Fibromyalgia is a condition characterized by widespread chronic muscle and joint pain, fatigue, and tenderness. Common symptoms include chronic muscle pain, muscle spasms or tightness, abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, alternating diarrhea and constipation, fatigue, decreased energy, insomnia, stiffness upon waking or after staying in one position too long, jaw and facial tenderness, sensitivity to odors, noise, cold and bright lights, anxiety or depression, numbness or tingling in the extremities, reduced tolerance for exercise and muscle pain after exercise, feeling of swelling in the hands and feet, urinary urgency, and tension headaches. Symptoms may intensify depending on the time of day or be worsened by fatigue,

1. FIBROMYALGIA?
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF
CHRONIC MUSCLE PAIN
MUSCLE SPASM OR TIGHTNESS
ABDOMINAL PAIN
BLOATING, NAUSEA, AND
CONSTIPATION ALTERNATING
WITH DIARRHEA
FATIGUE
DECREASED ENERGY
INSOMNIA
STIFFNESS
UPON WAKING
OR AFTER STAYING IN ONE
POSITION FOR TOO LONG
JAW AND FACIAL TENDERNESS
SENSITIVITY TO
ODORS, NOISE, COLD, AND BRIGHT LIGHTS
ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION
NUMBNESS OR TINGLING
IN THE FACE, ARMS, HANDS, LEGS OR FEET
REDUCED TOLERANCE
FOR EXERCISE
AND MUSCLE PAIN AFTER EXERCISE
FEELING OF SWELLING
IN THE HANDS AND FEET
URINARY URGENCY
Increase of urinary urgency
and symptoms of irritable
bowel syndrome
TENSION HEADACHES
Fibromyalgia symptoms
may intensify depending
on the time of day-
morning,late afternoon,and evening
tend to be the worst times.
Symptoms may also get worse with fatigue,tension,inactivity,changes
in the weather,cold or drafty conditions,overexertion,hormonal
fluctuations (such as just before your period or during menopause),
stress,depression,or other emotional factors.
If the condition is not diagnosed and treated early,symptoms can go on
indefinitely,or they may disappear for months and then recur.
often described as aching,burning,throbbing,
gnawing,shooting,tingling
feeling tired to exhausted and requiring
rest periods during the day
tension and or migraine
not being able to fall asleep
and or able to stay asleep
may include panic attacks
alteration of taste,smell and hearing
feels swollen but lack of diagnosis
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