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Body pain and immune response

AdrianaIna
AdrianaIna
Does anyone else out there feel like they have the flu??? Yes, i am joking, but do wonder if fibro flares when the immune system gets going. My son and I both feel like we are getting a cold--but for me it is ramped up with body pain and post-gardening pain which seems to have resulted in a strange upper back/chest muscular pain which makes breathing deeply a bit painful. Throw in a touch of IBS and a lot of fatigue, and I feel like I have the flu. Anyone else experience this?
mnfibro
mnfibro
Hello Adrianalna,

I get similar symptoms from time to time. Before I knew I had fibro I was in a spinal rehab program where they pushed you pretty hard. After all kinds of excercising I'd hurt like heck and feel sick to my stomach. I thought hmmmm so this is what that work-out high is all about! Maybe thats why I didn't work out for so many years. :-) I hope you feel better soon.

Kel
basketballmom23
basketballmom23
Flu is the term that I often associate with how I feel. To me, that feeling is what I get when I have a flare. Body aches, head aches, fatigue, etc.

I asked the doctor about seeing someone regarding my immune system, but when my blood work comes back "normal", they don't see a need for it.

I hope you feel better soon.
PeaceN2You
PeaceN2You
"Flu-like pain" is the classic fibromyalgia symptom. It's how a lot of us describe "how it feels" to people who ask - it feels a lot like having the flu, except without the fever, and it doesn't go away.

One of my "funny" ironic fibro stories was telling someone at a party, who asked "how does it feel?" that it feels like having the flu, and she said "So...how would you know which you have?" Yikes. I think I see somebody I know over there - bye!
LeoX3
LeoX3
Peace, LOL, that's how I feel---is it me, FM, flu or what?

I know it's flu when Hubby has it. If it's just me, it's probably fibro!

Yeah, it's awful stuff.
Fantod
Fantod
Yep, me too. I get nauseous and more achey and sometimes have GI issues or run a low grade fever. BTW - Your chest pain could be costochondritis which is another *perk* of Fibromyalgia. I sometimes get that after doing too much yard work or just because it apparently feels that it's my turn to be "it." In any event, none of it is fun. Feel better soon.
skinnybinny
skinnybinny
I feel very ill, I guess it's sort of like the flu. I have IBS. I feel dizzy a lot. There are so many more things besides pain that go along with this.
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