How Big A Role Does Stress Play In Fibromyalgia?
Answering ‘what causes fibromyalgia?’ is not an easy proposition. The problem stems from the fact that it is an ‘invisible’ disease. There are no early warning signs that a case of fibromyalgia is developing, there are no tests to confirm or deny that a person has fibromyalgia, the only way of diagnosing it is via it’s symptoms. Symptoms include Chronic Pain, chronic fatigue, insomnia, hypersensitivity to touch, depression and irritable bowel syndrome. While it is not fatal or degenerative it is a disease that will affect every aspect of a sufferers life and in roughly 30% of cases will make it impossible to work fulltime. One thing that is common to all cases of fibromyalgia is stress, though it is not clear whether the stress causes the symptoms, or the symptoms cause the stress. Stress is a very broad term used to describe the perception of a threat, either physical or psychological, and a helplessness to deal with it. Stress sufferers feel under pressure continuously and this conti
