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Article: Fighting Fibromyalgia.
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- Women's Health Letter
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
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The American College of Rheumatology defines fibromyalgia as a condition with a history of chronic, widespread, musculoskeletal pain that persists for more than three months in all four extremities, along with pain in 11 out of 18 tender points.
I think of it as "nonspecific muscle pain." If you have extremely sensitive and painful points on various parts of your body, or simply ache constantly, you could have fibromyalgia.
Sometimes fibromyalgia begins after a physical trauma, but a hereditary or biochemical imbalance may also cause it. Or it could be connected to another health condition.
Medical doctors typically prescribe non-steroidal ...