The Everything Health Guide to Fibromyalgia
eBook - ePub

The Everything Health Guide to Fibromyalgia

Professional Advice to Help you Make it through the Day

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Everything Health Guide to Fibromyalgia

Professional Advice to Help you Make it through the Day

About this book

The Everything Health Guide to Fibromyalgia is a complete handbook to this complicated disease. Written with an authoritative yet accessible tone, readers will find helpful information on understanding the basics of fibromyalgia and learn to recognize its symptoms. Includes helpful insight on: Finding the right doctor; Overcoming fatigue and minimizing stress; Conditions that mimic fibromyalgia; Therapies and treatment; Staying active. The Everything Health Guide to Fibromyalgia helps readers cope with and understand their diagnosis to live a full, healthy life. Winnie Yu is a freelance writer. She co-authored three health books for Fair Winds Press and contributed essays on health and wellness to five books published by Rodale Inc. She has written features for numerous national magazines and several Web sites. Michael M. McNett, M.D. is the owner of Fibromyalgia Treatment Centers of America based in Chicago, IL. His areas of focus are fibromyalgia treatment and research and non-interventional pain management. He is affiliated with the American Board of Family Practice, the American Academy of Pain Management, the American Society of Addiciton Medicine, and is on the editorial board of Fibromyalgia Aware magazine.

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Information

Publisher
Everything
Year
2006
Print ISBN
9781593375867

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. Fibromyalgia Defined
  9. Signs and Symptoms
  10. Fibro Imitators
  11. Finding the Right Doctors
  12. Diagnosing Fibromyalgia
  13. All about Pain
  14. The Fatigue Factor
  15. The Sleep Problem
  16. Other Fibro Troubles
  17. Medications That Can Help
  18. Alternative Fibro Treatments
  19. Living with Fibromyalgia
  20. Staying Active
  21. Tame the Stress Monster
  22. Managing Difficult Emotions
  23. The Mind-Body Connection
  24. Working and Traveling
  25. Fibromyalgia and Your Relationships
  26. Positive Coping
  27. The Future of Fibro
  28. APPENDIX A: Organizations and Support Groups
  29. APPENDIX B: Glossary
  30. APPENDIX C: Further Reading
  31. The Everything® Health Guide Series