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Dr. Héctor Peña Luza, doctor of the Rheumatology Service of the Hipólito Unanue National Hospital of the Ministry of Health, participated in the program Cuerpo Médico of TV Peru, where he developed the theme Fibromyalgia, this participation will serve the general public to take into account what to do about this disease.
Fibromyalgia is a chronic and complex condition that causes widespread pain, profound exhaustion, and also a variety of other accompanying symptoms. Many times, it is described as a pain from head to toe, but it manages to affect mainly the soft tissues of the body.
It is believed that between 2% to 6% of the population suffers from it, but the vast majority is detected in women. Among the discomforts that occur, is the sensitivity to any object that touches it and produces pain, as well as light and noise, to mention some of the causes.
Fibromyalgia is recognized as a syndrome, which means that the rheumatologist identifies it when he finds in a certain person alterations that agree with those that have been previously fixed by experts for diagnosis.
The disease has no definitive cure. The goal of treatment is to improve pain and treat accompanying symptoms, to achieve a great improvement in the quality of life of these patients.
