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Understanding fibromyalgia : an introduction for patients and caregivers / Naheed Ali.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ali, Naheed, 1981- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fibromyalgia.
- Medical Subjects:
- Fibromyalgia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (239 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2016.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Fibromyalgia is often misunderstood, and finding good information about it can be difficult. This introduction provides background, causes and symptoms, treatments and lifestyle adjustments that can help sufferers live better with fibromyalgia, while helping caregivers and others achieve a better understanding of the needs of their loved ones.
- Contents:
- History of fibromyalgia
- Links to chronic fatigue syndrome
- How body systems are affected
- Brain fog : myth or reality
- Causes of fibromyalgia?
- Outpatient vs. inpatient
- Roles of family physicians, internists and neurologists
- Prevention is the key
- Alternative therapies
- Conventional treatments for fibromyalgia
- Fibromyalgia and diet
- Importance of exercise
- Lending a helping hand
- Approaching the mental aspects
- Parenting with fibromyalgia
- Occupational constraints.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-41244-1
- 1-4422-2660-9
- OCLC:
- 944525946
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