My doctor didn't say this to me, although I realize that this is not the sort of thing all doctors would be au fait on. She just said it was this mystery nerve pain aka fibromyalgia. It used to be known as fibrositis but now is known blanketly as fibromyalgia. My first doctor, however, *did* say it was shingles, (herpes) but I didn't believe him as I had no lesions. My friends doctor told her the same, although he threw in a bit of 'wear and tear' as the cause also, although it came suddenly, and went just as suddenly! The wear and tear must have worn off I concluded - LOL! Dee
-------Original Message------- From: Kirsteen Wright Date: 24/02/2008 21:54:49 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>EIS Immune system booster? On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Dee <[email protected]> wrote: Well, as I understand it, they call 'mystery nerve pain' fibromyalgia for want of a better word. In other words, no-one is really sure what causes it Yes there are a lot of theories but no definitive research but a diagnosis of fibromayalgia requires that at least a majority of the fibro points are extremely tender when pressed. There are 2 at the base of the skull,2 at the front of the neck, 2 on top of the shoulders sort of half way out, 2 on the shoulder blades at the front, 2 at the back either side of the spine, 2 at the elbows on the top of te arm, 2 inside the knees, 2 sort of at the top of the gluteus maximus and 2 nearer the outside of the hips. You really need a reliable chart to identify them. Many unidentified pains are referred to as myalgia but true fibromyalgia always involves these points. Kirsteen
