Common Symptoms Guide

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    Fibromyalgia

    Fibromyalgia consists of widespread muscle pain and tenderness often accompanied by fatigue and altered sleep, memory, and mood.

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    Back Pain or Sciatic Pain

    Low Back or Lumbar Pain refers to pain in the region of five spinal bones (lumbar vertebrae) in the lower back.

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    Headache or Migraine

    Primary headaches have no identifiable cause after a routine medical evaluation has been completed.

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    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is characterized by profound fatigue, sleep abnormalities, difficulty in thinking, pain, and other symptoms.

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    Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    IBS is a disorder of the muscle contractions of the large intestine and the perception of those contractions by the brain.

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    Long Covid

    Long Covid affects about 10% of patients, causing fatigue, insomnia, shortness of breath, cough, headache, muscle aches, “brain fog,” and other symptoms.

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    Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

    CRPS describes a specific set of symptoms with no known cause that typically affect an arm, hand, leg or foot.

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    Interstitial Cystitis

    Interstitial Cystitis, or Painful Bladder Syndrome, is characterized by bladder pain or pressure, often with increased urinary frequency.

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    Pelvic Pain

    Pelvic pain that lasts longer than six months occurs in approximately one in six women and one in ten men.

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    Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

    Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a group of inherited disorders affecting the tissues that support skin, joints, and blood vessels.

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    Functional Neurologic Disorder

    Functional neurologic disorder (FND) is the second most common diagnosis in neurology clinics after headaches.