All About Fibromyalgia: A Guide for Patients and their Families

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Daniel J. Wallace (Clinical Professor of Medicine, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles) Janice Brock Wallace

All About Fibromyalgia

A Guide for Patients and their Families

Daniel J. Wallace (Clinical Professor of Medicine, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles), Janice Brock Wallace

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Oxford University Press Inc
01 February 2002

Rheumatology; Orthopaedics & fractures; Popular medicine & health; Coping with illness

This year, six million Americans--most of them women--will go to their doctors, complaining of an illness they have no name for. The majority will be turned away or treated for depression; the few who persist will go to an average of four doctors before they receive the correct diagnosis: fibromyalgia.

In their earlier Making Sense of Fibromyalgia, noted medical writer Janice Wallace and Dr. Daniel Wallace, a leading expert on this disorder, provided a comprehensive guide--for both patients and professionals--to this little known and poorly understood syndrome. Now, in All About Fibromyalgia, the Wallaces provide a thoroughly revised and updated version of that highly successful volume, incorporating a wealth of new information. This edition provides the current understanding of the disease as well as the latest drug treatments--all laid out in clear and accessible language.

As in the previous volume, the authors provide a detailed, yet clear explanation of the disease. Fibromyalgia, they explain, is a form of chronic neuromuscular pain, a pain-amplification syndrome brought on by abnormal interactions between hormones, the immune system, neurotransmitters, and the autonomic nervous system. Sometimes the syndrome occurs spontaneously; in most cases, the authors write, it is associated with trauma, stress, such conditions as lupus and hypothyroidism, and over forty microbes, from hepatitis to Epstein-Barr to Lyme disease.

Drawing on actual cases to illustrate their points, the authors help break through the isolation that patients often feel when doctors misdiagnose or simply ignore their symptoms. All About Fibromyalgia addresses a desperate need for information on this disease and offers reassurance to patients and their families.

By: Daniel J. Wallace (Clinical Professor of Medicine Clinical Professor of Medicine University of California Los Angeles), Janice Brock Wallace
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 518g
ISBN: 9780195147537
ISBN 10: 0195147537
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 February 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

PART I: THE WHYS AND WHEREFORES OF FIBROMYALGIA ; PART II: BASIC SCIENCE AND FIBROMYALGIA ; PART III: HOW AND WHERE THE BODY CAN BE AFFECTED BY FIBROMYALGIA ; PART IV: THE CLINICAL SPECTRUM OF FIBROMYALGIA ; PART V: THE EVALUTION OF FIBROMYALGIA PATIENTS ; PART VI: IMPROVING YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE ; PART VII: MEDICINES AND OTHER THERAPIES USED FOR FIBROMYALGIA ; PART VIII: WHERE ARE WE HEADED? ; APPENDIX 1: FIBROMYALGIA RESOURCE MATERIALS ; GLOSSARY

Daniel Wallace, M.D., is an attending physician who has served as Clinical Chief of Rheumatology at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, and has treated hundreds of victims of fibromyalgia. He is the author of The Lupus Book and co-author of All About Osteoarthritis, both by Oxford. Janice Wallace is a freelance medical writer. They live in Los Angeles.