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Fibromyalgia (cont.)

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Authors and Editors

Author: Frederick B Gaupp, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Family Practice, Assumption Community Hospital.

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com

Previous contributing editors:

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; James S Cohen, MD, Consulting Staff, James Cohen, PC


Last Editorial Review: 5/14/2009

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Fibromyalgia - Treatments

The eMedicineHealth physician editors ask:

How was your fibromyalgia treated?

Fibromyalgia - Symptoms at Onset of Disease

The eMedicineHealth physician editors asked:

The symptoms of fibromyalgia can vary greatly from patient to patient. What were your symptoms at the onset of your disease?

Chronic Pain/Back Pain

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Read What Your Physician is Reading on Medscape

Fibromyalgia »

Fibromyalgia (FM) typically presents in young or middle-aged females as persistent widespread pain, stiffness, fatigue, disrupted unrefreshing sleep, and cognitive difficulties, often accompanied by multiple other unexplained symptoms, anxiety and/or depression, and functional impairment of daily living activities.

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