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Fibromyalgia Epidemic
The Fibromyalgia Epdemic ContinuesThe 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 series of criteria for the positive diagnosis of this illness. It is ironic that over 50% of the diagnosed cases of fibromyalgia do not follow those specific diagnostic guidelines…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...This diagnosis by exclusion is also a contributor to the 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 one all encompassing condition. Fibromyalgia is actually a series of related pain syndromes that can exist individually or in combination with one another. Fibromyalgia Epidemic ConcernsDoctors 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…Fibromyalgia Epidemic TruthsFibromyalgia is a mostly psychosomatic condition. Actually, following my own advice, I should say that fibromyalgia is 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 EpidemicKnowledge therapy is the answer to the fibromyalgia question. The cure 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 medicine has failed. The epidemic will end when both patients and doctors learn to embrace the connection between the mind, the body and the disease.
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