Fibromyalgia
- Overview
- Introduction
- Symptoms
- Causes
- Complications
- Homoeopathic Treatment
- Do's and Don'ts
- Diet and Nutrition
What is Fibromyalgia?
FIBROMYALGIA is one of the commonest and most tiresome causes of chronic undiagnosed pains observed in today's haphazard and stressful lifestyles.
It declines a person both physically and mentally which leads to a decreased productivity in day-to-day work.
FIBROMYALGIA is defined as a long-standing extensive pain affecting the muscles and the soft tissues and is characterized by chronic fatigue, sleep disturbances and joint stiffness among other symptoms. Click to read on Causes of Fibromyalgia.
Fibromyalgia is not just limited to the symptom of pain, but also comprises of various symptoms ranging from palpitations to even bowel disturbances or tension headaches.It is therefore appropriate to term it as Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS).
What Happens In Fibromyalgia?
- Pain in various parts of the body including muscles and joints.
- Body parts very sensitive to touch and painful on pressure
- Chronic feeling of fatigue
- Sleep disturbances
- Gastro-intestinal disturbances
- Headaches
- Thought and memory impairment
Know more about Symptoms of Fibromyalgia
What Can Fibromyalgia Lead To?
Fibromyalgia may not necessarily have any medical complications. However, due to the above symptoms, a person's way of life becomes quite hampered.
A person may not be able to perform his work well due to his physical and mental fatigue resulting in decreased productivity.
A patient may become prone to chronic depression and health-related anxiety.
In today's times, a very unhealthy lifestyle is being followed by almost each and every one throughout the world.
People have made money, power and position their top-most priority and are willing to go any lengths in order to achieve that.
"Working till long hours, facing stress and challenges every moment, insecurity about the job positions, having instant and fast food all the time, a total sedentary lifestyle, addiction to tea, coffee and alcohol to keep them stimulated in order to work harder"- all these factors have greatly deteriorated the health and well-being of people and their families, which ultimately results in an unhealthy and imbalanced society.
As a result, people fail to achieve their highest goals of life, as they are not able to perform any positive and productive activity due to their health reasons.
For a well-balanced healthy society, everyone should strive to at least keep themselves physically and mentally healthy.
How Well Homeopathy Works In Treatment of Fibromyalgia?
- Homeopathy is very effective in Fibromyalgia and helps greatly in relieving the aches and pains and all symptoms associated with Fibromyalgia.
- Homeopathic Treatment For Fibromyalgia provides a holistic healing and its medicines help to strengthen the immune system. This helps fight the disease from its roots and ensures that the disease does not occur again.
- Homeopathy ensures that the patients become healthy in all aspects of life, i.e. mind, body and soul assures them a happy, sound and balanced life.
- Homeopathy is a much safer and better mode of Treatment For Fibromyalgia. It is very gentle in its approach and the medicines are very convenient and easy to administer. They are safe even in children and pregnant women.
Few of our amazing Homeopathic Remedies Include:
- Arnica: It is a wonderful remedy, where patient experiences a sore, lame, bruised feeling all over the body. Body parts are extremely sensitive to touch and worsen on lying on the bed.
- Bryonia: This remedy is very useful in people who are very irritable, always angry and workaholics. Body pains are stitching and tearing and worse at night. Pains increase after least motion and over exertion.
- Rhus Tox: One of the best choices when there is stiffness and soreness of the body. Pains increase in the cold weather and decrease by warmth. Patient is very restless.
Do you experience intense body pains every time you wake up from the bed? Do you feel tired and fatigued all the time? Have all your over-the-counter pain-killers failed to keep the pain at bay? Well then, you may be suffering from a condition called Fibromyalgia Syndrome.
But not to worry! We have great news for you! Homeopathy shows immense success rates in the treatment of Fibromyalgia.Click to jump to Homeopathic Treatment.
Fibromyalgia Syndrome is one of the commonest and most tiresome causes of chronic undiagnosed pains observed in today's haphazard and stressful lifestyles.
It declines a person both physically and mentally which leads to a decreased productivity in the day-to-day work.
Fibromyalgia Syndrome affects almost 3-5% of the general population.Women are more commonly affected with Fibromyalgia than men.
The first step towards a healthier life is choosing the right mode of treatment! That's Homeopathy for you!
Quick Look at Symptoms of Fibromyalgia
- Pain in various parts of the body including muscles and joints is one of the chief symptoms of Fibromyalgia
- Body parts very sensitive to touch and painful on pressure
- Tender points on the body along with other symptoms of Fibromyalgia
- Chronic fatigue
- Morning stiffness
- Tingling and numbness of the hands and legs
- Sleep disturbances
- Gastro-intestinal and urinary disturbances
- Chronic headaches
- Painful periods
- Extreme sensitivity to smell, noises, light, touch and weather changes
- Inability to pay attention and concentrate on mental tasks. This is known as "fibro fog" and is one of the peculiar symptoms of Fibromyalgia.
- Memory loss
The tender points on the body are very helpful for the diagnostic purpose of Fibromyalgia.
- Points 1 & 2: Base of the neck on both sides
- Points 3 & 4: Mid-chest near the second rib on both sides.
- Points 5 & 6: Bony portion of the hip on both sides.
- Points 7 & 8: Both knees
- Points 9 & 10: Back of the neck, just below the head
- Points 11 & 12: The highest portion between the shoulder and the neck on both sides.
- Points 13 & 14: Upper back near the center on both sides.
- Points 15 & 16: Both elbows
- Points 17 & 18: Upper portion of the buttocks, both sides.
Patients suffering from Fibromyalgia may also have other co-existing conditions like Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, certain stress related disorders like Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, etc.
Fibromyalgia could be caused by a number of factors:
- GENETIC: One becomes more susceptible to develop fibromyalgia if there is a history of the disease in the family.
- INFECTIONS: Any kind of viral or bacterial infections can trigger Fibromyalgia.
- STRESS: Stressful events, either physical like accidents or mental like Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder can cause Fibromyalgia.
- CHRONIC DISEASES: Auto-immune diseases like Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Rheumatoid Arthritis can lead to Fibromyalgia.
- CHEMICAL FACTORS: Imbalances or disturbances in certain brain chemicals called neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin are found to be associated with Fibromyalgia.
Fibromyalgia may not necessarily have any medical complications. However, due to the above symptoms, a person's way of life becomes quite hampered. A person may not be able to perform his work well due to his physical and mental fatigue resulting in decreased productivity. They may also become prone to chronic depression and health-related anxiety.
- Homeopathy is very effective in the treatment of Fibromyalgia. It helps greatly in relieving the body aches and pains and all the symptoms associated with Fibromyalgia.
- Homeopathic treatment for Fibromyalgia provides a holistic healing and its medicines help to strengthen the immune system. This helps to fight the disease from its roots and ensures that the disease does not occur again.
- Homeopathic treatment of Fibromyalgia ensures that the patients become healthy in all aspects of life, i.e. mind, body and soul assuring them a happy, sound and a balanced life
- Homeopathy is a much safer and better mode of treatment. It is very gentle in its approach and the medicines are very convenient and easy to administer. Homeopathic treatment of Fibromyalgia is safe even in children and pregnant women.
- Different manifestations of the disease are treated with different homeopathic medicines depending on which one matches the most. For e.g.
Arnica: It is a wonderful remedy in Homeopathic treatment of Fibromyalgia, where patient experiences a sore, lame, bruised feeling all over the body. Body parts are extremely sensitive to touch and worsen on lying on the bed.
Bryonia: This remedy is very useful in Homeopathic treatment of Fibromyalgia in people who are very irritable, always angry and workaholics. Body pains are stitching and tearing and worse at night. Pains increase after least motion and over exertion.
Rhus Tox: One of the best choices in Homeopathic treatment of Fibromyalgia when there is stiffness and soreness of the body. Pains increase in the cold weather and decrease by warmth. Patient is very restless. - Have a look at some of the remedies used for homeopathic treatment of Fibromyalgia. The treatment given by our Experts is highly specific for the individual we treat and not limited to 2 or 3 drugs. Homeopathic treatment of Fibromyalgia offers a minimum of 25 remedies effective against Fibromyalgia.
FIBROMYALGIA, Back, pain, with: 1Ba-sv, 1Dys-co, 2Morg, 1Prot, 2Syc-co
FIBROMYALGIA, Exertion, agg.: 2Arn, 1Ars, 1Bell-p, 2Calc, 1Chin, 1Gels, 1Helon, 2Lac-ac, 1Nux-v, 2Ph-ac, 2Rhus-t, 3Sil, 1Verat
FIBROMYALGIA, Chest wall: 2Morg, 2Syc-co
FIBROMYALGIA, Scalp, of: 1Nat-sal
- 4 Marks- most effective
- 3 marks- quite effective,
- 2 marks- less effective,
- 1 mark- least effective.
It is, however, worthwhile to remember that self-medication is not recommended in homeopathic treatment for Fibromyalgia. Consult one of our Experts Now for complete freedom from Fibromyalgia for yourself or your loved one!
DO’S
- Make sure that you eat healthy food packed with right amount of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals.
- Exercise regularly and moderately suitable to your condition.
- Stay away from any stress-causing factors or deal with it very positively. Do Yogasan and Pranayam diligently. They can be of great help to reduce stress.
- Most importantly, have an adequate and sound sleep.
- Learn to listen to your body. Know when to take that much desired break.
DON’TS
- Do not overexert yourself physically as well as mentally. Limit yourself to certain tasks a day and effectively manage your time and work.
- Do not ignore your body when you have the symptoms, however mild they may be.
- Do not be negative about yourself, your situation or your environment. Negativity keeps you frustrated all the time and blocks out the good healthy energy.
- Do not get the habit of popping pain-killers, however you may be tempted. It is dangerous to frequently take over-the-counter pain killers.
There is no particular diet that needs to be followed in cases of Fibromyalgia.
However, it serves well to make sure that immunity is maintained and even made better, by following a healthy balanced diet. Following dietary measures should be taken.
- Value your Veggies: A vegetarian diet provides good amount anti-oxidants to the body.
- Go Green: Green leafy vegetables spinach, lettuce, fenugreek, celery etc. are rich sources of folic acid, iron, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, etc. and many more minerals that keep us healthy.
- Favor Fruits: Just like vegetables, all kinds of fruits are good sources of vitamins and minerals.
- Go easy on meat: While there could be health benefits found in meat, it is better to minimize the intake and prefer lean meats like skinless poultry, fish, etc.
- Refrain from refined carbs: Refined carbohydrates like refined flour (Maida), white bread, most bakery products and sweets are considered most unhealthy and they tend to drain away your energy.
- Stop the Sugar & also Artificial Sweeteners: Sugar is considered to be a sweet poison and is definitely one of the most hazardous foods.
- Cut the Caffeine: Caffeine tends to become an addiction in patients with Fibromyalgia, as it apparently refreshes and energizes the body instantly. However, long term use of caffeine can damage your body systems.