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Annals of Medicine, 1997 The term fibromyalgia describes a complex syndrome characterized by pain amplification, musculoskeletal discomfort, and systemic symptoms. Although its existence has been controversial, nearly all rheumatologists now accept fibromyalgia as a distinct diagnostic entity.
Daniel J. Wallace
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Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 1990
Fibromyalgia is a chronic rheumatologic disorder. The primary symptoms include musculoskeletal pain and aching, disturbed sleep, fatigue, morning stiffness, and local tenderness. It is frequently misdiagnosed, despite being a fairly common, chronic disorder in most primary care clinics.
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Fibromyalgia is a chronic rheumatologic disorder. The primary symptoms include musculoskeletal pain and aching, disturbed sleep, fatigue, morning stiffness, and local tenderness. It is frequently misdiagnosed, despite being a fairly common, chronic disorder in most primary care clinics.
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The Genetics of Fibromyalgia Syndrome
Pharmacogenomics, 2006Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a common chronic widespread pain syndrome mainly affecting women. Although the etiology of FMS is not completely understood, varieties of neuroendocrine disturbances, as well as abnormalities of autonomic function, have been implicated in its pathogenesis.
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FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME: NEW ASSOCIATIONS
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 1991Previous research has demonstrated a number of conditions, such as sleep disturbance, fatigue, depression, spastic colon and mitral valve prolapse, associated with fibromyalgia. The present report describes additional symptoms and medical conditions that appear to be associated with the syndrome based on a survey of 554 individuals with fibromyalgia ...
G W, Waylonis, W, Heck
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The classification of fibromyalgia syndrome
Rheumatology International, 2007As has been shown by a number of working groups, primary fibromyalgia syndrome does not represent a single clinical entity. It is possible to distinguish between a subgroup with high pain sensitivity and no associated psychiatric condition, a second and a third subgroup characterized by depression associated with fibromyalgia syndrome, and a fourth ...
W, Müller, E M, Schneider, T, Stratz
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Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 2000
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is uncommon in men and data on its characteristics and severity are limited. The current study was undertaken to determine whether the clinical characteristics and the spectrum of this disorder are similar in men and women.Forty men with FMS were matched with 40 women by age and educational level.
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Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is uncommon in men and data on its characteristics and severity are limited. The current study was undertaken to determine whether the clinical characteristics and the spectrum of this disorder are similar in men and women.Forty men with FMS were matched with 40 women by age and educational level.
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Nursing Clinics of North America, 1998
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a more common a condition than previously estimated. The most recent estimates are that 3 to 6 million patients have been diagnosed with FMS. The ACR criteria, established in 1990, provide the primary care provider with definitive subjective and objective findings that have shown to be 88% accurate in their ability to ...
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Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a more common a condition than previously estimated. The most recent estimates are that 3 to 6 million patients have been diagnosed with FMS. The ACR criteria, established in 1990, provide the primary care provider with definitive subjective and objective findings that have shown to be 88% accurate in their ability to ...
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Rehabilitation Nursing, 2006
This article highlights positive outcomes for a convenience sample of six women (49-64 years of age) with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) who participated in an exercise program over 5 years. This group showed improvement with various FMS symptoms,fitness, and psychosocial factors early in the program, then showed further improvement as a result of adding ...
William B, Karper +2 more
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This article highlights positive outcomes for a convenience sample of six women (49-64 years of age) with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) who participated in an exercise program over 5 years. This group showed improvement with various FMS symptoms,fitness, and psychosocial factors early in the program, then showed further improvement as a result of adding ...
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Fibromyalgia syndrome and the eye—A review
Survey of Ophthalmology, 2021Fibromyalgia is a chronic, widespread pain syndrome of unclear etiology characterized by fatigue, sleeping problems, cognitive disorders, somatic complaints, and severe pain in parts of the body at the time of physical activity, with no laboratory findings specific to the disease or diagnostic tests. Fibromyalgia can be associated with ocular symptoms (
Natalia, Zdebik +4 more
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The Overdiagnosis of Fibromyalgia Syndrome
The American Journal of Medicine, 1997As fibromyalgia syndrome (FM) has gained greater acceptance and awareness in both the medical and the lay community, the possibility of overdiagnosis exists. Diffuse body pain in a woman is likely to suggest this diagnosis. We report the diagnosis of FM in 11 female patients whose primary cause for musculoskeletal symptoms was spondyloarthritis rather ...
M A, Fitzcharles, J M, Esdaile
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