Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is characterized by muscular aches that
affect common points of the body, causing burning, stiffness,
shooting pain, and an overall throbbing sensation. This disorder
further causes joint inflammation and swelling of muscle tissues and
the fiber-like connective tissues. It can typically cause sleep
disorders, which further lead to poor healing and regeneration. The
condition may develop after a weather change, infection, or injury.
Fibromyalgia has been associated with tension, viral infections,
trauma, unusual exertion, thyroid disease, immune dysfunction, brain
chemistry alteration, Epstein-Barr virus, mercury dental fillings,
anemia, parasites, hypothyroidism, or malabsorption.
Notes: Fibro-(fibrous tissue)-my- (muscle)-algia
(pain) is a syndrome, as it affects five major body systems and has
no direct cause. Presently, no laboratory test can definitively
identify a patient with FMS. Diagnosis is difficult since many other
diseases and conditions present similar symptoms. However, two
criteria define the syndrome: (1) Widespread musculoskeletal pain in
all four quadrants of the body for at least three months, in
combination with (2) Tenderness at 11 or more of 18 specific
"tender point" sites. Other conditions that may be present
with FMS are: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Myofacial Pain Syndrome,
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Mitral Valve Pro-lapse, PMS, Raynaud's
Syndrome, Rheumatic Diseases, TMJ/TMD. FMS displays symptoms of
autointoxication, malabsorption of nutrients, and significant
hormone imbalance (most likely estrogen, or estrdiol, dominance).
Cleansing and feeding the intestines with good flora, providing the
macro nutrients that are especially important to women (such as
calcium, magnesium, vitamin D, manganese, boron, and malic acid),
balancing the hormones to reduce estrogen dominance, and improving
overall circulation and immune function have been shown to be the
best course for this syndrome. Many women have reported excellent
results from this type of broad cleansing and nutrition approach.
