Product Description

Fibromyalgia is a debilitating disease that affects a large number of people. With symptoms ranging from extreme fatigue to sleep disturbances, headaches and pain throughout the body, it is a disease which for years has baffled medical science. This is a guide to the causes, symptoms and treatment options for this increasingly common illness. Don Goldenberg has treated many sufferers and here he seeks to answer patients' most frequently-asked questions. The volume addresses: the common symptoms and why they occur; the link between fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; the theories about the causes of the disease; the connection between your emotional state and fibromyalgia; the conventional treatments available; the effectiveness of complementary and natural remedies; and the myths and misconceptions that surround this disease.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #290597 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review
Fibromyalgia is a debilitating disease that affects a large number of people - an estimated to 500,000 people in the UK alone. With symptoms ranging from extreme fatigue to sleep disturbances, headaches and pain throughout the body, it is a disease which for years has baffled medical science. Fibromyalgia is the first definitive guide to the causes, symptoms and treatment options for this increasingly common illness.

About the Author
Don Goldenberg MD is an international authority on fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and has published over 150 scientific papers on the subject. He has a personal interest in fibromyalgia as his wife suffers from the disease. He is Chief of Rheumatology at Newton-Wellesley Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine in the US. He lectures frequently to physicians and the public and has appeared on Good Morning America. Newspaper coverage of his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The New Yorker.

Customer Reviews

FIBROMYALGIA - Don.L.Goldenberg
This is a MUST have if you suffer with or think you may be suffering with fibromyalgia.
After seeing many different people within the medical and alternative medicine fields and having a multitude of different tests over the past 15 years, all proving unhelpful, I decided to see a G.P. at my doctor's surgery that I hadn't seen before. He instantly said "READ THIS BOOK!", and let me borrow a copy, which I have since bought for myself. At last I had found the cause of why I had been suffering all these years. With my G.P.'s help I am now on the road to recovery.

Excellent book for those newly diagnosed with FMS!
I've read quite a few books on this condition in my capacity as a FMS charity founder and have to say this is definitely one of the better ones. Written from a personal perspective in that his wife has the dx, he's taken time to work through some of the more complex material in a very easy to understand fashion and draws the reader into his own personal story in a way that makes you appreciate how much it has impacted his life, and the reasons behind his own quest for support and information on it etc. One well worth investing in.