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How Fibromyalgia Affects MenMonday 26 February 2018
How Fibromyalgia Affects Men Often thought of as a ‘woman’s disease,’ fibromyalgia can attack men differently. Men may also have a tougher time getting diagnosed. Fibromyalgia can be especially hard on men. “Men are expected to ‘suck it up and tough it out,’” one man noted in a survey on the ailment published earlier this month. In fact, men may wait years, feeling increasingly worse, before they have a diagnosis. Often men are treated for low back pain that doesn’t account for their other complaints, Daniel Clauw, a rheumatologist at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, told Healthline. They end up getting “too much surgery.” They also might end up with a prescription for opioids that make their condition worse. Getting the right care requires risking embarrassment. “As hard as it sometimes is for a woman to be believed, it’s typically harder for men, because many doctors, and others, still think of fibro as a woman’s disease.” writes Kevin P. White, a rheumatologist and author of “Breaking Thru the Fibro Fog: Scientific Proof Fibromyalgia Is Real.” “Men with fibro, therefore, are often stigmatized as being wimpy, or whiney, or lazy and opportunistic.”
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