Symptoms of Fibromyalgia after Hepatitis C Treatment

[cliff1961]

Has anyone been diagnosed with both Fibromyalgia & Hepatitis and completed a full course of Hepatitis Treatment which resulted sucessful in removing the virus?

How was your symptoms of Fibromyalgia before your Hepatitis become active?

Now you have completed the Full course of treatment for Hepatitis how is your symptoms of Fibromyalgia affecting you now prior to treatment?

1: Better ?
2: Same ?
3: Worse ?


My Fiance' has suffered with Fibromyalgia for the past few years with the main symptom only being Burning hips at night in her sleep.
Only this year she had been diagnosed with Hepatitis C as the virus has just become active.
Now the virus has become active her Fibromyalgia has spread throughout her body and pain become far more severe, as it is said Hepatitis can be a known trigger for Fibromyalgia.

But i am curious on knowing how anyones symptoms of Fibromyalgia is after clearing the Hepatitis C Virus ?
Now the Virus has been removed, there is no trigger from the Hepatitis so does this relieve the pain for the Fibromyalgia?

YES?
NO?

[cliff1961]

It appears that you were never diagnosed with Fibromyalgia prior to treatment only afterwards so the trigger would not have been the Hepatitis therefore the main symptom for Fibromyalgia is over active nerves!

Having read that many patients are treated by a medication called Topamax which is a medication to treat Epliepsy. I have suffered with Epilepsy all my life and it is caused by over active nerves cells in the Brain.

Many people tried Lyrica but do not like the side affects, My Fiance has given up on them as she explained the side affects can be worse than the pain.
Savella created severe sweating for her, but having read Topamax is just affective as Lyrica with hardly any side affects she is going to see about giving it a go.


Good Luck

[cliff1961]

Hi

I posted this question under two topics the first

1: Hepatitis C
2: Fibromyalgia

I received a reply from one person stating that she suffered both and after her course of treatment has been cleared of the virus, and 6 months later has been in no pain since!

It just did not make sense to me that my Fiance's Fibromyalgia was only affecting her hips then once her Hepatitis woke up from the DEAD! the Fibromyalgia become more severe, this tells you Hepatitis is interferring and has a lot to do with it, as the blood is affected, the affected blood affects other parts of the body!

It is hard to predict so the only person that can tell you are patients that have been diagnosed with both and completed the treatment.
Maybe it could be a 70% chance that it will ease the symptoms of pain??

People suffering with Fibromyalgia but do not suffer with hepatitis has different triggers for it to Flare up from time to time,
the top reason for this is Over Active Nerves!

[brendaelk65]

I had fibromyalgia and Hepatitis come on around the same time. They diagnosed me with fibromyalgia the same time they tested me for Hep C  I found out I had Hep C when the test came back.I was thinking maybe that is what is causing all the pain and IBS? I waited to be treated for the Hep 6 yr after diagnosis and cleared it. I felt good for a few months and now I have had the worse fibro flare that I have ever had, this change of season. It has been 10 months since I reached SVR. But the last few months of Fibro has caused me to start Lyrica and Savella. IT has been a few weeks and it has helped just a little so we will see hopefully.

[GSDgirl]

Hi, My condition is different but I treated the Hep and cleared.  I had the body aches for about 8 years but was not diagnosed with the fibro.  After many, many doctors I was diagnosed with fibro last month.  I have almost constant pain but sometimes it is worse and sometimes it is noty so bad.  

So, I guess the answer is no, the trigger is not Hep C and it does not trelieve the pain (at lerast for me).  Sorry, I know that is not what you wanted to hear.  Good Luck to your Fiance.

Denise