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import Article from "@/components/Article";
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import { Metadata } from "next";
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export const metadata: Metadata = {
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title: "Article - Chronic Muscle Pain | Dr. Feely",
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authors: [{ name: "Robert M. Kidd, M.D." }],
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description: `If you are tired and fatigued and if your muscles ache all over,
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you may suffer from fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), which is characterized by
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widespread pain and tenderness at specific points on certain muscle groups
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(joints are not usually involved). Symptoms most often come from hip, back,
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shoulder and neck muscles and usually arise gradually, often following a
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sprain, strain, whiplash, or other trauma. Some patients report FMS symptom
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onset following viral or bacterial infection. Many sufferers say it feels like
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they have the flu all the time.`,
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};
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const ArticleChronicMusclePain = () => {
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return (
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<Article title="Chronic Muscle Pain" author="Robert M. Kidd, M.D.">
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<p>
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If you are tired and fatigued and if your muscles ache all over, you may
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suffer from fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), which is characterized by
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widespread pain and tenderness at specific points on certain muscle
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groups (joints are not usually involved). Symptoms most often come from
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hip, back, shoulder and neck muscles and usually arise gradually, often
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following a sprain, strain, whiplash, or other trauma. Some patients
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report FMS symptom onset following viral or bacterial infection. Many
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sufferers say it feels like they have the flu all the time.
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</p>
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<p>
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FMS remains a painful and poorly understood condition. There is no
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single cause. It seems to strike women between the ages of 20 and 50
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(about 25 percent of those with FMS are men), and there is no single
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treatment that is effective for every person. The signs and symptoms
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include fatigue, chronic muscle ache, sleep disturbance, anxiety,
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tenderness at specific muscle points, morning stiffness, intestinal
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complaints, and shortness of breath.
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</p>
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<p>
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There are no laboratory tests that can confirm a diagnosis of FMS.
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However, some practitioners of holistic medicine may order functional
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tests to determine if a metabolic imbalance is the source of muscle pain
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and fatigue. There are no generally effective medical treatments,
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either. However, aspirin, ibuprofen, indomethacin and other medications
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have been effectively used to relieve musculoskeletal pain, and the
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antidepressant Elavil has been helpful for some FMS patients.
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</p>
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<p>
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What can be said is that recovery from FMS requires an integrated
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approach that includes nutrition, diet therapy, mind/body work,
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medication in some cases, exercise, lifestyle modification, acupuncture,
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osteopathic manipulation and other modalities provided by a team
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approach with different professionals working together.
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</p>
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</Article>
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);
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};
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export default ArticleChronicMusclePain;
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