Living with chronic pain that even doctors don’t believe - This is fibromyalgia
People with fibromyalgia feel widespread pain - but their medical tests come back normal. Not only does this baffle doctors, patients also question if their constant muscle aches, joint pain, and tiredness were simply imagined.
Fibromyalgia has no known cause or cure, and its symptoms - such as chronic fatigue, depression and brain fog - can be mistaken for other conditions like arthritic or autoimmune diseases. Four people share what it’s like to live with it, and the challenges of getting a diagnosis.
People with fibromyalgia feel widespread pain - but their medical tests come back normal. Not only does this baffle doctors, patients also question if their constant muscle aches, joint pain, and tiredness were simply imagined.
Fibromyalgia has no known cause or cure, and its symptoms - such as chronic fatigue, depression and brain fog - can be mistaken for other conditions like arthritic or autoimmune diseases. Four people share what it’s like to live with it, and the challenges of getting a diagnosis.