The Fibromyalgia or FM is a chronic syndrome that affects the muscle joints, bone pain, fatigue and other symptoms as well. It is not a contagious disease but studies have revealed that the disease may be a genetic one. FM affects females more than males by a ratio of 9 to 1. It is not a common disease and it estimated that 6% of the population may have this disease. The origin of FM is not quite known and when patients go to the doctors the doctors have been know to accuse the patients of hypochondria because it is difficult to detect.
The main symptom of FM is a widespread pain often accompanied by touch sensitivity, tingling of the skin, muscle aches, long muscle spasms, weakness in the arms and legs and nerve pain. Sleep problems are also common with FM. The stage of sleep known as REM, Rapid Eye Movement, is never really achieved. Some patients will also experience brain fog; brain fog is abnormal slow brain waves. Some researches suggest that brain fog be associated with sleep disturbances.
Musculoskeletal pain is a pain that affects the muscles, ligaments and tendons and including the bones. They almost have the same symptoms as arthritis. But the muscles can be affected with day-to-day movement and other activities. There may be some trauma to the affected area from maybe a car accident, fall, fractures, sprains and even direct hits to the area. These traumas can be the cause of the pain as well. Even posture and body mechanics can be the cause of the pains.
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