Disturbed Sleep Patterns And Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is the disease of the muscles and tissues of the body. The pain in this disease is scattered on different areas of the body. The patient suffering from this disorder is subjected to fatigue by simple activities and his sensitivity to the lightest touch increases abnormally, he thus develops tender points on his/her body that respond instantaneously to pain. The fibromyalgia disease has been a mystery for a very long time now and neither its causes nor its treatment have been found. Investigators have only proposed theories for the causes of this disease. The risk factors for this disease include the gender of the patient, the age, and his/her genetic predisposition. The occurrence of this disorder is more frequent in women than in men and the ratio is 9:1. The good thing about this condition is that it is not as serious as one would die of it, and the disease is also not contagious and progressive. The treatment for this disorder includes antidepressant drugs and regular exercises.
Patterns: Fibromyalgia has been linked to disturbed sleep patterns and also insomnia. It won't be an exaggeration if it is said the Fibromyalgia and sleep disorders go hand in hand. It has been estimated that that eighty percent of the sufferers experience some kind of disturbed sleep pattern with Fibromyalgia. The disorder of fibromyalgia makes the patient exhausted and fatigued. The disturbed sleep pattern in fibromyalgia further aggravates the symptoms in the patient. The human sleeping behavior follows a distinct pattern and there are stages in the sleep. In the fourth stage of sleep there is the deep sleep when the nervous system works to set the neurochemicals. But in the sufferers of fibromyalgia this stage is disturbed by pain and there is because of this a certain P substance is released in the spinal cord which works to make the pain grow in the body. Thus the patients of the fibromyalgia disorder do not receive enough deep sleep and their body remains under fatigue and stress. When the patient does not get adequate sleep his symptoms grow and the feeling of fatigue is thus the general complaint of fibromyalgia patients. When the nervous system cannot set the muscles there starts muscle pain and even muscle ache. The normal sleep leaves the individual feeling refreshed but a FMS patient constantly feels tired and let down. Thus the lack of sufficient sleep makes the symptoms worse. |