal.continuosly i m taking treatment here and there but getting relief..i was a very active girl but now i have become very dull..wake up at 11 to 12 am..still feel tired and stressed..dont hv any interest in life..feel very anxious lethargy and depressed..now i also hv difficulty in memorizing the things..one doctor in hinduza hospital mumbai diagnosed it a FIBROMYALGIA gave treatment i used it for two weeks but didnt get relief…sir could u please suggest me right treatment……………..i will be highly obliged for your consideration………thank you…with regards
While going to nursing school, while working full time, with kids and having a divorce, I began having trouble remembering things. I could also sleep for 24 hours and not wake without an alarm clock. I can ignore the stabbing pains in my neck, shoulders and calves (my calf pain is relieved by doses of potassium), but the exaustion and mental acuity problems are intolerable. I need my brain sharp for my career. people’s lives depend on me, and i have to work as I am the sole wage earner in my family. If there is anything that can help, I would be so very grateful.
am suffering from severe pain in my right side of my upper back,neck and lower back pain from last 7 years. I have done MRI but nothing has come and doctor concluded it as firomyalgia.I am taking pregablin and duloxotine. I have tried acupressure, acupuncture also but nothing helped me till now and it’s getting worse now a day. It looks like my life has completely stopped, I am 34 years old software professional.
Could you please help with some homepathy medicine?
I am suffering from fibromyalgia since 8 months. I am taking pregablin and duloxotine. I have severe pain and stiffness on right side of my body. The pain becomes better by brisk walking. Is there any permanent cure for it in homeopathy? Kindly tell me the medicines suitable for me
I am suffering from severe pain in my right leg and half left leg and back pain from last 7 years. I have done MRI 3 times nothing has come and nothing has diagnose also. I have tried acupressure, acupuncture, allopathic and ayurvedic medication but nothing helped me till now and it’s getting worse now a day. It looks like my life has completely stopped, I am 30 years old software professional.
which homeopathy medicine will work for me? I am 37 Year old, mother of two kids 10 and 8 years old, am a highly qualified professional. Had episodes of depression 4 years back. took allopathy treatment. Feel laziness after eating. had very less thirst and hunger. suffering from IBS since childhood. Had lost my father and my brother in my childhood. Lived a very sensitive childhood. Due to the problem i had to leave my work also. I have sinusitis and am suffering from gum swallowing problem since more than 2 years. the doctor detected more that 7 cavities in my mouth with in this pd. of last 4 years. also.
i want to remove my comment how can i remove
message is for fibromyalgia (Manmohan Singh)
4/4, A.P. Sen Road, Charbagh, Lucknow-226001.
Mob.: 09415410808 Tel.No. : 0522-2630123
well I can help u but sent a photograph of your tooth with their color and any thing abnormal in oral cavity stop all medicine after stopping all two days after start tizanidine 2 mg
DEAR , SIR age 35 y
A / v Enlarged uterus multiple fibroids married
5.5 cm x 5.o cm fibroids in posterior wall
2.8 x cm x 2.4 cm fibroids in fundus
plz send me treatment in homoeopathic medicine
thanks
Sub.: Years of Severe Neurological Tightness in Muscles especially calf muscles and others major disorders/ malfunctions in the body.
Sir,
I am a lawyer working at High Court, Lucknow and a very meritorious student having topped in LL.B. and LL.M. examinations. I started realising tightness specially in my calf muscles in the year 2005 after passing through a five years long phase of stress. I was unable to understand the reason behind the tightness and pain in my legs and initiation of health problems started in January, 2007 by going through when there were stomach disturbance / vomitting and skin roughness in my foot. The physician asked me for a detail blood pathological test and suddenly everything appeared e.g. high cholestrol levels, blood sugar, acidity/collitis etc. I was on the medication and when in July 2007, my left leg started feeling heel pain, I rushed to several orthopedicians / physiotherapist alongwith Cardiologist since my cholestrol levels / sugar was not in control. It was found by a Physiotherapist after two months of exercise in January, 2008 that it was a neurological tightness and I was advised to consult a Neurologist. Thereafter, I consulted several Neurologist in Lucknow/Delhi, in VIMHANS (Delhi) but no one was able to diagnosis the cause of the tightness as every test carried out was normal. Finally I consulted at Fortis Hospital, Noida where again test were made out (EMG & other test), but everything was normal. The Neurologist started my medicine GABAPENTIN on the assumption of Channelopathy, alongwith supplements of calcium / vitamin-E etc. It is relevent to mention that the heaviness in head/
headache/ lethargy/giddiness was treated by a senior Phystriatist at Fortis Hospital, Noida, giving antideprission medicines such as VENLOR XR 75, SENSIV AL25, RIVOTRIL 0.5 MG etc. The treatment of Cardiologist for control of high cholestral / blood sugar etc. was in regular continuation The muscles tightness which was released daily by a qualified Physiotherapist at Lucknow started some signs of relief with GABAPENTIN (Treatment of Neurologist) till March 2009 (reliefupto 60%), after which it became stagnant. Some tests such as LDH, CPK & Resting Plasma Lactate were made out which were much higher in value. On my compalint of down fall of relief, PREGABID ME-75 was started in place of GABAPENTIN on 13.05.2009. Again in June, 2009, several tests including MRI of brain and survical were made, but the down fall which started inspite of regular medicine and physiotherapy slashly fell from July, 2009 to Oct, 2009 from 60% to 10%. Another symptom for the past 1 year was spreading of tightness of muscles in neck, abdomen, sholder and stomach muscles. Sleeping disorder with severe weakness in the body alongwith heaviness in head and emptyness of head was also enhancing. Some times I was not able to even stand due to pain, cramps and weakness in calf muscles. The goldenera of my legal career is on the threshold as I was not able to concentrate & Letharginess in whole body made me lying on the bed for hours daily.
In Oct. 2009 the assumption of Channelopathy / Stiffness was made a question mark by the Neurologist and he started thinking of FIBROMYLGIA giving PRE GALIN 75/150 MG alongwith ZYLENO FORTE and antidepression medicine. At present, the tightness of muscles and other symptoms mentioned above are at their extreme. There has been no option else left with the patient now. Please guide me accordingly I would be highly thankful.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully
(Manmohan Singh)
4/4, A.P. Sen Road, Charbagh, Lucknow-226001.
Mob.: 09415410808 Tel.No. : 0522-2630123
Hello Dr. Sharma
I have been managing this condition for ten years now symptoms very intense in the beginning and was recovering slowly until three years ago. I now have the opportunity to focus on myself and I want to fully recover.
I need a remedy that will improve some of the symptoms and address deep past blocks.
All your suggestions gratefully received.
Hi I am Ashish ;
I just want to confirm whether i have this disease or not so i want to know that in this disease does pain in head increases due to breathing and the pain is relieved when a cloth is kept on nose or when warm air is inhaled???
What kind of diet you will recommend .Which food product should be avoided.Is drinking cold milk everyday is ok if one is suffering from fibromyalgia.
sir,
is Fibromyalgia is certainly curable i hemophatic.
is there any specific med for fibromyalgia, csn u please advise me , ive already sent u a mail
i am suffering from fibromyalgia since last 5 years n have tried many options but of no cure,,
can u guide me wht to do,, ive tried no of Homeo Drs as wel but stil no recovery
Hello Dr. Sharma
I have been managing this condition for ten years now symptoms very intense in the beginning and was recovering slowly until three years ago. I now have the opportunity to focus on myself and I want to fully recover.
I need a remedy that will improve some of the symptoms and address deep past blocks.
All your suggestions gratefully received.
I have been suffering from chronic leg pains , lower back ache, severe pains in neck and shoulder plus the pain streaches till arms…..i have been taking so many calcium and multi vitamins including pain killers but all in vain…..this problem has been from past 4yrs but has been diagnosed recently……..there has been minor ractors of rehumetiod in my last blood report but the rehumetilogist himself diagnoesed this prob. as fibromylagia!!!! Plzzzz help suggest me some doctor in delhi who can cure this prob. in homeopathy!!! Plz plz help me out!!!