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What is the definition or description of: fibromyalgia?

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Dr. Jose Barreto answered

Specializes in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Pain &other symptoms: Widespread pain and tenderness on palpation of specific muscle points, associated with variety of other symptoms that include fatigue, sleep disturbances, depression, anxiety, cognitive dysfunction and others.

Answered 12/8/2014

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Dr. Laurence Badgley answered

Specializes in General Practice

Syndrome: Fibromyalgia, FM, is constellation of symptoms with varying intensities of expression in different FM patients: chronic & widespread pain including bilateral low back pain, fatigue, foggy mental process & restless sleep. Many have associated depression, IBS, IC, Endometriosis, migraines, TMD, Joint Hypermobility Syndrome & TOS. Medical community regards cause to be unknown.

Answered 9/17/2015

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Fibromyalia: Fibromyalgia is a condition where people develop chronic pain in there muscles. The condition is associated with poor sleep. One of the main problems with fibromyalgia is that the thalmus does not filter pain signals so well and people develop characteristic tender points.

Answered 12/3/2017

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