On May 15th 2010, there will be a meeting in support of Fibromyalgia at Organic Foods and Cafe, located at The Dubai Mall. This event is hosted by Emirates Arthritis Foundation will take place at 10:30 am and there will be a tour of the gluten foods that the Organic Foods and Cafe offers. I [...]
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Fibromyalgia Awareness Day Event
May 10th, 2010 · Comments · Causes, Emirates Arthritis Foundation, Fibromyalgia, UAE, UAE Fibro Community
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Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day
April 27th, 2010 · Comments · Causes, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Family, Fibromyalgia, News
Mark your calenders May the 15th is Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day. I encourage anyone that is affected by this, to use your voice to tell your story. By sharing our stories we can help educate and raise the awareness of this very complex disease. Better yet, we can use our voices to [...]
Stress Management Workshop
April 23rd, 2010 · Comments · Causes, Emirates Arthritis Foundation, Fibromyalgia, UAE
Last weekend the Emirates Arthritis Foundation held a Stress Management Workshop, and it was a lot of fun. As people with Fibromyalgia know, stress can be a big trigger for a flare. This stress can be physical or mental, or a combo of both. It was really nice to hear people talking about how we [...]
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Emirates Arthritis Foundation Annual Walkathon
February 18th, 2010 · Comments · Causes, Emirates Arthritis Foundation, News, Treatment, UAE
On March the 12th the Emirates Arthritis Foundation will be hosting the 3rd Annual 5K Walkathon at Dubai Festival City. All the proceeds will go to the Emirates Arthritis Treatment fund. With your support we can help make a difference in people’s life through education, awareness, and supporting patients in the UAE with their expensive [...]
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Could XMRV Retrovirus be the cause of Fibromyalgia?
February 6th, 2010 · Comments · Causes, Doctors/Centers, Fibromyalgia, Treatment
Has the Whittemore Peterson Institute found the answers to Fibromyalgia and/or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Well in a small study they say that they found a retrovirus in most people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and Multiple Sclerosis.
We have detected the retroviral infection XMRV is greater than 95% of the more than 200 ME/CFS, Fibromylagia, Atypical [...]
Tags: Chronic Fatique Syndrome·Fibromyalgia·Multiple Sclerosis·Neuro-Immune Disease·retrovirus·Whittemore Peterson Institute·XMRV
Update
August 24th, 2009 · Comments · Books, Causes, Doctors/Centers, Fibromyalgia, Symptoms, Treatment
The time that I have been back from my treatment in the US, has been long and hard time. My lower back has been giving me a hard time, and it wasn’t until the last week or so that it has been better. I even went to the ER because I could not [...]
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Importance of Vitamin D
July 28th, 2009 · Comments · Causes, Fibromyalgia, News
You have been told that you have Fibro, but have you checked your Vitamin D3 levels? Well as I have posted before, my levels were so low that my Dr. ran the test three times the first time we found the level to be between 4 and 9, when a low level is 25. So, [...]
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Update
June 13th, 2008 · Comments · Causes, Doctors/Centers, Fibromyalgia, Treatment
Okay time for another update of how things are going. After what seems to be about 20 pints of blood we have found that my Vit D levels are way too low, that I might have celiac disease, my calcium levels are low (no surprise as my Vit D levels are low), and then [...]
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Lupus and Fibromyalgia
June 30th, 2007 · Comments · Causes, Fibromyalgia, News, Symptoms, UAE
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Lupus and fibromyalgia are two common rheumatic conditions. Do you know the differences between lupus and fibromyalgia? There are specific symptoms, distinguishing characteristics, as well as overlapping symptoms associated with lupus and fibromyalgia which determine the diagnosis and course of treatment.
Systemic lupus erythematosus, also commonly referred to as lupus or SLE, is a chronic, inflammatory, [...]
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Menstrual Cycle Injury Risk Link
February 24th, 2007 · Comments · Causes, News, UAE
Its seems that women hurt their backs or have back pain at different times during their menstrual cycles. It has to do with the hormones levels at different times in their menstrual cycle.
The study suggests the risk of injury is linked to fluctuating hormone levels which affect the muscles and ligaments.
Both tissues appear to be [...]
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