How does your fibromyalgia affect you?? Has it caused severe neuropathy in part or all of your body.
Daily we with anytype of neuropathy fight. Those with Fibromyalgia usually suffer from some form of neuropathy. It is a daily fight when on the outside we look fine and sometimes we don’t. But on the days we look as if all is hunky dory. Ughh naw don’t think so. Imagine you have a constant fog on your brain. Your limbs can become heavy, numb yet at the same time how can yo expalin to someone that millions of needles are stabbing you. Doesn’t make since to anyone. Most defintly us the patients. Doctors can’t explain it. The fighters can’t explain it. And yes they are fighters. Because just the idea of getting out of bed can almost bring on some anxiety. Neuropathy is a collection of disorders that occurs when nerves of the peripheral nervous system (the part of the nervous system outside of the brain and spinal cord) are damaged. The condition is generally referred to as peripheral neuropathy, and it is most commonly due to damage to nerve axons. Neuropathy usually causes pain and numbness in the hands and feet. It can result from traumatic injuries, infections, metabolic disorders, and exposure to toxins. One of the most common causes of neuropathy is diabetes. Neuropathy can affect nerves that control muscle movement (motor nerves) and those that detect sensations such as coldness or pain (sensory nerves). In some cases – autonomic neuropathy – it can affect internal organs, such as the heart, blood vessels, bladder, or intestines. Pain from peripheral neuropathy is often described as a tingling or burning sensation. There is no specific length of time that the pain exists, but symptoms often improve with time – especially if the neuropathy has an underlying condition that can be cured. The condition is often associated with poor nutrition, a number of diseases, and pressure or trauma, but many cases have no known reason (called idiopathic neuropathy).In the United States, about 20 million people suffer from neuropathy. Over half of diabetes patients also suffer from the condition. Fibromyalgia and neuropathy each may cause common physical symptoms. Treatments for fibromyalgia as well as for neuropathy also tend to overlap in some cases. Despite the similarities featured by each, fibromyalgia and neuropathy are completely separate conditions. Neuropathy is a condition of the central nervous system. There are many different types of neuropathy, as well as different causes for this disorder, which often leads to debate over its definition in relationship to other diseases and conditions. For instance, individuals suffering from conditions such as diabetes, cancer and AIDS are also frequently plagued by nerve disorders. A few of the symptoms of neuropathy include numbness in the extremities, pain and tingling. Fibromyalgia, on the other hand, is not a condition of the central nervous system. It does, however, feature chronic pain symptoms and a person affected with fibromyalgia may also experience nerve pain. It is shared symptoms, such as pain or tingling in the fingers and hands, which cause some to more closely associate the illnesses. Fibromyalgia and neuropathy are also both chronic pain conditions that share some of the same treatment options. One example of such is that both conditions are sometimes treated with a specific medication called pregabalin, which interacts with the central nervous system to reduce the painful symptoms associated with fibromyalgia and neuropathy. Health experts sometimes also recommend low-impact physical exercise for pain management for both conditions.
