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Fibromyalgia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 112

Fibromyalgia

Characterized by chronic widespread pain, fibromyalgia presents complex problems in both its diagnosis and treatment. Fibromyalgia is a fairly common condition, affecting 2-4% of the population. The condition's prevalence has increased dramatically since 1990. The condition is not new, but has been known by various names, such as fibrositis and myofascial pain syndrome until 1990, when the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) published new classification criteria and first used the name fibromyalgia. The absence of objective diagnostic testing and the overlap with other condition often leads to a significant delay in diagnosis. There is a general misconception that the condition is unrespo...

The Clinical Neurobiology of Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 306

The Clinical Neurobiology of Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-08-11
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

Is chronic fatigue syndrome an early process of muscle aging? Is fibromyalgia a central pain state? This book covers the latest developments in pain research as presented at the Fifth World Congress on Myofascial Pain (MYOPAIN 2001). It examines the results of a wide scope of basic and applied research on soft-tissue pain, with a strong focus on therapeutic approaches. Its three main sections explore the neurobiology of central sensitization, regional pain syndromes, and chronic widespread pain. In addition, this well-referenced book presents a fascinating chapter on the complex relationship between muscle pain and aging. Handy graphs, charts, and illustrations make the information easy to a...

Making Sense of Fibromyalgia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 274

Making Sense of Fibromyalgia

The latest edition of Making Sense of Fibromyalgia is written by well known, widely published experts in the field. It distills complex concepts of amplified pain into a easily readable and understandable narrative. This monograph is aimed at college educated laypersons, allied health professionals, patients, and treating physicians.

The Status of Efforts to Identify Persian Gulf War Syndrome
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 547

The Status of Efforts to Identify Persian Gulf War Syndrome

Congressional hearing on the health problems of Persian Gulf war veterans. Includes statements by a number of doctors, professors, vets, and others concerned with these problems, such as Committee to Review the Health Consequences of Service during the Persian Gulf War, Institute of Medicine; and Director, Gulf War Research Foundation. Also includes statements submitted by a number of doctors, members of Congress, veterans, and others, such as Disabled American Veterans; International Advocacy for Gulf War Syndrome; Pres. Advisory Committee on Persian Gulf Vets' Illnesses, and Nat. Persian Gulf War Resource Center.

Chronic Pain Reset: 30 Days of Activities, Practices, and Skills to Help You Thrive
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 273

Chronic Pain Reset: 30 Days of Activities, Practices, and Skills to Help You Thrive

Build a plan to reclaim your life with this easy-to-follow program designed by a leading pain expert. This indispensable guide explores the key role that your brain plays in processing pain and how small, simple actions can make profound changes in how you experience chronic pain. Chronic Pain Reset will help you evaluate your pain and its triggers, offering straightforward and often fun strategies to improve it. Using the principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy, you’ll try one new evidence-based strategy each day for 30 days, from paced breathing and healthy sleep hacks to mindful walking and acts of kindness. The accessible strategies require as little as 15 minutes a day and apply to all fitness levels. Step-by-step instructions guide you with humor and compassion to make learning and practicing the strategies more engaging. The ones that work best and that you like most will go into your Thriving Plan, a personalized pain-management tool kit that you design to help you lead a life with less pain, greater purpose, and more joy.

A Clinician's Pearls & Myths in Rheumatology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 763

A Clinician's Pearls & Myths in Rheumatology

This book builds upon the first edition with new and improved chapters. The book explores the rich assemblage of clinical wisdom from expert rheumatologists from a wide range of specialties including Vasculitis and Sjogren’s syndrome. It examines the nuggets or ‘pearls’ of wisdom gained from collective clinical experience about the diagnosis or treatment of various diseases whilst also aiming to debunk myths that have influenced the practice of rheumatology by many clinicians. The second edition of A Clinician's Pearls and Myths in Rheumatology is a critical resource for both practitioners and students of rheumatology. This book provides a clear guide for those wishing to take a “deep dive” into the diagnostic and therapeutic elements of rheumatology.

Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 214
The Politics of Pain Medicine
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 253

The Politics of Pain Medicine

The author explores the changing rhetoric of pain medicine and how this rhetoric ultimately shapes the health-care community's understanding of what pain medicine is, how the medicine should be practiced and regulated, and how practitioner-patient relationships are best managed. -- Dust jacket.

Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 297

Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces

Nine years after Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm (the Gulf War) ended in June 1991, uncertainty and questions remain about illnesses reported in a substantial percentage of the 697,000 service members who were deployed. Even though it was a short conflict with very few battle casualties or immediately recognized disease or non-battle injuries, the events of the Gulf War and the experiences of the ensuing years have made clear many potentially instructive aspects of the deployment and its hazards. Since the Gulf War, several other large deployments have also occurred, including deployments to Haiti and Somalia. Major deployments to Bosnia, Southwest Asia, and, most recently, Kosovo ...