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Title All About Fibromyalgia : a Guide for Patients and Their Families
Published Oxford University Press, USA 2002

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Contents Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Fibromyalgia Made Simple58; A Parable -- Part I58; The Whys and Wherefores of Fibromyalgia -- 146; How Our Understanding of Fibromyalgia Evolved -- What is Fibromyalgia63; -- 346; Who Gets Fibromyalgia and Why63; -- Part II58; Basic Science and Fibromyalgia -- 446; Why and How Do We Hurt63; -- 546; What8217;s Wrong with My Muscles63; -- 646; How Do Stress44; Sleep44; Hormones44; and the Immune System Interact and Relate to Fibromyalgia63; -- 746; What is the Autonomic Nervous System63; -- Part III58; How and Where the Body Can Be Affected by Fibromyalgia -- 846; Generalized Complaints -- 946; 8I8217;m Stiff and Achy8221;8212;Musculoskeletal Complaints -- 1046; Tingles44; Shocks44; Wires44; and Neurologic Complaints -- 1146; Insights into Insides58; Chest44; Cardiovascular44; and Other Concerns -- Part IV58; The Clinical Spectrum of Fibromyalgia -- 1 What are the Regional and Localized Forms of Fibromyalgia63; -- 1346; What Conditions are Associated with Fibromyalgia63; -- 1446; Controversial Syndromes and Their Relationship to Fibromyalgia -- Part V58; The Evaluation of Fibromyalgia Patients -- 1546; What Happens at a Fibromyalgia Consultation63; -- 1646; Are you Sure It8217;s Really Fibromyalgia63; -- 1746; I8217;m Not Crazy33; -- Part VI58; Improving Your Quality of Life -- 1846; Influences of Lifestyle and Environment on Fibromyalgia -- 1946; The Influence of Exercise and Rehabilitation on the Mind and Body -- 2046; How to Overcome Fibromyalgia -- Part VII58; Medicines and Other Therapies Used for Fibromyalgia -- 2146; Medicines that Work for Fibromyalgia -- 2 Drugs that are Useful in Selected Fibromyalgia Patients -- 2346; Behind the Hype58; Unproven44; Experimental44; Herbal44; and Innovative Remedies -- 2446; Work and Disability -- Part VIII58; Where Are We Headed63; -- 2546; What8217;s the Prognosis63; -- 2646; The Future Holds a Lot of Hope -- Appendix 158; Fibromyalgia Resource Materials -- Appendix 258; Fibromyalgia58; A Complementary Medicine Doctor8217;s Perspective -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- Y -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Last Page
Summary In All About Fibromyalgia, the authors provide a thoroughly revised and updated version of the highly successful Making Sense of Fibromyalgia, which was endorsed by the Arthritis Foundation, Southern California Chapter. This new volume continues to provide a comprehensive guide - for both patients and professionals - to this little known and poorly understood syndrome. It has now also been completely updated with the current understanding of the disease, and; includes information on the latest drug treatments
Subject Fibromyalgia -- Popular works
Fibromyalgia.
Genre/Form Popular works.
Form Electronic book
Author Wallace, Janice Brock.
ISBN 1280532173
9781280532177