Fibromyalgia Trigger Points: a Guest Blog by Celeste Cooper, RN

by Celeste Cooper, R.N., as an interpretation of Dr. Robert Bennett's Work

Without much ado, let me point you to our Guest Blog poster today, Celeste Cooper, R.N. She is a fibromyalgia expert at Sharecare, and the distinctions she makes here in this article are well...they are good enough for a thorough look-through out of respect, because she has been in the field for so long. And she takes what Dr. Bennett's manuscript discusses, and simplifies it for patient understanding. I like that, too ~ both for the benefit of heath care workers as peers, and as avid patients with medical education. Plus, I think I might be developing CRPS, so I was "all eyes" on this one.

So Hat's Off to Nurse Cooper on this simplified, historical, data-driven, and grand explanation of where we are today on diagnosing fibromyalgia:

Fibromyalgia Trigger Points

The 'best' take-home news that I got out of this article is that 

Fibromyalgia is not a"Diagnosis of Exclusion"

any more.

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Dr. Margaret Aranda's Books:

Face Book Page: No More Tears: A Physician Turned Patient Inspires Recovery 

No More Tears en Espanol

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Little Missy Two-Shoes Likes to go to School

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From Menarche to Menopause: A Journey through Time

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REFERENCES:

Bennett R, Friend R, Marcus D, Bernstein C, Han BK, Yachoui R, Deodar A, Kaell A, Bonafede P, Chino A, Jones K. Criteria for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia: Validation of the modified 2010 preliminary ACR criteria and the development of alternative criteria. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014 Feb 4. doi: 10.1002/acr.22301. [Epub ahead of print]

Wolfe F, Clauw DJ, Fitzcharles MA, Goldenberg DL, Katz RS, Mease P, Russell AS, Russell IJ, Winfield JB, Yunus MB: The American College of Rheumatology preliminary diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia and measurement of symptom severity. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 62(5):600-10, 2010 May.

Wolfe F, Clauw DJ, Fitzcharles MA, Goldenberg DL, Häuser W, Katz RS, Mease P, Russell AS, Russell IJ, Winfield JB: Fibromyalgia Criteria and Severity Scales for Clinical and Epidemiological Studies: A Modification of the ACR Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia. J Rheumatol 38;1113-1122, 2011.

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Short Stories about Dr. Margaret Aranda

Age 1: A Baby on the Edge

Age 2: Getting Past the Edge of the Bed

Age 3: The Edge of the Cliff

Age 4: Don't Panic

Age 5: The Edge of the Pool

Age 6: Glistening in the Moonlight

Age 7: The Pigeon Boy, The Suction Bush, and The Darkness

Age 8: Selling Cupcakes

Age 9: Sitting on the Edge of the Cave

Age 10: Mr. Bubble

Age 11: Chasing the First Kiss

Age 12: Keeping the Best of the 70's

Age 13: Everything Just So

Age 14: Too Young to Know

Age 15: The Last Thing I Remember

Age 16: Graduating High School

Age 17: Working Working Working

Age 18: How Things Were

Age 19: I Read it in a Book

Age 20: Ways that Can Never Be Forgotten

Age 21: Christmas Carols

Age 22: My Own Crisis

Age 23: A Bloody Mess

Age 24: Applications

Age 25: Leaving One Era and Starting Another

Age 26: Studying through My Tears

Age 27: Repeating the First Year of Medical School

Age 28: Changes

Age 29: Match Day

Age 30: Graduating and Being on the Bottom

Age 31: The Color Blue