San José, Costa Rica. May, 2015.

Did you know that fibromyalgia is a disease similar to arthritis that affects mainly women? This disease is a condition where patients suffer an alteration of the pain threshold, conditioned by multiple biochemical changes that regulate the natural ways for relief from pain.

According to doctor Francisco Brenes Silesky, rheumatologist of the Clínica Bíblica Hospital, “there is no specific cause known that produces this, what is known more and more is what is happening to the patient, especially because certain ways that allow us naturally to alleviate different painful stimuli, become insufficient, resulting in spontaneous pain for the patient, that is, a pain without any cause that can explain it,”

How to know if you suffer from this? This disease is characterized by chronic generalized pain, but that in many cases is accompanied by fatigue, sleep disorder, as well as a wide range of symptoms that occur at the same time such as colitis, gastritis, irritable bladder, migraine, numbness in hands and feet, restless legs syndrome, among others.

Remember, the majority of diseases can be avoided; in this case follow the advice below:

•    Never endure pain
•    Always try to resolve the conditions that generate pain. It has been observed that a person can become sensitized to pain if not treated adequately
•    Measures to face stress of any kind
•    Avoid obesity

If you suffer from fibromyalgia:

•    Keep active and optimistic
•    Do a lot of exercise
•    Try to have a balanced diet
•    Keep a positive attitude
•    Improve the habits that sensitize pain such as a lack of exercise and obesity
•    Do not resign yourself to enduring pain just because you have fibromyalgia

With the treatment, one seeks to improve the functions of the natural analgesic ways and for this, there are many neuro-modulator molecules available, but it is essential to control the factors that predispose one to the pain threshold not working well and these are avoiding obesity, maintaining physical aerobic and mobility exercise, and support with behavioral cognitive therapy so that the patient can endure such a consuming disease such as always being in pain.

For further information or for requesting medical attention, please call the number 2522-1000, or write to the email citas@clinicabiblica.com or contact us via chat at the website: www.clinicabiblica.com.