Comments on: Ankylosing spondylitis and fibromyalgia? http://www.fibromyalgiago.com/Fibromyalgia-Diagnosis/ankylosing-spondylitis-and-fibromyalgia/ Fibromyalgia Treatment. Symptoms. Medication. Diagnosis. Causes. Risk Factors. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:48:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: MeInThisWorld http://www.fibromyalgiago.com/Fibromyalgia-Diagnosis/ankylosing-spondylitis-and-fibromyalgia/#comment-34641 MeInThisWorld Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:55:16 +0000 http://www.fibromyalgiago.com/Fibromyalgia-Diagnosis/ankylosing-spondylitis-and-fibromyalgia/#comment-34641 You can easily have both- but inflammtion is not Fibromyalgia some doctors will slap the Fibromyalgia diagnosis on anyone because they don't think it is a real disease and just give the label to anyone who has aches and pains A Fibromyalgia diagnosis can't be made by symptoms alone-many other conditions such as MS, Lymes must be ruled out first. There are no xrays or blood tests for FMS-to diagnosis-the doctor needs to assess 18 points on your body to see if they are tender-if this was not done-the doctor has no idea w\hat he is talking about. you could have something like bursitis in your hips go to websites such as www.fmaware.org www.fibrohope.org www.fmnetnews.org Many websites out there give wrong info-including Ivillage and about.com adn there are abunch of sites run by founders of quack cures that are just out to make a buck-- you have to determine if teh site you are on is giving accurate info about FMS You can easily have both-

but inflammtion is not Fibromyalgia

some doctors will slap the Fibromyalgia diagnosis on anyone because they don’t think it is a real disease and just give the label to anyone who has aches and pains

A Fibromyalgia diagnosis can’t be made by symptoms alone-many other conditions such as MS, Lymes must be ruled out first. There are no xrays or blood tests for FMS-to diagnosis-the doctor needs to assess 18 points on your body to see if they are tender-if this was not done-the doctor has no idea w\hat he is talking about.

you could have something like bursitis in your hips

go to websites such as http://www.fmaware.org
http://www.fibrohope.org
http://www.fmnetnews.org

Many websites out there give wrong info-including Ivillage and about.com adn there are abunch of sites run by founders of quack cures that are just out to make a buck–

you have to determine if teh site you are on is giving accurate info about FMS

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