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Health Encyclopedia: Fibromyalgia Introduction
- Fibromyalgia - Introduction
- Highlights
- Causes
- Risk Factors
- Diagnosis
- Conditions with Similar Symptoms
- Prognosis
Introduction
Fibromyalgia is a syndrome of unknown causes that results in lasting, sometimes debilitating, muscle pain and fatigue. Fibromyalgia is also known as fibrositis or fibromyositis.
General Description of Fibromyalgia Symptoms
Pain. The primary symptom of fibromyalgia is pain. The pain can be in one place or all over. The exact locations of the pain are called tender points. The pain of fibromyalgia is often is described as follows:
- Tender point pain occurs in local sites, usually in the ne...
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