Fibromyalgia Awareness

Fibromyalgia sufferers are often told "there is no known cause or cure" for our illnesses. This is NOT TRUE and we should not just accept this and give up!

While there is no one single thing that causes or cures ALL people with these illnesses, there are hundreds of causes out there (see the list below of triggers or misdiagnoses of fibromyalgia).

No doubt there are hundreds of cures as well. We each have to find the one that is the cure for our own personal illness. For some, the cure involves diet changes, for others it will be medications or lifestyle changes. It will be easier to find the cure if you work out what the cause is.

Fibromyalgia is a SYNDROME, which means that it is a name for a set of symptoms with no known cause. However, there must still BE a cause, we just don't know what it is yet.

A lot of us later find out that the cause was lyme disease, or mercury poisoning, or mould toxicity etc etc, the list goes on. Those who find out what the cause of their fibromyalgia is are then able to treat the cause appropriately.

A diagnosis of fibromyalgia or CFS should not be seen as the final stage. You have not found the answer yet, this just gives you a starting point and an easier way of describing your symptoms to people.

Please DO NOT ACCEPT THIS AS YOUR FINAL DIAGNOSIS. Continue to try to discover the cause of your symptoms. They are not caused by fibromyalgia; that is just a name that describes them. Work your way through the list of causes below - and contact me via the "Contact Us" form at www.diagnosesupport.com (where this list is regularly updated) if you know of any more that I can add to the list - and hopefully one day you will narrow it down and work out what the cause of your own personal illness is.

Keep on searching, there is still hope of finding the cause and cure for your symptoms.

1. Lyme disease
2. MS
3. Lupus
4. Mould toxicity
5. Mercury poisoning
6. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
7. Myofascial Pain Syndrome
8. Mitochondrial Myopathy
9. Metabolic Myopathy
10. Fatty Acid oxidation disorders
11. Celiac disease
12. Pituitary tumors
13. Cushings
14. Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
15. Low Thyroid
16. Hormonal Imbalances
17. Aspartame poisoning
18. Chlamydia Pneumonaie
19. Candida / yeast infection
20. Chemical intolerance
21. Spinal tumour
22. Crohn’s Disease
23. Chronic EBV
24. Facet Syndrome
25. Polymyalgia
26. Hughes Syndrome
27. Addison's disease
28. Haemochromotosis
29. RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Disorder)
30. Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.
31. Degenerative Arthritis
32. Sarcoidosis
33. Chronic sinusitis
34. Polymyositis
35. Spinal Stenosis
36. Scoliosis
37. Sprained dorsal spine
38. Repetitive Muscle Injuries
39. Lead Poisoning
40. Cancer
41. Babesia
42. Sero Negative Reactive Spodyloarthritis
43. Microplasma Infections
44. Electrosensitivity
45. Wegeners
46. Dystonia
47. Wilson's Syndrome
48. Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome
49. Vitamin D Deficiency
50. Bartonella
51. Ehrlichiosis
52. HHV6
53. Ciguatera Toxin
54. Gastroparesis

55. Porphyria (especially Acute Intermittant Porphyria)

...and no doubt there are many more out there... please contact me via the "Contact Us" form on www.diagnosesupport.com (where this list is also available and regularly updated) if you can think of more!

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