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Health Encyclopedia: Fibromyalgia Treatment

Treatment

Fibromyalgia is a mysterious condition whose causes are still largely unknown, as is how it inflicts damage. There is no strong evidence that any single treatment (or combination of treatments) has any significant effect for most patients. Treatment must involve not only relieving symptoms but also changing the patients' attitudes about their disease. Treatment should also teach patients behaviors that help them cope.

Treatments usually use a trial and error, many-sided approach:

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Expert & Community Posts

Online Support Groups Empower Patients

By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

A new study looked at whether or not online support groups had an empowering effect on patients,... Read more »

Question of the Week: Do You Belong to a Support Group?

By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

...on the Q & A section of the site about starting a support group. This made me start wondering... Read more »

ADHD Question of the Week: Do You Belong to a Support Group?

By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

...week's article will be on how to go about finding a support group and if you aren't able to find... Read more »

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Health Guide

Fibromyalgia: Behavioral Therapy

...Alternative and effective approaches that are free or less costly include strong, intelligently managed support groups or group psychotherapy. In one center, educational discussion groups were as... Read more »

Headaches: Cluster: Resources

...Strokewww.clusterheadaches.org -- Organization for Understanding Cluster Headacheswww.clusterheadaches.com -- Support group for people with cluster headaches Read more »

Encephalitis: Viral: Resources

...Diseaseswww.mosquito.org -- American Mosquito Control Associationhttp://groups.msn.com/EncephalitisGlobal -- Support group for encephalitis survivorswww.npic.orst.edu/wnv -- National Pesticide... Read more »

Support Groups

Diabetes Support Groups Are you looking for someone who understands what youre going through? Someone whos been there and lived through it? Joining a support group could be just the ticket to... Read more »

Resources for Acid Reflux (Symptoms)

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov -- National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghousewww.gastro.org -- American Gastroenterological Associationwww.acg.gi.org -- American College of... Read more »

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