Conquering Your Fibromyalgia Podcast Ep. 33 "Weather Induced" Abdominal Pain in a Child
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This week Dr. Lenz discusses a common pediatric problem that can be very frustrating for the child and for their parents. He walks through the thought processes involved in the evaluation of a child with recurrent abdominal pain. Fibromyalgia symptoms often start years and even decades before it is diagnosed, often going back to childhood with regional central pain syndromes like abdominal migraines.
Dr. Lenz is an internist, pediatrician, lifestyle medicine physician, and clinical lipidologist with an interest in helping those with fibromyalgia and related problems go beyond just learning to live with to even reversing fibromyalgia. He is also the author of the book, "Conquering Your Fibromyalgia: Real Answers and Real Solutions for Real Pain. " It is also available on audiobook with Dr. Lenz as the narrator.
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