Hi. I'm Rowe Jones, a former chronic pain sufferer. This site is all about supplying you with the latest information on chronic pain (headache, back pain, arthritis and fibromyalgia). I also want to help motivate you to help make your life a little brighter.
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Putting a face on fibromyalgia
Profound, chronic, widespread pain. Not something most of us would wish on our worst enemy, yet that is what the average fibromyalgia sufferer has to look forward to long term.
Fibromyalgia, a surprisingly common and complex chronic pain disorder, affects an estimated seven to 10 million Americans. It affects women much more than men in an approximate ratio of 20 to one and is seen in all age groups from young children through old age. Most sufferers begin experiencing symptoms in their 20s or 30s. Fibromyalgia affects sufferers physically, mentally and emotionally, and is unique in that it is a syndrome rather than a disease. The difference being unlike a disease, which has a specific cause and recognizable symptoms, fibromyalgia is recognizable by a series of signs, symptoms, and medical problems that generally coexist, but are not clearly related to an easily identifiable cause. Glenda Smith, of Mt. Mesa, was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 1989 at the age of 42. Since then she has had to contend with excruciating pain on a nearly daily basis.
