Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia

Long Haul Covid. Is this really a Fibromyalgia related problem?

The following is a discussion on long-haul COVID from the national internal medicine meeting a month ago. It is helpful as one considers...

Do I have fibromyalgia? Diagnosis

Do I have fibromyalgia? Let’s first look at how medical doctors make a diagnosis. Often there is more than one chief complaint. There are...

The Cost of a delayed Fibromyalgia Diagnosis

From my experience the time from symptom onset to diagnosis is too long. It is common to take years and in many cases decades before a...

"More than 90% of medical diagnoses are made through the history"

How does a doctor make a medical diagnosis. The most important part is the history. This is so valuable. In this weeks podcast I begin...

What is Fibromyalgia?

Dr. Lenz describes fibromyalgia. He differentiates structural medical problems which is the most commonly used paradigm for understanding...

"I've had my thyroid checked more than all the research on global warming."

A new patient was referred me for the first time earlier this year after years of frustration. She came in with guarded optimism but had...