The Fibro Diva Report
Fibrostory part 2
Meet Fibromyallosaurus
(Pronounced
Fibro My Al Lo Saw Russ)
1592
The French physician Guillaume de Baillou first introduced the term rheumatism to describe clinical manifestations of muscular pain.
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1600'S
FM symptoms were first given a name, Muscular Rheumatism.
1700'S
Pain and stiffness were divided into two major categories, ARTHRITIS for joint and bone pain; MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM for muscle and soft tissue pain.
1800'S
German researchers and practicing doctors along with Scandinavian masseuses were generating the majority of medical FM literature.
1815
The first full description of what we now call Fibromyalgia was provided by Dr. William Balfour, a surgeon at the University of Edinburgh. Balfour also put forth the idea that the pain associated with this condition was due to inflammation.
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1824
Dr. Balfour described the tender points of FM.
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1827
Balfour’s contention that the condition of chronic pain was related to inflammation was reinforced by a British doctor named Scudamore. Scudamore believed that this unusual pain was the result of inflammation in the soft, fibrous tissues of the body.
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1846
FM was finally described in American medical documents by practicing physicians. American researchers however still were not interested in the mysterious condition.
1880
An American neurologist, George Miller Beard, wrote about widespread pain, fatigue, and psychologic disturbance. He called this condition neurasthenia and blamed an inability to handle the daily stresses of modern life for these symptoms. [3]
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