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What is a fibromyalgia tender point exam?
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Clinical evaluation: It assesses your reaction to pressure on specific spots on the body, as an identifier for fibromyalgia.
Answered 8/10/2012
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Specific test: Specific test for the disease. Pressure at specific points reproduces the pattern of pain. If tender point exam is negative, no fibromyalgia.
Answered 7/31/2012
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Palpation painful: ? what is fibromyalgia (FM) tender point exam. In 1991, a committee of Rheumatologists decided to define a mostly female disorder that was chiefly characterized by chronic widespread pain. Finger pressure on certain anatomical loci until examiner's nail bed blanched was the chosen way to make diagnosis, if 11 of the 18 chosen points were painful with this degree of pressure.
Answered 12/5/2014
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Do you find that some fibromyalgia patients do not have all of the "official" number of tender points that are considered necessary for diagnosis?
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Need ddx for work now, waiting for RA labs etc skeptical abt fibromyalgia but was surprised at pain when touching tender pnts. Other causes for them?
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Can i be emotionally/mentally well/happy & still have fibromyalgia? I do feel the wide spread pain/tenderness but i truly feel happy/content with life
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I have read now that some smart doctors know that you can have fibromyalgia without specific tender points. Do you agree?
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