| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 196 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Chapter 2 Who Gets Fibromyalgia and Why? 8 -- Chapter 3 The Basic Science of Fibromyalgia 14 -- Chapter 4 Fibromyalgia-Related Complaints 30 -- Chapter 5 What Are the Regional and Localized Forms of Fibromyalgia? 43 -- Chapter 6 What Conditions Are Associated with Fibromyalgia? 48 -- Chapter 7 The Fibromyalgia Consultation and Differential Diagnosis 65 -- Chapter 8 I'm Not Crazy! 74 -- Chapter 9 How to Help Yourself without Taking Medicine 80 -- Chapter 10 Medicines for Fibromyalgia 109 -- Chapter 11 Work and Disability 146 -- Chapter 12 Prognosis and Future Directions 153 -- Appendix 1 Fibromyalgia Resource Materials 159 |
| Summary |
This is a guide to fibromyalgia, a syndrome that affects six million Americans annually. Fibromyalgia 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 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
|
English |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Fibromyalgia -- Popular works
|
|
Fibromyalgia.
|
|
Fibromyalgia
|
|
MEDICAL -- Orthopedics.
|
|
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Musculoskeletal.
|
|
MEDICAL -- Rheumatology.
|
|
Fibromyalgia
|
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book
|
|
Popular works
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Wallace, Janice Brock
|
| LC no. |
2002017096 |
| ISBN |
9780195149319 |
|
0195149319 |
|
9780198034063 |
|
0198034067 |
|
1280532319 |
|
9781280532313 |
|
9786610532315 |
|
6610532311 |
|
1423784898 |
|
9781423784890 |
|
