Fibromyalgia in children-Shelly

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FM can absolutely affect children. Here is a site with a lot of info:

Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) and Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents

Medical Journal Articles

http://www.cfids.org/youth/articles/medical/pain.htm

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> a,

>

> Have you ever heard of a child having FM. The more i read about FM from

all

> of you and seeing what (jason's mom) goes through, i see some of the

> similiarities in . Sometime he complains that his muscles hurt in his

> thighs and arms. Some times its almost impossible to give him his

injection.

> He also is very forgetful which i thought was normal kid stuff or that he

was

> just playing it up which he is good at. I mean sometimes he seems to use

his

> illness to get away with things which the dr says is normal for children

with

> a illness but iam wondering if its something else cause most of the time

he

> just seems different then when he is playing it up. I can tell when he

isn't

> telling me the truth. an example of him forgetting: he and his brother

were

> fighting over the big screen tv in the living room. had come out of

his

> room and turned the channel while his brother was watching a show. I said

> jesse why don't you just watch tv in your room. he told me that he forgot

> they had a tv in there. They just got it for christmas. Anyway he seemed

> embrassed and try to cover it all up by saying jake always got to watch

what

> he wanted on the big screen.

>

> When and go back pensacola i will ask him if its possible for

a

> child to have it but i wanted your imput too. seems so young to have

FM

> but then again he seems to young for arthritis too. I just want to know so

> that i can do the best for him that i can.

>

> shelly

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks a,

there is so many links that i bookmarked so that when i can read it in

peace(probably in the middle of the night).

shelly