We focus on providing information and resources related to living with long-term medical conditions. Topics include managing symptoms, coping with emotional and psychological aspects of chronic illness, treatment options, ways to maintain a good quality of life, and connecting with others who have similar experiences. We also feature personal stories and perspectives from people living with chronic illness.
Patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia have shown increased sensitivity to certain environmental chemicals. This sensitivity is referred to as multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS). Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is also common in people with chronic fatigue...
Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that is definitive of severe body pains. Aside from body pains, two symptoms commonly associated with fibromyalgia are fibro fog and fibromyalgia fatigue. Therefore, fibromyalgia fatigue management is a skill that is essential to...
There are so many myths about endometriosis based on people’s opinions and wrong knowledge that it is difficult to know the facts about endometriosis. Indeed, symptoms may vary in frequency and severity, but there are some underlying facts about endometriosis...
Many people dealing with unpredictable chronic illnesses like fibromyalgia, arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, and endometriosis are often concerned with having to take leave from work. No one wants to lose their job because they have to meet a doctor’s appointment...
It is no news that the risk of getting a chronic disease increases as you grow older; this is because the body’s rate of metabolism, the immune system, and all the working systems in the body become weaker. The occurrence of chronic diseases in older adults has now...
One in four Americans are said to have more than a single chronic illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and this number is also said to increase to three out of every four Americans above 65 years of age. These statistics show that 25% of the American...