Fibromyalgia is a disorder of chronic, widespread pain and tenderness. It typically presents in young or middle-aged women but can affect patients of either sex and at any age. This article describes tender points and pain management of fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder of widespread musculoskeletal pain in combination with autonomic, sensory, and cognitive dysfunction.
It is responsible for considerable morbidity and impaired quality of life in affected patients and their families. Fibromyalgia has been incorrectly characterized as a psychosomatic or psychogenic disorder, but a new understanding of the science of pain has demonstrated unambiguously that it is an organic disorder of the pain processing system itself. Clinical findings Fibromyalgia is a syndrome that consists of the following signs and symptoms: Persistent widespread pain and/or tenderness on both sides of…
