truigger/tender spots 11 out of 18?

laineyk

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Posted 9/11/2013 4:08 PM (GMT 0)

how does that make sense? if you are supposed to have tenderness on equal sides how would you come up with 11 out of the 18?

Ms.Megz

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Posted 9/11/2013 8:19 PM (GMT 0)

I think it's that you are supposed to have some pain in all quadrants. Upper, lower, left and right

Personally I hit 16 out of the 18, but I think my mom had an odd number.

MyselfRedux

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Posted 9/11/2013 8:41 PM (GMT 0)

I think it matters less, because the moving pain is also another 'symptom'.

Sherrine

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Posted 9/11/2013 9:22 PM (GMT 0)

They are finding out that tender points are not that accurate a measurement. You can have no tender points but still have fibro they are discovering. Most of us do have some. When I'm checked, I have some but I'm also taking pain relievers.

As said, with fibro you have pain in all four quandrants of the body, there is fatigue, and cognitive memory problems. These are the main symptoms.

Sherrine

Reanna

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Posted 9/12/2013 3:11 AM (GMT 0)

The last two times I was checked I was at 9/18 (After I had been taking meds for it) and before that, 17/18.

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