I had a cold that turned into fibro anyone else?

I understand that there is no known cause for fibromyalgia but I'm looking for coincidences. Jan 5, 2018 I caught a cold. I had a sore throat, runny nose and severe fatigue. The cold turned into bronchitis which a dose of amoxacilin cleared right up in a few days. The cold was gone and the cough relieved within 10 days but the fatigue never went away. Its now July and I'm still tired all the time. After much testing and many specialists I get the diagnosis of fibromyalgia. Has anyone else been sick with cold or flu like symptoms right before diagnosis?

One of my therapists, says its neuroinflammation , maybe a virus at the cellular level, lying almost dormant, but acting out in the nervous system..i am not sure what science is saying on it, but this man is a genius ...so i would not count it out

Hi, Im mostly on healingwell inthe 'Lyme' category.... id like to share my story because I was MIS-diagnosed, for YEARS, that I had fibromyalgia...In fact, I currently have 2 Drs saying its fibromyalgia, even though Im being treated by a Lyme literate Dr. Who is a microbiologist & focused studies on infectious diseases.

My immune system doesnt react to the Lyme disease standardized tests, that look for your own bodies imune reaction. Its similar to what happens when people get a HEPb vaccine but the immune system doesnt produce antibodies for it. This lack of response of/by the immune system results in MANY people being mis-diagnosed, or being told its fibromyalgia.

The proper term for this DIS-ease should be chronic immune disfuntion(caused by inflammation).

Theres no test to prove fibromyalgia, right? Its a clinical diagnosis...the same goes for Lyme and co-infections due to false negative tests...

Lyme disease needs to be renamed because the LARGE majority of Lyme patients are not only battling lyme infection, but other bacterium, viruses, parasites, fungals, and environmentals. Lyme patients have essentially 'collected' infections of many types over the years. The result of what Ive described, is fibromyalgia.

PLEASE insist that your Dr. tests for reactivation of all the human herpes viruses> EBV, CMV, HHV6, hsv1 & 2 etc. The best lab to use to test for bacterial infectiins is one that looks for the dna of each strain>'DNA connexions'. Two other vital routes of testing> 1) mold exposure, 2) heavy metals toxicity.

IMO, MD's only rely on the standardized blood tests such as the CBC and metabolic panel. Unfortunately, by the time your dis-ease has effected you bad enough that it shows up in those blood tests>at that point, its not reversable.

Tests that look for the melanocyte stimulating hormone, and human growth hormone can reveal how advanced the dis-ease state is. The list of helpful tests requires another post.

Anyhoo, yes fibromyalgia is real;BUT its REALLY chronic inflammatory immune disfunction

Thank you for passing along your experience with Lyme disease and fibromyalgia.

Whether or not we have inflammatory markers or not fibro is still a mystery disease and I believe mine was caused by a virus and viruses are great imitators and mutators.

Hopefully, I'll be seeing my fibro doc in October and will bring up the lab test that is now looking for DNA strains.

I do know that our blood levels , do not show inflammation..

But i do think we have it at the cellular level..my blood levels show very low inflammation but i literally cannot move, without anti inflammatories..

My physical therapist says the inflammation is there, just not in the blood..which is why its more described as neuro - inflammation. I guess this is not proven at this point but highly suspected . Many fibro specialist treat patients with strong anti-viral meds..i was always afraid to go that route , because i am super medication sensitive. I use supplements to improve the immune system.

I just feel there is a lot not clearly understood or proven with this disease. My family has multiple members with what is considered a genetic form of fibromyalgia. It presents in each of us in varying ways.

Lj