Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome characterized by chronic pain in muscles and tendons, as well as other areas of the body that cannot be precisely localized. Constant fatigue and depression are just a few of the symptoms associated with fibromyalgia. Women are six to seven times more likely to be affected by this chronic pain syndrome than men. Gerhard Müller-Schwefe from the Pain and Palliative Center in Göppingen explains that the pain is usually dull, pressing, or pulling.
Patients often have pain that lasts for several days. They experience recurring pain in varying intensity and location. Patients often report pain in different areas and, as a result, are often not taken seriously. Sometimes, there are direct triggers, such as minor surgeries or minor procedures that are not usually associated with severe pain. Nevertheless, these can be the beginning of fibromyalgia.
In 1992, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized fibromyalgia as a separate disease, which has contributed to the establishment of the disease as a medical diagnosis and the intensification of research on fibromyalgia. However, the exact causes and the exact way the disease develops are still unknown. Blood tests, as well as imaging techniques, such as ultrasound, computed tomography, and MRI, are not helpful. One diagnostic method, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the the the the, the, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the