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Fibromyalgia Epidemic

The fibromyalgia epidemic is a result of the steadily increasing diagnosis of the disease and the decreasing percentage of patients receiving a cure or even real symptomatic relief. Fibromyalgia is a greatly misunderstood condition that has puzzled medical science for decades. Doctors struggle to come up with new ideas for treatment, while this epidemic condition continues to grow unchecked. The reason for this is ultra clear. How can you treat a condition when you have no idea of its cause? Doctors continue to guess while patients keep suffering.

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The Fibromyalgia Epdemic Continues

The one thing medicine is really good at is DIAGNOSIS . When it comes to fibromyalgia, the diagnosis is on the rise every year. Medicine has created a set of criteria for the positive diagnosis of this illness, yet rarely even follows these guidelines. It is ironic that over 50% of the diagnosed cases of fibromyalgia do not follow those specific diagnostic recommendations. This really does not matter, since the diagnosis is made again and again. If there is widespread pain without an obvious cause, it seems fibromyalgia must be the apparent culprit.

The FMS diagnosis is usually made by exclusion and is also a contributor to the constantly growing epidemic of back pain.

Doctors love to label a condition so that it will be easier to deal with. Fibromyalgia is not a classifiable disease. It does not strike patients equally or with the same symptoms. If you look at the clinical picture of fibromyalgia, it does not make sense to classify it as a single all-encompassing condition. Fibromyalgia is actually a series of related pain syndromes that can exist individually or in combination with one another.

Many doctors speculate that FMS is simply a severe form of Dr. John E. Sarno's TMS diagnosis. This makes far more sense than the variety of far-fetched theories I have heard presented by respected medical professionals.

Fibromyalgia Epidemic Concerns

Doctors have had almost ZERO success in curing this condition. They have had extremely limited success in treatment of the symptoms. The few treatments that have made some progress towards fibromyalgia relief have come at a heavy price. The pain management drugs and hormone therapies have powerful side effects and health risks. Patients must sometimes question if the treatment is actually doing any good or if the side effects are actually worse than the condition itself.

Women have died from experimental pharmaceutical treatments, innovative herbal concoctions, various forms of detox therapy and even some extreme dietary changes. Many clinics have set up in areas of the world where regulation is lax and therefore can provide virtually any treatment they want, at any cost they choose… It is a real mess for patients who do not know whom to trust when it comes to treating FMS.

Fibromyalgia Epidemic Truths

Fibromyalgia is speculated to be a psychosomatic condition in many patients. Actually, following my own advice, I should say that fibromyalgia may be a series of interrelated psychologically induced pain syndromes. The condition exists to distract the patient from unresolved and painful emotional issues. These issues are usually very serious to elicit such a powerful set of symptoms from the subconscious mind.

The few successes of fibromyalgia treatments occur not because the therapy is actually curing anything, but because the treatment’s side effects are often taking the place of the pain syndrome to distract from the psychologically painful issues. In essence, the treatment becomes the disease.

Recommendation on the Fibromyalgia Epidemic

Knowledge therapy may be an alternative answer to the fibromyalgia question. The treatment is not an easy path for the patient to discover, but it does exist for those who look for it within themselves. I have seen knowledge therapy work time and time again when pharmaceutical treatment has failed. The epidemic will end when both patients and doctors learn to embrace the connection between the mind, the body and the disease. Until then, research continues, treatment continues and most of all, suffering continues.

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