By: Wyatt Redd Dysphagia is a medical term that means that a patient has difficulty swallowing. There are a number of different conditions that can cause dysphagia. And someone who suffers from dysphagia often finds that it makes life very difficult. Depending on their condition, swallowing can be very painful, which makes eating and getting enough…
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Dizziness, Balance and Falls During Fibromyalgia Flares
By Adrienne Dellwo In fibromyalgia, dizziness, poor balance, and falls are common complaints. For some people, they’re a minor annoyance that crops up on occasion. In others, they can be severely debilitating and lead to regular injuries. Falling, and especially falling frequently, is a serious problem. The last thing you need when you’re already in constant pain…
Serious Connection Between Fibromyalgia and Anger
By Adrienne Dellwo Anger is a very common emotion, particularly for people suffering from fibromyalgia. It is a natural, human reaction and yet it doesn’t get an awful lot of attention as a side effect to chronic pain. It’s one thing to accept our anger, but it’s another to let that anger consume us and…
Why Does Fibromyalgia Cause Neck Pain?
BY TIFFANY VANCE-HUFFMAN Among all the medical conditions out there, fibromyalgia is definitely one of the most enigmatic and misunderstood ones. Frequently ignored completely and dismissed as not a syndrome in its own “right”, fibromyalgia is one of those medical conditions that is still not understood – not even by the most well-known medical researchers in…
What I Wish I Had Known About Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Flare-Ups or Fibro?
By: Rachel Ehrenberg There is so much that is not told to you when first diagnosed with a chronic illness. When I was diagnosed with ramified regional pain syndrome (CRPS), moreover known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), I remember stuff told that I will have “flare-ups” where my pain increases significantly. However, nobody told me…
Chronic Warriors Will Understand Why Morgan Freeman Only Wore One Glove at the SAG Awards
By Erin Migdol, Though an illness may be tabbed “invisible” considering its symptoms aren’t obvious to an outside observer, there are often subtle signs you can see if you squint closely enough. Some people may notice these signs and symbol them to a personality quirk or preference, not realizing how it relates to your illness….
8 Products that Relief Fibromyalgia Pain
Struggling daily with the pain and vacuum of fibromyalgia can quickly wilt so much exasperating and exhausting, expressly when you know that there’s no one-size-fits-all treatment for it. In this situation, finding a product or technique to squire you ease your symptoms is a God’s gift. Moreover, this process usually involves a combination of treatments…
Fibromyalgia is Declared as a New Long Term Disability
Fibromyalgia is to be recognized by health professionals in Northern Ireland as a long-term condition. People who suffer from it mutter of aches all over the body, as well as profound fatigue. Other symptoms include headaches, sleep pennilessness and difficulty concentrating. Despite the severity of symptoms, people living with the condition in NI have said…