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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

The defining symptoms of fibromyalgia are chronic, widespread pain and tenderness to light touch.[1][2] [3][4][5][6][7]

History and Symptoms

The defining symptoms of fibromyalgia are chronic, widespread pain and tenderness to light touch. Other symptoms include:[1][8] [9][10][11][12][7]

Organ system Symptoms
Systemic
  • Weight gain
  • Cold symptoms
  • Severe fatigue
CNS
  • Headaches
  • Sleep disorders
  • Dizziness
  • Cognitive impairment
  • Memory impairment
  • Anxiety- Depression
  • Tingling of the skin
Musculoskeletal
  • Myofascial pain
  • Twitches
  • Achiness in the muscle tissues
  • Prolonged muscle spasms
  • Muscle weakness
  • Allodynia
Abdominal
  • Nausea
  • Pain
Eyes
  • Blurred vision
  • Photosensitivity

The following factors have been proposed to exacerbate symptoms of pain in patients:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Leavitt F, Katz RS, Mills M, Heard AR (2002). "Cognitive and Dissociative Manifestations in Fibromyalgia". J Clin Rheumatol. 8 (2): 77–84. PMID 17041327.
  2. Frank Leavitt. "Fibrofog, Fibromyalgia and Dissociation -- Understanding why some memory-impaired patients with fibromyalgia score normally on neuropsychological testing".
  3. Musculosketal symptoms and non-REM sleep disturban...[Psychosom Med. 1975 Jul-Aug] - PubMed Result
  4. Fibromyalgia: the gastrointestinal link. [Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2004] - PubMed Result
  5. Cognitive dysfunction in fibromyalgia and chronic ...[Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2006] - PubMed Result
  6. Comorbidity of fibromyalgia and psychiatric disord...[Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2007] - PubMed Result
  7. 7.0 7.1 Tander B, Atmaca A, Aliyazicioglu Y, Canturk F (2007). "Serum ghrelin levels but not GH, IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels are altered in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome". Joint Bone Spine. 74 (5): 477–81. doi:10.1016/j.jbspin.2007.01.024. PMID 17689128.
  8. Frank Leavitt. "Fibrofog, Fibromyalgia and Dissociation -- Understanding why some memory-impaired patients with fibromyalgia score normally on neuropsychological testing".
  9. Musculosketal symptoms and non-REM sleep disturban...[Psychosom Med. 1975 Jul-Aug] - PubMed Result
  10. Fibromyalgia: the gastrointestinal link. [Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2004] - PubMed Result
  11. Cognitive dysfunction in fibromyalgia and chronic ...[Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2006] - PubMed Result
  12. Comorbidity of fibromyalgia and psychiatric disord...[Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2007] - PubMed Result
  13. Staud R, Robinson ME, Price DD (2005). "Isometric exercise has opposite effects on central pain mechanisms in fibromyalgia patients compared to normal controls". Pain. 118 (1–2): 176–84. PMID 16154700.

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