Fibromyalgia Symptom List
by Wong Tooi Giap
1. Muscle & Tissue-Related Fibromyalgia Symptoms
1.1. Pain and generalized morning stiffness in the involved muscles, tendons, ligaments, and fascia that may arise from such structures surrounding the neck, shoulders, upper and lower back, hips, knees, inner and outer elbow, wrists, fingers,toes, and chest as well as from injured or old operative sites.
1.2. Pain can assume any form and intensity such as throbbing, burning, stabbing, stinging, grabbing, or any combination of these.
1.3. Joints may be swollen, red and hot, or just painful as in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ).
1.4. Numbness of the extremities or face and tingling anywhere arise from contracted structures pressing on on nearby nerves.
1.5. Facial and head pains spring from the neck or skull bone connections (sutures).
1.6. Feelings resembling electrical impulses in the muscles
1.7. Leg and foot cramps
1.8. A feeling of general weakness
1.9. Tiny parts of muscles often twitch
1.10. Restless leg syndrome
2. Miscellaneous Fibromyalgia Symptoms
2.1. Weight gain
2.2. Lower grade fever with night sweats
2.3. Lowered immunity to infections
2.4. Morning eyelid and hand swelling from water retention that slowly gravitates to the lower extremities and by evening stretches tissues, impinges surface nerves and causes the restless leg syndrome.
3. Skin-related Fibromyalgia Symptoms
3.1. Undue sweating
3.2. Various rashes may appear with or without itching: hives, red blotches, acne, tiny red or clear bumps, blisters, eczema, seborrheic or neurodermatitis, and rosacea.
3.3. Nails are often brittle, or they peel or chip.
3.4. Hair is of poor quality and either breaks or falls out prematurely, sometimes in bunches.
3.5. Strange sensations are common, including cold, heat, especially of the palms, soles, and thighs, crawling, electric vibrations, prickling, hypersensitivity to touch, and flashing that is sometimes accompanied by somewhat pungent and irritating sweat.
4. Bladder-related Fibromyalgia Symptoms
4.1. Pungent urine
4.2. Frequent urination
4.3. Bladder spasm with very low (supra public) abdominal aching
4.4. Burning urination (dysuria) with or without repeated infections or so called interstitial cystitis.
5. Digestive Fibromyalgia Symptoms
5.1. Irritable Bowel Syndrome
5.2. Leaky gut
5.3. Spastic or mucous colitis
5.4. Fibrogut
5.5. Transient nausea
5.6. Gas
5.7. Pain
5.8. Bloating
5.9. Constipation
5.10. Alternating with diarrhea
5.11. Mucus in stools
5.12. Hyperacidity with reflux
6. Neurological Fibromyalgia Symptoms
6.1. Fatigue
6.2. Irritability
6.3. Nervousness
6.4. Depression
6.5. Apathy
6.6. Listlessness
6.7. Impaired Memory and Concentration
6.7.1. Fibro Fog