Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia

This chronic condition is believed to be a type of interference with the way your brain processes pain signals. It leaves you highly sensitive to pain. If you have this condition, you may feel long-lasting pain throughout your body.

The 7 Types of Fibromyalgia Pain

Fibromyalgia is a soft rheumatic pain diagnosis that can provide the basis for several different types of pain. Many people do not realize that these are often divided into different variants. Here are the 7 types of fibromyalgia pain that you should know about.

In fibromyalgia many of these pains can overlap and the pain picture varies greatly. Here we go through the seven categories of fibromyalgia pain so you can learn more about these. If a friend or family member has fibromyalgia, then this article can help you understand more about how this complex diagnosis affects them.

We fight for those with other chronic pain diagnoses and diseases to have better opportunities for treatment and examination - something not everyone agrees with, unfortunately.

This article will go through seven types of fibromyalgia pain - Some of them will surely surprise you.

Hyperalgesia

Hyperalgesia is the medical term for defining the increased pain you feel when you have fibromyalgia. 'Hyper' means more than normal and «algesia» is synonymous with smerte.

Research has shown that certain brain parts of those with fibromyalgia interpret pain signals differently - and that these signals are interpreted at a much 'higher volume'. That is, the pain signals are misinterpreted and greatly amplified.

This is one of the reasons why those with fibromyalgia can often experience stronger pain from aching muscles, nerves, and joints than others. Due to this, this patient group is also more dependent on physical treatment, daily mobility exercises and custom training (such as group training in hot water pool).

Neuropathic Pain

Many with fibromyalgia are affected by neuropathic pain. This type of pain can cause strange nerve symptoms such as tingling, burning, itching, numbness or tingling in the arms and legs. These symptoms can also be directly painful.

There are several treatment measures that can help with such pain - including medication. Physical treatment, custom joints and acupuncture are treatments that can often help relieve neuropathic pain.

Fibromyalgia headache

Those with fibromyalgia usually have more frequent headaches. In fact, it is so common for this patient group to be affected significantly more often by neck-related headaches (stress headaches) and migraines.

This is linked to three factors in those with fibromyalgia:

• Poor sleep quality (due to night pain)
• Overactive pain nerves
• Mental anxiety (chronic pain and poor sleep go - of course - beyond the mental energy)

Again, we see that the common factor in these three factors is hypersensitivity so the brain interprets signals too powerfully. And it is precisely in this main factor that one hopes that a future cure for fibromyalgia may lie.

Stomach and pelvic pain

People with fibromyalgia have a 50 percent higher risk of being struck with irritable bowel syndrome. This is a digestive condition that is characteristically characterized by abdominal cramps, gas, and bloated stomach. Other symptoms include constipation, diarrhea, nausea, a feeling of constant need for toil and uneven stools.

Fibromyalgia can also cause increased pelvic pain, both in the pelvic joints, but also towards the groin and pubic symphysis. Characteristic symptoms can mean more frequent urination and that you are more frequently 'urinating'.

That is why it is so important to adhere to the 'fibromyalgia diet' and follow national dietary advice. In the article below you can read what the research thinks is the best diet for those affected by fibromyalgia.

Widespread and Widespread Muscle Pain

You know the muscle action you have in your entire body when you have the flu? This can be compared to a type of muscle pain that fibromyalgia patients are all too familiar with.

A characteristic feature of fibromyalgia is diffuse and persistent pain in the muscles and soft tissues. These pains are often described as deep pain, tenderness, stiffness or chafing all over the body - including the arms, legs, neck, and shoulders.

Many people are most bothered with:

• Low back pain - which can also irritate nerves and cause radiation to the legs.
• Pain and tension in the neck and shoulders.
• Pain between the shoulder blades.

Remember that the pain can vary and move and hit several different places in the body. Including arms and hands. In the article below you can see seven good exercises designed to help with osteoarthritis in your hands.

Joint pain

Joint pain and stiffness are commonly reported symptoms in people with fibromyalgia. This is due, among other things, to tense and painful muscles that limit the ability to move - and thus stiffen.

Unlike inflammatory arthritis, there is usually no inflammation and inflammation of the joints of fibromyalgia. This is one of the ways to distinguish this disorder from rheumatic arthritis or systemic lupus - where you can often see that the person's joints become visibly swollen.

Allodynia

Is your skin painful by touching? Have you ever noticed that even a light touch from clothes or a friendly gesture can really hurt? This is allodynia - a pain symptom that surprises many.

Many describe allodynia as an increased sensitivity in the skin that can be compared to being severely sunburned. Research has shown that this is due to a hypersensitivity reaction due to central sensitization associated with fibromyalgia. In other words, the nerve signals are misinterpreted in the brain and the result is - pain.

Allodynia is a relatively rare pain variant. Apart from fibromyalgia, this pain is only seen in neuropathies, shingles, and migraine.

Recommended Self-Help for Rheumatic and Chronic Pain

• Compression Hose (such as compression socks that contribute to increased blood circulation to sore muscles (or specially adapted compression gloves or socks against rheumatic symptoms in the hands and feet)
• Toe pullers (several types of rheumatism can cause bent toes - for example hammer toes or hallux valgus (bent big toe) - toe pullers can help relieve these)
• Mini tapes (many with rheumatic and chronic pain feel that it is easier to train with custom elastics)
• Trigger point Balls (self-help to work the muscles on a daily basis)
• Arnica cream or heat conditioner (many people report some pain relief if they use, for example, arnica cream or heat conditioner)

Source: https://www.johnmichelsmd.com/contents/conditions-we-treat/fibromyalgia