Fibromyalgia in the workplace: a 'management' problem
Article Abstract:
Many patients who develop fibromyalgia syndrome may have been injured in the workplace. Fibromyalgia syndrome is a disorder characterized by chronic inflammation of the muscle and the tissues surrounding it. Patients with this syndrome are often young or middle-aged women with a history of certain symptoms. These symptoms include inflammation of the muscles and joints, morning stiffness, reduced exercise tolerance and difficulty sleeping. The onset of symptoms is frequently associated with a specific event such as an industrial or traffic accident. Many patients with fibromyalgia may have been injured as the result of poor workplace ergonomics. These types of injuries may be caused by poor posture of the neck or lower back and repetitive movements of the hands and wrists. Physicians must be careful when treating patients claiming these types of injuries. An epidemic of these types of injuries could have a large impact on both social and economic resources.
Publication Name: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4967
Year: 1993
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Fibromyalgia: why such controversy?
Article Abstract:
Fibromyalgia appears to be a discrete disorder that can be distinguished diagnostically from other disorders involving musculoskeletal pain. Its chief symptoms are chronic musculoskeletal pain with characteristic spots that are painful when pressed. Fatigue, sleep disturbances, and mood disturbances are common. The absence of tissue pathology does not mean it is not an illness. Migraine, irritable bowel syndrome, and other diseases share this characteristic. Some people feel that the diagnosis will inappropriately label a healthy person as ill. On the contrary, patients with the disease have usually spent years going from doctor to doctor and undergoing tests. The diagnosis of fibromyalgia relieves the patient's mind of the fear of degenerative disease and permits concentration on managing chronic pain and preventing or minimizing disability.
Publication Name: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4967
Year: 1995
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How should we manage fibromyalgia?
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Fibromyalgia has been accepted as a valid diagnosis, or at least one somewhat more credible than originally thought. But rheumatologists are still reluctant to treat the disorder when diagnosed for a variety of reasons. When faced with such a patient. a physician must keep careful records of symptoms, run an extraordinary number of tests to exclude other possibilities, and counsel the patient to understand the cycle of insomnia, fatigue, lack of exercise, anxiety and pain, and advise how to break into it. A diagnosis of fibromyalgia might also set the patient up to press a lawsuit against employers or others.
Publication Name: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4967
Year: 1999
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