Man fibromyalgia is a term that has long received little attention, and both reasons are many and complex.
1) Men who suffer daily with fibromyalgia are often labeled as lazy, weak, mentally ill, or worse.
2) The medical profession to this day often refuse to accept the fact that 15% of cases involve men fibromyalgia.
3) The men refuse to share their stories of fibromyalgia with anyone for fear of being labeled as weak, or in many cases, unfortunately, for fear of losing their jobs.
4) Fear of the family, and their reactions if man really opens and explains all the symptoms of fibromyalgia face every day.
5) Co-morbid (as) factors / conditions are often found in men and women with fibromyalgia and various other conditions.
The problems associated with fibromyalgia and human health are very different in nature to those who suffer from this vicious disease. I personally met a patient who had lost the ability to speak a few words, or a teenager who was forced to bear weight on his arm to stop involuntary movements. Symptoms vary depending on the nerves involved in the opinion of many in the medical community. I agree.
I suffered with this disease for over 35 years at the time of this writing. Until recently, I continued to work even though towards the end of this period, often thought was close to a nervous breakdown. After difficult discussions with my wife and my family's decision to apply for social security disability was taken.
In addition to many years of suffering with fibromyalgia also received radiation treatment for benign tumors in the T-7 and T-9 were called hemangiomas. This is the same type of tumor sometimes seen babies at birth, or growths that are often found on the face or head area. Besides the tumors also had surgery for cervical fusion repair herniated disc in a C-5 and C-6.
Concomitant symptoms physical / mental are often found in people who suffer from fibromyalgia. The reasons are many, but mostly because everyone with fibromyalgia have a weakened immune system, and are prone to emphasize what makes us more susceptible to physical and mental conditions. Man fibromyalgia, and those of us with severe symptoms, I think are more likely to develop secondary diseases due to one additional stress. Research has shown that people who suffer from fibromyalgia often worsen after surgery, let alone additional medical problems.
An example of this would be the author of kidney stones issues for many years. Whenever we would get criticized stones would need two weeks to recover when someone without fibromyalgia would be easy to return to themselves after a few days. In addition, radiation treatment received by benign tumors that would normally take vertebrae immediately after chest pain had regenerated bone. Also suffered from severe fibromyalgia, and still do, fibromyalgia is causing pain in the mid-thoracic region of the back. For these reasons, with age, in the end I applied for disability.
Finally, after receiving the approval of disability benefits felt a huge relief, but at the same time I struggled to adapt to life without work. I readily admit to a period of time where I had feelings and thoughts that are not healthy. I cried for my lost work, and he was forced to face now, I felt guilty about leaving my wife that the new support for our family. Now I can admit that without the unconditional love and support my wife I did not during this period.
These questions are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the male fibromyalgia, and millions of people who suffer in silence worldwide today. Men and their huge egos continue even when we are very sick, and for these reasons that many men actually die each year due to diseases such as heart disease, cancer and many others. A diagnosis of fibromyalgia for many men is something that should be ignored and only hold for lack of a better term. This is exactly the reaction men should have, and it would be much better to take some lessons from women when it comes to taking care of ourselves.
Fibromyalgia attacks actually make men and a little differently, but the main differences relate to how each individual handles the dramatic changes that come with a diagnosis of fibromyalgia. Physical differences, while some may include symptoms such as disorders of the temporomandibular joint, or (ATM). Research has shown that male and fibromyalgia disorder of TMJ are concomitant diseases that can and do co-exist for some. Symptoms of fibromyalgia vary greatly for each individual, regardless of gender, and according to many doctors that has to do with the pressure on the lower brainstem and upper cervical areas and nerves involved in this field.
For example, it is not uncommon to have an individual exhibiting the symptoms of fibromyalgia, first, while the following person has symptoms of the same on both sides. Another person may have pain in the face and perhaps severe neck pain, but no pain in the lower limbs. Personally, symptoms include severe pain in both feet, both legs, chest pain, cervical spine, loss of short term memory and severe anxiety. Later, after a chiropractic adjustment that had a chronic pain introduces two new arms, hands and fingers.
Fibromyalgia and the symptoms are very myriad of individual nature, and differences of men fibromyalgia are rare when looking at the big picture.
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