Diagnosing Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Diagnosing Fibromyalgia is not as easy as it sounds.  It would be wonderful if there were one blood test you could take that would definitively diagnose fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, but it doesn't exist.

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are not actually just one disease or condition.  They are called a "Syndrome".  This is because they are really the result of more than one condition and encompass many, many different symptoms.  (These symptoms range from pain and inflammation to fatigue and extreme tiredness and even include bizarre symptoms like eye floaters.) 

Diagnosing Fibromyalgia is very difficult because there are so many symptoms that are also symptoms of other conditions. 

In many cases, physicians don't come up with a diagnosis of fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome until they have discounted many other conditions.

Because there are many conditions that are connected to fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, it is essential when diagnosing fibromyalgia to test for these conditions:  candida, low cortisol levels, hormonal imbalances like adrenal exhaustion, insulin resistance and low thyroid, parasites, leaky gut syndrome, food intolerances, heavy metal toxicity, nutritional deficiencies like magnesium deficiency, and Lyme disease.

The different type of tests that could be done when diagnosing fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are ...

• blood tests
• urine tests
• stool analysis
• testing for Candida
• hormone testing (adrenals, thyroid, dhea)
• heavy metal testing
• allergy testing (IgG ELISA test)
• testing for nutritional deficiencies like magnesium deficiency
• glucose intolerance test
• testing your fibromyalgia tender points

The last test, "testing your fibromyalgia tender points" is one of the main tests that doctors use in definitively diagnosing fibromyalgia.  To do this, the doctor presses on various fibromyalgia tender points throughout the body.  There are 18 fibromyalgia tender points in all and if there is significant pain registered in 11 out of the 18 fibromyalgia tender points, then the doctor will be confident in diagnosing fibromyalgia.

A very valuable tool for diagnosing fibromyalgia is to assess the symptoms you have.  The more symptoms you have, the better the chances are that you have fibromyalgia / chronic fatigue syndrome. 

So what now?

So, now that you've diagnosed Fibromyalgia and / or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ... what now?

Well, research is definitely pointing to nutrition and detoxification as a very effective method to overcome Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.  In particular, when you follow the Detox Diet for Fibromyalgia, you not only detoxify your body but this detox diet also is very effective in changing your ph balance from very acidic to very alkaline.  This is very important in decreasing inflammation and pain that is the main component of Fibromyalgia.  In particular, the Detox Diet for Fibromyalgia incorporates many "superfoods" that are known to decrease pain and inflammation.

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