DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Widespread pain
Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia (new Latin, fibro-, fibrous tissues, Gk. myo-, muscle, Gk. algos-, pain, meaning muscle and connective tissue pain; also referred to as FM or FMS) is a medical disorder characterized by chronic widespread pain and allodynia, a heightened and painful response to pressure. It is an example of a diagnosis of exclusion. Fibromyalgia symptoms are not restricted to pain, leading to the use of the alternative term fibromyalgia syndrome for the condition. Other symptoms include debilitating fatigue, sleep disturbance, and joint stiffness. Some patients may also report difficulty with swallowing, bowel and bladder abnormalities, numbness and tingling, and cognitive dysfunction...
Widespread pain - List of case studies
- List of Symptoms
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of (high intensity) Abdominal mass Abdominal pain Abdominal pains Abdominalgia Abnormal bleeding Absence ... dysfunction (erectile deficit) Evocablespontaneous widespread fasciculations (at percussion) Exhausting cough ...
- Neuropathic Pain with Neuralgic Features
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with a history of diabetes mellitus began experiencing pain in the legs. In the last few months the pain localized in her inner ... A thorough vascular investigation demonstrated moderate widespread vascular disease . The nature of the symptoms : ...
- Papillary Carcinoma of Thyroid with Multiple and Diffuse Nodular Secondarisms of the Pulmonary Parenchyma
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lesions involving the chest wall that were associated with pain. questions: ... area in the right thyroid bed at paramedian level. Fair widespread uptake of radioiodine in the median and distal fields of the two ...
- Suspected Fibromyalgia
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suspected fibromyalgia. Her history includes long standing widespread musculo – skeletal pain connected to a feeling of general slight illness, as well as a series of ...
- Scapulohumeral dislocation with fracture of the greater tubercle of the left shoulder
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tubercle still in the consolidation stage with appreciable widespread edema of the spongious bone. Fine irregularity and inconsistency of ... Articular limitation, pain, numbness, Related ...
- Spinal Channel Stenosis
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cervical brachialgia from cervical arthritis, and low back pain with slight left sciatia. The result of x-ray was "slightly reduced ... x-ra y showed the following: “Signs of widespread spondyloarthritis . Significant reduction in the space ...