Wayne
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Hi All,
There was an article in the NY Times on Wednesday (3/3/10) entitled, "The Voices of Fibromyalgia". Somebody posted this on the forum yesterday, but I can't seem to find the original thread. Thank you to the person who was kind enough to bring this to our attention.
I would highly recommend checking out this article, as there are now close to 200 comments posted online. The first comment is critical of FM in general, and a few early posts support this poster/doctor. Many followup comments are very good however, with many of them articulately refuting the psychologiizing of FM and/or ME/CFS.
I especially liked the following reply:
There was an article in the NY Times on Wednesday (3/3/10) entitled, "The Voices of Fibromyalgia". Somebody posted this on the forum yesterday, but I can't seem to find the original thread. Thank you to the person who was kind enough to bring this to our attention.
I would highly recommend checking out this article, as there are now close to 200 comments posted online. The first comment is critical of FM in general, and a few early posts support this poster/doctor. Many followup comments are very good however, with many of them articulately refuting the psychologiizing of FM and/or ME/CFS.
I especially liked the following reply:
I practice chinese herbal medicine so my training is to always listen to the patient and I have yet to meet a hypochondriac in over 20 years of practice. What I have found in my practice is that fibromyalgia (just like arthritis) is an autoimmune reaction to an infection.
The platelets react by laying down fibrin in the muscles and the result is pain and inflammation. The infection can be viral, bacterial, dysbiosis, yeast, mold or even exposure to chemicals or heavy metals. The infection may be subtle or obvious but must be addressed to achieve a good result.
The first step is to find and address the infection with herbs that are anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-mold etc. Then herbs are used that are fibrinolytic or anti-fibrotic to treat the fibromyalgia reaction. Then other herbs are used to strengthen the immune system to clear the infection. Avoiding milk products and coffee are essential to a good outcome.
— daniel light