Fibromyalgia: The Painful Condition After Covid-19 — Know Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Are you suffering from joint pain, fatigue, memory problems and sleeplessness post Covid? These can be signs of fibromyalgia. It is increasingly affecting people who have recovered recently.

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New Delhi: People who contracted Corona infection are aware of the problems arising after the Covid-19 recovery. There are many symptoms ranging from fatigue, breathing problems, headache, sleep problems to lack of energy that people are experiencing after suffering from the viral infection. But if you are experiencing symptoms such as joint pain, memory problems, heavy fatigue or insomnia, then you might be suffering from fibromyalgia. 

Fibromyalgia or fibromyalgia syndrome is a condition that causes pain, fatigue throughout the body. Symptoms of fibromyalgia may often be confused with arthritis or joint inflammation. However, like arthritis, it has not been found lead to joint pain or swelling and damage to the muscles.

Dr. Bipin Jibhkate at Wockhardt Hospital Mumbai says fibromyalgia is a painful condition, and pain usually occurs in the muscles, soft tissue, and veins of the body, pain is the most common symptom in this condition.

What are the causes and symptoms of Fibromyalgia?

According to the doctor, the main symptoms of this condition include sleeplessness, pain in muscles and joints and fatigue. Apart from that, this condition is often accompanied with anxiety and depression, trouble in concentration, frequently upset stomach, pain, numbness in hands and feet.

The exact causes of fibromyalgia are unclear, there may be different reasons for different people. The reasons behind it may also be genetic. There are also some risk factors that can trigger the development of this condition. 

How to identify fibromyalgia?

Bipin Jibhkate states that it is not easy to detect the disease as there is no special test for it. But a doctor can know about fibromyalgia based on your symptoms. He says that the main feature of fibromyalgia is pain throughout the body, so the doctor will ask you to describe your pain so as to distinguish between fibromyalgia and other diseases with similar symptoms. 

Is fibromyalgia a treatable disease?

Fibromyalgia may affect the quality of your life, but it is still treatable disease. The doctor explained that fibromyalgia is not a life-threatening disease, but the patient's recovery may take time. Therefore, the patient should not give up treatment in between, otherwise it can worsen your symptoms.