Fibromyalgia in a sentence

Fibromyalgia, also called fibromyalgia syndrome, is a long-term condition that causes pain all over the body, while hypermobility means joints are more flexible than other people's, which can often cause pain or stiffness in the muscles.

E.g. It has been shown that 75% of people with TMD could also be diagnosed with fibromyalgia, since they met the diagnostic criteria, and that conversely, 18% of people with fibromyalgia met diagnostic criteria for TMD.

Pain Fibromyalgia A 2012 meta-analysis concluded that antidepressants treatment favorably affects pain, health-related quality of life, depression, and sleep in fibromyalgia syndrome.

Kirkcaldy MSP, David Torrance, visited the town’s Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Support Group this week to speak to people living with arthritis and chronic pain to mark National Arthritis Week 2023.

Local hero Maria, who suffers with fibromyalgia, a condition that causes fatigue and debilitating muscle pain, believes the town has improved dramatically in the last three years, although there’s still plenty of work to do.

The Puffin Pool helps people with a range of conditions such as arthritis, fibromyalgia, stroke, cerebral palsy and can speed up rehabilitation after injuries and operations.

A year after Rowan first got sick, and continued going to the doctors, he was finally diagnosed with long Covid, chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia.

Having suffered from fibromyalgia for years without anyone but her closest family and friends knowing, she finally opened up about it a few years ago.

Lyme Disease UK has issued a warning that the condition can sometimes be mistaken for other illnesses with similar symptoms, such as chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, fibromyalgia, and multiple sclerosis.

Mary Peart, 67, a retired nurse in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., began taking gabapentin a year and a half ago to reduce the pain and fatigue of fibromyalgia.

Personal independence payments (Pips) should cover the additional costs of my disabilities, such as a chiropractor to manage the pain of my fibromyalgia, or holistic therapy for my mental health.

Some symptoms are like those of other conditions that emerge following infections, including myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.

Symptoms of fibromyalgia include muscle stiffness and sensitivity, difficulty sleeping, headaches, and irritable bowel symptoms.

Their daughter Nikola also has fibromyalgia (there is thought to be a genetic link).

There are believed to be around 1.3m people in the UK with ME, and almost double that with fibromyalgia – and I would imagine there are a great deal of people with both.

Approximately 5 million Americans, 90% of whom are women, are estimated to suffer from fibromyalgia.

Esreboxetine, the SS-enantiomer of racemic reboxetine, is the more selective and potent enantiomer, which has been evaluated for the treatment of fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia is a rheumatic condition characterized by muscular or musculoskeletal pain with stiffness and localized tenderness at specific points on the body.

I am very immune-compromised having fibromyalgia and heart failure and stuff like that.

Irish singer/songwriter once struggled with her fibromyalgia symptoms so much that she retreated from public life and her music career for two years.