Fibromyalgia
- Autores: Deborah Tolmach Sugerman
- Localización: JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association, ISSN 0098-7484, Vol. 311, Nº. 15, 2014, págs. 1577-1577
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Fibromyalgia is a disorder that involves pain and tenderness throughout the body as well many other symptoms.
Fibromyalgia is a complicated condition. It tends to last a long time, although people do get better. It is not life threatening. Although fibromyalgia is considered similar to arthritis because it causes pain in the joints and muscles and can interfere with physical activity, it does not cause inflammation or damage to the body. In addition to pain, the most common symptoms are sleep problems, feeling tired, problems with memory and thinking clearly, and depression.
Many people who have fibromyalgia have other conditions as well, such as temporomandibular joint disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, interstitial cystitis, headaches, restless legs syndrome, and other chronic pain conditions such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. It is not known whether these conditions are related.
