All About Fibromyalgia: A Guide for Patients and Their FamiliesOxford University Press, 15 kwi 2002 - 272 This year, six million Americans--most of them women--will go to their doctors, complaining of an illness they have no name for. The majority will be turned away or treated for depression; the few who persist will go to an average of four doctors before they receive the correct diagnosis: fibromyalgia. In their earlier Making Sense of Fibromyalgia, noted medical writer Janice Wallace and Dr. Daniel Wallace, a leading expert on this disorder, provided a comprehensive guide--for both patients and professionals--to this little known and poorly understood syndrome. Now, in All About Fibromyalgia, the Wallaces provide a thoroughly revised and updated version of that highly successful volume, incorporating a wealth of new information. This edition provides the current understanding of the disease as well as the latest drug treatments--all laid out in clear and accessible language. As in the previous volume, the authors provide a detailed, yet clear explanation of the disease. Fibromyalgia, they explain, is a form of chronic neuromuscular pain, a pain-amplification syndrome brought on by abnormal interactions between hormones, the immune system, neurotransmitters, and the autonomic nervous system. Sometimes the syndrome occurs spontaneously; in most cases, the authors write, it is associated with trauma, stress, such conditions as lupus and hypothyroidism, and over forty microbes, from hepatitis to Epstein-Barr to Lyme disease. Drawing on actual cases to illustrate their points, the authors help break through the isolation that patients often feel when doctors misdiagnose or simply ignore their symptoms. All About Fibromyalgia addresses a desperate need for information on this disease and offers reassurance to patients and their families. |
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... Physicians, as well as the World Health Organization, some doctors still question its existence. This is largely a consequence of incomplete medical training that was (and often still is) primarily hospital based. Outpatient (office ...
... Physicians, as well as the World Health Organization, some doctors still question its existence. This is largely a consequence of incomplete medical training that was (and often still is) primarily hospital based. Outpatient (office ...
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... physicians, allied health professionals (nurses, social workers, dentists, physical therapists, psychologists, occupational therapists, vocational rehabilitation counselors, physician assistants, chiropractors and dietitians), and other ...
... physicians, allied health professionals (nurses, social workers, dentists, physical therapists, psychologists, occupational therapists, vocational rehabilitation counselors, physician assistants, chiropractors and dietitians), and other ...
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... physicians used fibrositis to denote pain in the upper back and neck areas among Welsh coal miners in the 1920s and 1930s. The definition of fibrositis cross-pollinated during the Second World War when United States, Canadian ...
... physicians used fibrositis to denote pain in the upper back and neck areas among Welsh coal miners in the 1920s and 1930s. The definition of fibrositis cross-pollinated during the Second World War when United States, Canadian ...
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... physician J. M. da Costa among 300 soldiers during the Civil War who had what he termed an “irritable heart.” The first ... physicians who used a variety of seemingly preposterous remedies such as rest cures, overfeeding, electricity ...
... physician J. M. da Costa among 300 soldiers during the Civil War who had what he termed an “irritable heart.” The first ... physicians who used a variety of seemingly preposterous remedies such as rest cures, overfeeding, electricity ...
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... physicians who may have had the topic barely covered in medical school tend to downplay its importance, say “its all psychiatric,” or deny its existence. Many training programs are almost entirely hospital-based and few patients with ...
... physicians who may have had the topic barely covered in medical school tend to downplay its importance, say “its all psychiatric,” or deny its existence. Many training programs are almost entirely hospital-based and few patients with ...
Spis treści
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Basic Science and Fibromyalgia | 21 |
How and Where the Body Can Be Affected by Fibromyalgia | 51 |
The Clinical Spectrum of Fibromyalgia | 71 |
The Evaluation of Fibromyalgia Patients | 101 |
Improving Your Quality of Life | 125 |
Medicines and Other Therapies Used for Fibromyalgia | 161 |
Where Are We Headed? | 211 |
Fibromyalgia Resource Materials | 221 |
Fibromyalgia A Complementary Medicine Doctors Perspective | 229 |
Glossary | 235 |
Index | 247 |
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All About Fibromyalgia: A Guide for Patients and Their Families Daniel J. Wallace,Janice Brock Wallace Ograniczony podgląd - 2002 |
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