Hi Dee Yes it really annoys me when doctors call any pain they can't identify 'fibromyalgia'. It does a real disservice both to their patients and to people who genuinely have fibro. Fibromyalgia has 18 distinct pressure points set bilaterally on the body. these are extremely sensitive to touch or pressure, way out of the ordinary (you can find diagrams of these on the internet) and many sufferers also have a whole list of other symptoms.
However the problem is that many doctors when they don't know what's wrong, just take the easy way out and use it as an umbrella term Cheers Kirsteen On 6/14/09, Dee Fitzpatrick <d...@deetroy.org> wrote: > > Well if you get unidentifiable pain such as fibromyalgia (which covers > all it seems) there isn't really any treatment for it only painkillers. I > have read that sciatica is often diagnosed when it is really herpes zoster, > but doctors don't seem to be aware of this. They always say there must be > 'a trapped nerve' or something. It was only my own investigation and > experimentation which caused me to think that it must be herpes, because the > regimen I followed cured it. I had run all the old mainstream stuff for > sciatica i.e. Physiotherapy etc., and it didn't work. Dee > > *-------Original Message-------* > > *From:* Jayson <john_smith...@yahoo.com> > *Date:* 14/06/2009 13:51:32 > *To:* silver-list@eskimo.com > *Subject:* Re: Fw: Re: CS>Wayne > > What is the name of your doctor? I need to know so I don't go to him or > her! That sure is some type of misdiagnosis! <d...@deetroy.org> wrote: > > > > >
