My step-son has been reluctantly diagnosed by a physician with fibromyalgia. He’s 15 years old, obese, flat-footed and we believe he’s exaggerating. Is there a definitive test to rule out fibromyalgia in a child. He’s been reading about it extensively online and believes everything sounds like his “symptoms”. We don’t want to ignore actual pain but we also don’t want to proceed with a misdiagnosis. We are in the DC Metro area.
Can Gauifensen flush the body of all agents that cause Fibromyalgia?
I was told by my doctor that I had fibromyalgia. As I gotten older, it has gotten worse and is becoming increasingly more painful. I recently met a young woman that has started a treatment using Gauifensen and eliminating Salislates for her diet and also eliminating them in product/medication forms. Can you tell me if you know anyting about Gauifensen and if it is true that this product can flush the body of all the agents that cause fibromyalgia? I need to do something — the pain is taken over my life and I have tried everything. I just don’t want to get started down another path that maybe wrong. Can you please let me know what you think about the above questions.
Fibromyalgia blood test results?
I have fibromyalgia..and I just had blood work ..my white blood count came up a little high..also my hemoglobin came up a little high also. Is this normal? Also, I am a smoker.
How much Exercise?
How much exercise out of the water – I need to loose 20 lbs and can not do so in he water so far
Time frame between Rheumatoid flares?
I had a possible Rhuematoid flare last March. I was never diagnosed and was left with the advice to wait and see if anything happens again. I have been taking vitamins, but no meds and haven’t had a flare since the first one went down last April, which has been over a year. What are the chances that I have RA. My sed level and Rhuematoid count were high, but I tested negative for the antibodies. I am thinking of having another child, but don’t want to if I am going to have a disabling disease. My other doctor told me I would flare again within 8 months if it was RA and not a virus.
Withholding treatmen due to a “cost to society”?
Is it appropriate for a doctor to withhold biologics and cite “cost to society” as the reason? I am watching a loved one go downhill (increased number of swollen joints, increased fatigue, malaise and overall pain). Yet the only reason she gives is “cost to society”. Wow, does that ever seem like a terrible thing to anyone, especially someone who is sick.
