How fibromyalgia affects the brain and central nervous system

Fibromyalgia is a neurological disease that affects the soft tissues of the locomotor system, such as muscles, tendons and ligaments. Most people with fibromyalgia experience intense muscle soreness and discomfort, also accompanied by a pronounced level of fatigue throughout the body.

At the beginning, muscle pain and fatigue usually occur in the upper parts of the body (necks, cervical region, back and shoulders), extending to other regions of the body (middle back, arms, spine, lumbar and Thighs).

As we see, in this disease is very common pain, but not only that, it also affects different parts of our daily life, especially the parts where the nervous system works, and we will talk about this in this article.

Headache

Patients with fibromyalgia share many characteristics with chronic headache patients. Similar to migraine, fibromyalgia occurs more often in women of childbearing age, women affected by this disease are 7 times greater than men.

The symptoms of headache are generally classified as severe, occurring at least twice a week.

Difficulty sleeping

The chances of you having a good night's suffering from fibromyalgia is really complicated. In fact, if someone has sleep problems, this is one of the indicators adopted to diagnose fibromyalgia.

With this condition, the person sleeps all night, but wakes up with the feeling that he hardly rested. This happens because the activity of the brain of the person is similar to that of a person who is not sleeping.

Chronic Fatigue

The number of fibromyalgia sufferers with chronic fatigue is increasing.Chronic fatigue is severe body burnout that could last for at least six months. This condition usually has these symptoms.

·        Problems of memory or concentration.

·        Muscle pain.

·        Lack of sleep.

·        General discomfort.

·        Headache.

·        Sore throat.

This condition is usually caused by a dysfunction of the immune system or the hypothalamus.

Fibroniebla

This causes the inability to remember people's names and birthdays, or to remember the details of school projects or work.Cognitive difficulties may include confusion, memory lapses, inability to concentrate.

Sometimes the fibronie is confused with attention deficit syndrome and dyslexia.

Making techniques with tools like calendars, lists, journals, voice recorders can be very helpful for those who suffer from this symptom. Modern technologies also offer a number of organizational tools such as computers.

A tip for those who suffer from fibronie:

"Set aside some time each day to organize and prepare your agenda for the day ... in the early morning or before bed is usually better ... find out what works best for you. It may take a little trial and error to find the way, but when you have found it you will have a key to controlling the fibronie and your life. "

Concentration and distraction

Fibromyalgia can cause you problems concentrating on the tasks you are performing and make you susceptible to distraction.

vocabulary

This disease can also cause problems in speech, forgetting words, saying poorly structured or unintelligible sentences. It is also usual to confuse words, because we think of saying something, and we say it using related words but not what we really meant.

Memory loss

You can reach a point where you realize that you are unable to easily remember things or situations. For example remembering where the car keys are, or remembering the dates and times of important appointments, this can be quite difficult as time progresses.

Mathematics

Maybe already mathematics for some is a problem. But those with fibromyalgia may have very specific problems with simple equations and sequences that is about remembering numbers.

This makes day to day a little complicated.

Directions

We have already seen about fibronie and memory loss, so this also affects remembering directions, when you want to remember an address for example when going to a specific store or any other place you will not remember where it is.

Depression and anxiety

Apart from being one of the symptoms, I also believe that depression and anxiety are the main factors that contribute to this disease. Anxiety also causes an obstacle in recovery of health and maintenance of the body.

Natural Treatments for Fibromyalgia

Medications for Fibromyalgia Pain

Analgesics like aspirin, ibuprofen and cortisone as a treatment for fibromyalgia sufferers are often of very little help.

Analgesics, such as codeine, morphine, or oxycodone may provide some significant pain relief, however, these are opioids that have side effects for fibromyalgia patients who are particularly sensitive to such, such as nausea, constipation, itching, and confusion mental.

For this reason most patients do not choose to take such narcotics for the long term.

Recent research shows that addiction rarely develops when opioid medications are taken for chronic pain; however, dependence occurs in most patients.

Alternative treatment for fibromyalgia sufferers may include weak opioids like Ultram or Ultracet, which have a minimal potential for addiction.

Treatment for sleep disorders

Sleep disorders that often occur as a result of fibromyalgia, brings underlying effects including sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, or grinding of teeth.

These potential contributors should be discarded before beginning treatment for fibromyalgia sufferers.

If an underlying cause is not found, low doses of tricyclic antidepressants or sleeping pills such as zolpidem are often helpful.

These drugs are not addictive when used in low doses, and patients taking these medications rarely experience side effects.

Treatment for fibromyalgia patients should not include the regular use of strong 

sleeping pills like Restoril or Valium because they decrease the quality of sleep.

Depression and anxiety

Treatment of these disorders may include cognitive behavioral or other psychiatric / psychological therapies, often at the same time as anti-anxiety drugs and antidepressants.

Treating emotional problems will not cure fibromyalgia, but it will decrease your burden.

Exercise as treatment

It can be difficult to incorporate exercise as a treatment for fibromyalgia sufferers, since they are already tired and in pain.

However, growing evidence shows that regular exercise is crucial in the fight against fibromyalgia, and patients who adopt an exercise plan have better progress.

A low-impact routine such as walking, stationary cycling, aerobic in water, etc. And avoiding high impact activities like running, contact sports, will be beneficial.

Of course it is advisable to consult a physician before beginning an exercise routine as part of the treatment for fibromyalgia sufferers.

To stay fit, you only need 20 minutes of physical activity three times a week at 70% of your maximum heart rate.