Chronic, widespread noninflammatory musculoskeletal pain syndrome with multisystem manifestations. Although the specific pathophysiology has not been fully elucidated, it is generall...
Original 1990 American College of Radiology (ACR) criteria, still widely used: (i) pain in all four quadrants > 3 months, (ii) axial (neck/spine) involvement, (iii) tender points ≥11 (2)
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Include both medication and nonpharmacologic interventions. In general, a partial or complete remission can only be achieved with committed changes in lifestyle...
For efficacy of initial therapy: at 2- to 4-week intervals, then every 1 to 6 months, tailored to patient’s needs
Advance exercise gradually to m...
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24693007 Fibromyositis (disorder)
95417003 primary fibromyalgia syndrome (disorder)
Fibromyalgia is a disease of central sensitization; it is not a somatoform disorder and is not merely a manifestation of depression or anxiety. As with all chronic pain syndromes, fibr...
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