The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) published a new set of diagnostic criteria they are proposing for fibromyalgia in the May issue of the ACR journal Arthritis Care & Research. The new criteria includes common symptoms such as fatigue, sleep disturbances, and cognitive problems, as well as pain.
The original diagnostic criteria, established by the ACR in 1990, required the patient to have:
1) A history of widespread pain in all four quadrants of the body for a minimum duration...
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