How common is fibromyalgia? who is affected?

See below: ◦roughly 5 million americans have fibromyalgia, that is one in 50 americans, 2% of the populations ◦fibromyalgia is the second most common musculoskelatal ailment, after osteoarthritis ◦90% of fibromyalgia fighters are female ◦fibromyalgia is 7 times more common in women than in men ◦fms most commonly affects women in their childbearing years but men and women of all ages can get fms.

2% of population : 2% of the population is affected by fibromyalgia. It is more common in women, but can occur in men. Most often it occurs spontaneously and patients remember having had pain dating back to their teens or twenties. I've also seen cases that arose after trauma (accident, injury). In my practice, fibromyalgia seems associated with family history of alcoholism or history of abuse.