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A fibromyalgia flare can feel like your entire body has suddenly changed overnight. You may wake up feeling as though you have been hit by a truck. Your muscles ache. Your joints feel stiff. Your energy seems to have disappeared. Your brain feels foggy, ordinary sounds or lights may suddenly feel overwhelming, and even simple tasks can require an enormous amount of … [Read more...] about How to Recognize a Fibromyalgia Flare and What to Do Immediately

Nausea, indigestion, and bloating are extremely common digestive symptoms—but when they keep coming back, they can become much more than a minor inconvenience. You may feel full after eating only a small amount, experience uncomfortable pressure in your abdomen, struggle with burping or gas, or feel nauseated without actually vomiting. Sometimes the symptoms appear after a … [Read more...] about Nausea, Indigestion, and Bloating: Causes and Effective Treatments

If you live with chronic migraine, you probably already know that certain foods can sometimes make a bad day even worse. But identifying food triggers is rarely as simple as making a list of "good" and "bad" foods. Chocolate. Red wine. Aged cheese. Caffeine. These are some of the foods most often mentioned when people talk about migraine triggers. But what if your … [Read more...] about Diet and Chronic Migraine: Lesser-Known Food Triggers

What is the best mattress for chronic lower back pain? If you wake up with a stiff, aching, or painful lower back, your mattress may be one of the first things worth examining. After all, you can spend seven, eight, or even nine hours every night lying on the same surface. If that surface does not provide the right combination of comfort and support, it can potentially make an … [Read more...] about Mattresses for Chronic Lower Back Pain: How to Choose the Right Support

Carpal tunnel syndrome can start quietly. Maybe your hand occasionally falls asleep at night. Perhaps you wake up with tingling in your thumb, index finger, or middle finger. At first, you may simply shake your hand and go back to sleep. Then it happens again. And again. Eventually, the tingling may become pain. You may notice weakness when opening jars, gripping … [Read more...] about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: How to Relieve Pain and Avoid Surgery

Does your clothing sometimes feel unbearable against your skin? Maybe a T-shirt that used to feel perfectly normal suddenly feels scratchy. Perhaps socks seem painfully tight, seams feel like they are cutting into your skin, or certain fabrics create a burning, prickling, or irritating sensation that other people simply do not understand. If this sounds familiar, you may be … [Read more...] about Hypersensitivity to Fabrics or Clothing

Have you ever touched your skin and suddenly noticed that it feels numb, strangely dull, or almost disconnected from the rest of your body? Perhaps the sensation lasts only a few seconds. Maybe it disappears for an hour and then returns. Sometimes it affects a small patch of skin on your arm, leg, back, face, or torso. Other times, the area seems to change from day to … [Read more...] about Intermittent Numb Skin Sensation: Causes and Treatments

If you live with fibromyalgia, you may have experienced pain that feels burning, tingling, electric, stabbing, or strangely difficult to describe. You may even wonder whether what you are feeling is actually nerve pain. This is an important question because fibromyalgia and nerve pain can feel remarkably similar, yet they are not exactly the same thing. Understanding the … [Read more...] about Fibromyalgia and Nerve Pain: What’s the Difference and What Can You Do?