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How To Diagnose Fibromyalgia?
Question: My doctor has diagnosed me with fibromyalgia last year, could she be incorrect?
Symptoms
1. Muscle pain in arms and shoulders including tingling in right hand.
2. Excessive tiredness / fatigue post excerise and at the end of the day despite sleeping well
3. Upon waking feeling as I have a hangover
Note: I do not have pain in the 12 points as per fibro profile
I also suffer from an underlying auto immune disorder and epilepsy
Symptoms
1. Muscle pain in arms and shoulders including tingling in right hand.
2. Excessive tiredness / fatigue post excerise and at the end of the day despite sleeping well
3. Upon waking feeling as I have a hangover
Note: I do not have pain in the 12 points as per fibro profile
I also suffer from an underlying auto immune disorder and epilepsy
Brief Answer:
Fibromyalgia is a diagnosis of exclusion
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have studied your case. Fibromyalgia is a diagnosis of exclusion.It means that when all other reports are normal then we can say that it is fibromyalgia. To confirm this I would suggest you following.
1.Taking Epileptic medication can cause bone weakness. So get your Vitamin D 3 level.
2.Due to Auto immune disease you may have taken steroids.Steroids can decease immunity. For this you need to get your serum B12 estimation.
3.Also make sure that your blood sugar and thyroid profile is normal.
If after checking all these investigations your reports are normal then you are most probably having Fibromyalgia.
I hope this answer will be useful for you.Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
thanks
Fibromyalgia is a diagnosis of exclusion
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have studied your case. Fibromyalgia is a diagnosis of exclusion.It means that when all other reports are normal then we can say that it is fibromyalgia. To confirm this I would suggest you following.
1.Taking Epileptic medication can cause bone weakness. So get your Vitamin D 3 level.
2.Due to Auto immune disease you may have taken steroids.Steroids can decease immunity. For this you need to get your serum B12 estimation.
3.Also make sure that your blood sugar and thyroid profile is normal.
If after checking all these investigations your reports are normal then you are most probably having Fibromyalgia.
I hope this answer will be useful for you.Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
thanks
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar
Answered by
Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement
Practicing since :2002
Answered : 4486 Questions
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