These initials refer to the doctor's credentials â they indicate the type of medical school the doctor attended and the licensing exam they took to become a doctor. MD stands for Doctor of Medicine, and is the most common type of degree earned by doctors who practice medicine in the United States.
Anxiety is often manifested at various times during cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment, or recurrence. For patients undergoing cancer treatment, anxiety can also heighten the expectancy of pain,[10-12] other symptoms of distress, and sleep disturbances and can be a major factor in anticipatory nausea and vomiting.
However, there are two new assessment tools that have been added to the diagnostic criteria: the widespread pain index (WPI) and the symptom severity (SS) scale score. The WPI lists 19 areas of the body in which a person may have had pain in the week prior to the examination. The individual identifies the areas of pain to the doctor and the score is between 0-19. The SS scale score is established as the person ranks specific symptoms associated with FMS on a scale of 0-3: Â· 0 = no problem Â· 1 = slight or mild problems, generally mild or intermittent