Fibromyalgia : an essential guide for patients and their families / Daniel J. Wallace, Janice Brock Wallace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallace, Daniel J. (Daniel Jeffrey), 1949- author.

Wallace, Janice Brock, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fibromyalgia--Popular works.

Fibromyalgia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a guide to fibromyalgia, a syndrome that affects six million Americans annually. Fibromyalgia is a form of chronic neuromuscular pain, a pain-amplification syndrome brought on by abnormal interactions between hormones, the immune system, neurotransmitters, and the autonomic nervous system.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 What is Fibromyalgia?; Chapter 2 Who Gets Fibromyalgia and Why?; Chapter 3 The Basic Science of Fibromyalgia; Chapter 4 Fibromyalgia-Related Complaints; Chapter 5 What Are the Regional and Localized Forms of Fibromyalgia?; Chapter 6 What Conditions Are Associated with Fibromyalgia?; Chapter 7 The Fibromyalgia Consultation and Differential Diagnosis; Chapter 8 I'm Not Crazy!; Chapter 9 How to HelpYourself without Taking Medicine; Chapter 10 Medicines for Fibromyalgia; Chapter 11 Work and Disability; Chapter 12 Prognosis and Future Directions

Appendix 1 Fibromyalgia Resource MaterialsAppendix 2 Glossary; Appendix 3 Fibromyalgia: A Complementary Medicine Doctor's Perspective; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 2003.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-028761-6

0-19-770669-X

1-280-53231-9

9786610532315

0-19-803406-7

1-4237-8489-8

OCLC:

476025605