Very simple test to check out fibromyalgia

cherrybim

I've said before that fibromyalgia goes hand in hand with both RA & OA. Once upon a time it was called fibrositis and didn't I know it.

Lie down on the bed. Try to relax, let everything go limp and if you've got fibromyalgia it'll walk up and down your body just as lights on a pinball machine do.

Try it several times on different occasions. If you don't have the pinball effect then you ain't got fibro

puffin

Another test--if you can be bothered----take your temperature while you are in bed, before you get up in the morning. Make a note of it.
Do that for a month!

If it is never above normal, then there is a strong possibility you have fibro.

You can also take readings midday and at bedtime if you wish/have time/can remember!

If you can find graph paper or make your own grid on squared paper. Draw a horizontal line in red to represent normal temperature you (and your doc.) will see the 'picture' easily.
Puffin

dreamdaisy

Why would fibro reduce one's temperature? I run at 96, a nice, steady 96, 2.5 degrees below normal but I know I don't have fibro. Self-diagnosis of anything is a risky game to play and not only with one's physical health: the impact on your emotional health could be deleterious. DD

puffin

Sorry DD. I did not post enough info.
I was instructed to do this test.
This info. was taken into account alongside other symptoms and a written diagnosis, fibromyalgia, was given in a letter.

I think the constant, below average temperature is to do with an auto-immune disease or chronic illness.
Have since seen the same phenomenon included in a well -reputed book on fibro.
Puffin

jean123

Hi everyone, I have had a word with the Helplines on this, and we should like to point out that there is, unfortunately, no easy test for fibromyalgia. The temperature test, for example, is not a universal test, though it may be a pointer for some people, as puffin pointed out.


Please remember that you should consult your health professional if you are concerned you might have fibro, or any other health problem.

Jean123

mellman01

Hang on to your hates I've just been diagnosed with Chronic pain syndrome but when I Google it I kept on getting both come up so I e mailed Fybromyalgia UK and they said some medical people think it could be or is one of the same, the only big difference is when you get the pain and when you get the fatigue as it's difference in both illnesses!?. clear as mud then?.

frogmorton

YUP!!!! :roll: Mell