| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The whys and wherefores of fibromyalgia -- 1. How our understanding of fibromyalgia evolved -- 2. What is fibromyalgia -- 3. Who gets fibromyalgia and why -- pt. 2. Basic science and fibromyalgia -- 4. Why and how do we hurt -- 5. What's wrong with my muscles -- 6. How do stress, sleep, hormones, and the immune system interact and relate to fibromyalgia -- 7. What is the autonomic nervous system -- pt. 3. How and where the body can be affected by fibromyalgia -- 8. Generalized complaints -- 9. "I'm stiff and achy" : musculoskeletal complaints -- 10. Tingles, shocks, wires, and neurologic complaints -- 11. Insights into insides : chest, cardiovascular, and other concerns -- pt. 4. The clinical spectrum of fibromyalgia -- 12. What are the regional and localized forms of fibromyalgia -- 13. What conditions are associated with fibromyalgia -- 14. Controversial syndromes and their relationship to fibromyalgia -- pt. 5. The evaluation of fibromayalgia patients -- 15. What happens at a fibromyalgia consultation -- 16. Are you sure it's really fibromyalgia -- 17. I'm not crazy -- pt. 6. Improving your quality of life -- 18. Influences of lifestyle and environment on fibromyalgia -- 19. The influence of exercise and rehabilitation on the mind and body -- 20. How to overcome fibromyalgia -- pt. 7. Medicines and other therapies used for fibromyalgia -- 21. Medicines that work for fibromyalgia -- 22. Drugs that are useful inselected fibromyalgia patients -- 23. Behind the hype : unproven, experimental, herbal, and innovative remedies -- 24. Work and disability -- pt. 8. Where are we headed -- 25. What's the prognosis -- 26. The future holds a lot of hope |
| Summary |
This is a thoroughly revised and updated version of ""Making Sense of Fibromyalgia"", endorsed by the Arthritis Foundation. This new volume continues to provide a comprehensive guide - for both patients and professionals - to this little-known and poorly understood syndrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-228) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Fibromyalgia -- Popular works
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MEDICAL -- Orthopedics.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Musculoskeletal.
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MEDICAL -- Rheumatology.
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Fibromyalgia
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Popular works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wallace, Janice Brock.
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| ISBN |
1423746457 |
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9781423746454 |
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9780198033660 |
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0198033664 |
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9780195147537 |
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0195147537 |
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0195184807 |
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9780195184808 |
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1280532173 |
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9781280532177 |
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9786610532179 |
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6610532176 |
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1602568189 |
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9781602568181 |
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0197561845 |
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9780197561843 |
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