Fibromyalgia is a chronic musculoskeletal pain and fatigue disorder which affects the muscles, ligaments, and tendons.
It is not contagious, nor is it life threatening, nevertheless it's a devastating disease which has caused people to lose their jobs, and even their friends.
Not all patients have all the same symptoms; they vary from person to person, and day to day, flaring up one day and going into remission the next.
Some of the aggravating factors are improper diet, climate changes, cold or drafty environments, allergies, infections, hormones, over-exertion, anxiety and stress.
Sufferers experience a wide variety of symptoms such as widespread pain tenderness to touch; pain may also be in a certain area such as the neck, shoulders, lower back, hips, and other areas making it extremely difficult to move at times.
Other symptoms include burning sensations, muscle spasms, weakness in the limbs, eye problems such as pain, blurred vision, and sensitivity to light, irritable bowel syndrome, sleeping disorder, fatigue, headaches, brain or fibro fog-which contributes to memory loss, and depression.
Fibromyalgia is a difficult disease to diagnose.
Often patients are diagnosed and treated only for the symptoms, rather than the underlying cause.
This results in even more suffering for the patients.
Scientifically speaking the root cause is not known, and Medical Science has no cure for fibromyalgia.
But there is hope.
Studies have shown that many fibromyalgia patients experience similar symptoms as those with nutritional imbalances, high toxins and low thyroid function.
When the body does not receive proper nutrition, it is unable to rid itself of all the harmful toxins.
These toxins aggravate the soft muscle tissues causing the stiffness, pain and other symptoms.
Thus when patients are detoxified and given proper nutrition they seem to recover quite well.
Many have been cured of all symptoms.