Five Quick Fibromyalgia Facts
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Fibromyalgia is a Pain!
Fibromyalgia symptoms include widespread muscle pain and tender points on the body. Tender points are spots on the neck, shoulders, back, hips, arms or legs that hurt when pressure is applied on them.
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Fibromyalgia Targets Women
For unknown reasons, fibromyalgia is most common in middle-aged women. It is estimated that approximately 80 to 90 percent of people diagnosed with fibromyalgia are female.
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Sleep Disturbances
In addition to pain and fatigue, people with fibromyalgia often have trouble sleeping. Medical experts believe that fibromyalgia patients are unable to reach the restorative stage of sleep that most healthy people experience.
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Traumatic Events can Trigger Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia symptoms often begin after a physically or emotionally traumatic event, such as a car accident. However, in many cases there seems to be no apparent cause or trigger.
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Fibromyalgia is a Rheumatic Condition
Like arthritis, fibromyalgia is considered a rheumatic condition, which impairs the joints and soft tissues, causing chronic pain (however, it does not damage/erode the joints). People with rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases are particularly likely to develop fibromyalgia.
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