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Suggest Remedy For Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome

Hello Doctor, I am a 48 year old male with Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome, from taking L-Tryptophan capsules. I suffer fatigue, skin, nerve, muscle and joint problems My height is 1.82m and weight is 87 kg I have been ill for a year, I suffer also insomnia and my body temperature is well out of balance, I sweat easily when warm now and have fevers every night unless I only sleep under a very thin blanket. Lot of stress and sensitivity to sounds also.
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hi.
Stopping ingestion of L-tryptophan or any other agent that may be the offending factor is key in the treatment of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS).
Because of the protean manifestations of EMS, patients are treated based on their symptoms.
Chronic symptoms, such as muscle pain, spasm, weakness, neuropathy, and skin thickening, are noninflammatory and are treated symptomatically. Intermittent use of muscle relaxants and analgesics.
In addition, prednisone is commonly prescribed because inflammation plays a role.
However, treatment with corticosteroids is not beneficial in reducing the severity or duration of symptoms.
Long-term steroid therapy has no role.
Assistance with activities of daily living can be taken.
you can consult neurologist for your multiple problems.
hope this is helpful.
take care.
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Suggest Remedy For Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome

hi. Stopping ingestion of L-tryptophan or any other agent that may be the offending factor is key in the treatment of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS). Because of the protean manifestations of EMS, patients are treated based on their symptoms. Chronic symptoms, such as muscle pain, spasm, weakness, neuropathy, and skin thickening, are noninflammatory and are treated symptomatically. Intermittent use of muscle relaxants and analgesics. In addition, prednisone is commonly prescribed because inflammation plays a role. However, treatment with corticosteroids is not beneficial in reducing the severity or duration of symptoms. Long-term steroid therapy has no role. Assistance with activities of daily living can be taken. you can consult neurologist for your multiple problems. hope this is helpful. take care.