1. “Imagine a pior doença, fadiga e dor, e sua cabeça está em um nevoeiro profundo, onde você pensou em ir ao hospital. Agora imagine-se sentindo assim todos os dias e sabendo que, se for ao hospital, você provavelmente não encontrará nada de errado e enviará para sua casa e lhe pedirá que consulte seu médico de…
The state’s $1 million investment toward finding a way to prevent ticks from spreading Lyme disease is paying off, a UMass Medical School researcher said Thursday, and an additional investment could move an antibody proven in labs to protect mice against Lyme closer to a human trial. As Lyme, a tick-borne bacterial infection that can…
Are you losing your mind from scratching an itch that just won’t go away? It could be your scalp, the back of your neck or behind your ears, legs or feet, and even a finger. And let’s not forget the unmentionables as well! It’s that itch or feeling of bugs crawling on you, sometimes tingling,…
Adrenal fatigue is not a validated medical diagnosis, but rather a theory that has gained traction among some health-care practitioners. Known also as adrenal exhaustion or insufficiency, adrenal fatigue refers to a condition in which high levels of sustained stress diminish the proper functioning of the adrenal glands. Progesterone is a sex hormone that depends…
It is often difficult, when you have a chronic condition, to know when to risk it. Should I go on vacation with the possibility of having an outbreak of symptoms? If you do not do it now, when will you decide what is the best time to do it? It is very important, when it comes to fibromyalgia , or…
People with fibromyalgia may experience numbness or tingling in their legs and feet, which may also be present in their hands or arms. This numbness and tingling is called paresthesia , and about 1 in 4 people with fibromyalgia is affected by this symptom. No one knows exactly what causes people with fibromyalgia to experience paresthesia. Two possible theories…
Susan first heard about Amen Clinics when one of her children benefited from their services. At that time, she was very impressed with the success of the targeted treatment plan, but she had no idea she’d eventually seek Amen Clinics services for herself. Several years later, a traumatic event triggered a deep emotional shift for…
A father who took almost a decade to recover from a devastating brain injury is now helping other patients to rehabilitate. Billy Steele, 52, spent almost three years in hospital – including three months in a coma – after he was knocked down by a car in Glasgow in 2009. After lengthy NHS treatment he…
Costochondritis in Fibromyalgia People with fibromyalgia are also susceptible to having pain in the chest, a condition known as Costochondritis. The chest pain can range from mild annoyance to excruciating pain described as being similar to a heart attack. What is Costochondritis? Costochondritis is basically an inflammation of the cartilage that links your ribs to the…
Pregabalin and Gabapentin are selective inhibitors of voltage- gated calcium channels, which act to inhibit these pumps at specific alpha2-delta site and inhibit calcium mediated release of neurotransmitters from synaptic vesicles. The neurotransmitters that are inhibited are adrenaline and nor-adrenaline, which increases the sensitivity of neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain is caused due to damage, necrosis…