Is Fibromyalgia Real? Common Misconceptions About the Condition

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Is Fibromyalgia Real? Common Misconceptions About the Condition
Written by Foram MehtaReviewed by Alana Biggers, MD, MPH
Last reviewed: Fri 10 February 2017
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Fibromyalgia is a common health condition marked by widespread sensitivity and pain in the muscle and joints. For many people diagnosed with fibromyalgia, the pain and tenderness is constant, but the severity changes from time to time.

The symptoms of fibromyalgia were first described in the early 1800s when the condition was called "muscular rheumatism," but fibromyalgia is still largely a mystery in the medical community today.


http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/315721.php
As such, many misconceptions exist about what causes fibromyalgia, its symptoms, and how to treat it.

[Smokin Joe]

Just because doctors don't understand something doesn't make it real. I know a friend who would have much preferred to live an active and pain free life these last twenty years. Now either the docs (finally) got the diagnosis wrong, or fibromyalgia is definitely real.