Thursday, July 25, 2013

What Labeling Fibromyalgia As A Mental Illness Could Mean For You




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What Labeling Fibromyalgia As A Mental Illness Could Mean For You



Some observers think that the American Psychiatric Association (APA) might be planning to label the chronic pain condition fibromyalgia a mental illness. This could seriously affect those who suffer from the disease because it could give health insurers an excuse not to pay for its treatment.
Fibromyalgia is a mysterious condition in which people, mostly women, suffer from pain all over the body. Doctors don’t know exactly what causes it, but they think it has something to do with the way that the brain and the nervous system process pain signals.
Doctors believe that in people with the condition, the pain gets magnified so that they feel more pain. In other words, the nervous system becomes too sensitive.
Mental or Physical
The problem is that fibromyalgia is similar to some psychosomatic conditions, but it is apparently a physical problem.






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