Awareness 2007 Fibromyalgia Association UK

Posted by Southport Fibromyalgia Support Group on May 8, 2007 9:04 AM

Awareness Day 2007 - Press Release
Sunday, 06 May 2007
Whilst Fibromyalgia Association UK welcomes the government initiative to enable more people with long term conditions and disabilities to remain in or return to work, it seems impossible to implement for those with fibromyalgia.

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Meetings

Posted by Southport Fibromyalgia Support Group on April 28, 2007 7:50 PM

Meeting are held monthly on the last thursday of every month at 7pm.

We meet at Scarisbrick New Rd Baptist church here in Southport.

Sufferers Family and friends are all welcome to the monthly meetings.

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What is Fibromyalgia (FMS)

Posted by Southport Fibromyalgia Support Group on April 24, 2007 11:07 PM

What is fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia is a common and disabling disorder affecting 2-4% of the population, women more often than men. Despite the condition's frequency, the diagnosis is often missed. Patients with fibromyalgia usually ache all over, sleep poorly, are stiff on waking, and are tired all day. They are prone to headaches, memory and concentration problems, dizziness, numbness and tingling, itching, fluid retention, crampy abdominal or pelvic pain and diarrhea, and several other symptoms.

There are no diagnostic lab or x-ray abnormalities, but a physician can confirm the diagnosis by finding tender points in characteristic locations. Fibromyalgia often runs in families, suggesting an inherited predisposition. It may lie dormant until triggered by an infection, injury, stress, or sleep disturbance. It is closely related to the chronic fatigue and irritable bowel syndromes and to migraines. Some have suggested that these are all just different facets of the same underlying disorder.

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