Fibromyalgia/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Comorbidity [r]: The presence of co-existing or additional diseases with reference to an initial diagnosis or with reference to the index condition that is the subject of study ^[e]
• Pain medicine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Pain [r]: Unpleasant feeling or hurtful sensation that is conveyed to the brain by stimulation of sensory neurons. ^[e]
• Rheumatology [r]: Medical specialty that deals with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of connective tissue diseases; a subspecialty of internal medicine ^[e]
• Neurology [r]: The medical specialty concerned with evaluating the nervous system and the other system that it affects, and the treatment of nervous system disorders. ^[e] (subhead neuromuscular medicine)
• Sleep medicine [r]: Add brief definition or description

Specialized examination

• Dolorimeter [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Electromyography [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Polysomnography [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Trigger points [r]: Add brief definition or description

Useful laboratory studies

• Antinuclear antibodies [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Complete blood count [r]: A basic set of counts and ratios of various blood cells, which can be both individually and jointly valuable in medical diagnosis ^[e]
• Cryoglobulins [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Erythrocyte sedimentation rate [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Rheumatoid factor [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Serum protein electrophoresis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• SS antigens [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Thyroid panel [r]: Add brief definition or description

Differential diagnosis

Many of these can be comorbidities.

• Chronic fatigue syndrome [r]: Syndrome characterized by persistent or recurrent fatigue, diffuse musculoskeletal pain, sleep disturbances, and subjective cognitive impairment of 6 months duration or longer. ^[e]
• Chronic pain [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mood disorder [r]: Add brief definition or description (major depressive disorder)
• Hemochromatosis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hypothyroidism [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mixed connective tissue disorder [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Polymyalgia rheumatica [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Rheumatoid arthritis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Scleroderma [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sjogren's syndrome [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Systemic lupus erythematosus [r]: Add brief definition or description

Treatment

• Antidepressants [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Anticonvulsants [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Clonidine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Cognitive behavioral therapy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Capsaicin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Dextromethorphan [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Tramadol [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hypnotics [r]: Add brief definition or description