Dr Simon Hayhoe - Pavilion Health Today https://pavilionhealthtoday.com Supporting healthcare professionals to deliver the best patient care Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:14:39 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/android-chrome-384x384-1-100x100.png Dr Simon Hayhoe - Pavilion Health Today https://pavilionhealthtoday.com 32 32 Managing fibromyalgia in midlife and old age https://pavilionhealthtoday.com/gm/managing-fibromyalgia-in-midlife-and-old-age/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=managing-fibromyalgia-in-midlife-and-old-age Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pavilionhealthtoday.com/uncategorized/managing-fibromyalgia-in-midlife-and-old-age/ Elderly patients presenting with multiple pains, disturbed sleep, fatigue, poor memory and slow thinking may have fibromyalgia. This is one of a spectrum of €œcentral sensitivity syndromes€ in which there is oversensitivity of certain areas of the brain and abnormal neurotransmitter activity. The diagnosis is symptom-based and may be made despite the presence of other disease.

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