Friday 18 January 2019

Strategies Of Coping With Fibromyalgia Winnipeg

By Melissa Rogers


Fibromyalgia is a condition that affects women. Men and children can also acquire the disorder. Its first symptoms occur at an early age, but a person can be diagnosed with it at puberty. It is a continuing illness of severe pain, rigidity, and exhaustion. Its cause is not known, but it can be associated with stress, insomnia, anxiety, and depression. This article discusses the ins and outs of coping with fibromyalgia Winnipeg.

This condition is passed from mother to child. If someone has a relative with illness it advisable that they get tested so that diagnosis can be made and treatment started early. Environmental factors that led to the sickness include stress, poor sleeping patterns, and inappropriate diet. The symptoms include chronic pain in the muscles and joints. An individual experiences pain in the neck, legs and sometimes may get episodes of a severe headache.

Other common signs of the condition include indigestion, loss of memory, depression, and insomnia. The symptoms tend to get worse during the cold season, increased stress levels and sleeplessness. When a client engages in intense activities, he or she may experience severe symptoms. There are no test that can be carried out to determine if an individual is suffering from the disease.

Medical practitioners use patient health history and the existence of symptoms to diagnose patients. The disorder has no cure hence no medication can be prescribed at the hospital level. Doctors often recommend clients to change their lifestyle to achieve good health. Eating a healthy diet, regular exercise and getting enough sleep have been known to cure the condition.

An individual usually experience fatigue, hopelessness, and difficulty sleeping as the first symptoms of the sickness. Eating unhealthy food and being in cold weather or experiencing burnout can worsen the condition. Therefore it is advisable to seek guidance from a licensed caregiver so as to achieve early recovery.

Taking part in heavy body exercises may lead to muscle fatigue hence worsening the condition. An affected person should visit a health care provider to get guidelines on which form of exercise is preferred according to signs and symptoms they are exhibiting. Workouts are used to treat the disease. Therefore, a client is advised to do as per the caregiver instruction.

Drugs are not used to cure the disease but to cure other conditions that boost the illness such as antidepressants, medications to ease the muscles tension and medicines used to reduce inflammation. Massage and heat therapy can be used to alleviate muscle and tissue fatigue. The symptoms can take time to heal it can also improve or worsen depending on various factors. However, the discomfort does not lead to death, and it cannot paralyze a person.

Practicing a healthy lifestyle helps individuals to prevent the sickness. Individuals who do exercise, get plenty of sleep and get body massage after doing extraneous jobs can manage and even stop themselves from acquiring the illness. Certain types of food have chemicals and hormones that the body uses to control diseases. There is no sure way of preventing the illness hence anybody can get this illness regardless of age, gender or environmental conditions.




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