| It is believed that as much as one in 50 | | | | people just come down with the disease |
| people suffer from fibromyalgia. Another | | | | spontaneously. |
| interesting fact about this disease is | | | | Other causes are also thoroughly |
| that more that 85% of the patients | | | | researched, such as problems in the |
| suffering from this disorder are | | | | processing of the pain in the central |
| actually women. Still, man and children | | | | nervous system of the human ( the brain |
| can also be affected. Most of the | | | | and the spinal cord). |
| diagnosis are made on people who are in | | | | Certain genes are suspected to cause the |
| their middle age, but symptoms can be | | | | way some people deal wit hand react to |
| present through a long period, since | | | | pain. The way people regulate the way |
| youth. | | | | they feel the pain is very different |
| A certain category of people have been | | | | from one person to another. According to |
| classified as being more likely to have | | | | some scientists people suffering from |
| fibromylagia. Persons suffering from | | | | fibromyalgia seem to have a gene or |
| rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus | | | | certain genes that basicly makes them |
| erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis | | | | react in a very strong way towards |
| have seam to be increasingly more likely | | | | stimuli that others may not perceive as |
| to develop the disorder. | | | | painful. Still, if the genes actually |
| Genetics also seams to play a role in | | | | exist, scientist have not yet been able |
| the development of fibromylagia. Women | | | | to properly identify them. |
| are increasingly more likely to have the | | | | Diagnosing fibromyalgia can be a little |
| disease if one of the family members | | | | bit tricky. Patients suffering from the |
| already has it. Causes are still | | | | disorder see many doctors before being |
| unknown, be they hereditary or | | | | given a correct diagnose. One of the |
| environmental factors. An increased | | | | most important facts why this is so, is |
| study in genes is trying to clarify if | | | | because of the overlapping of the pain |
| some people are more predisposed in | | | | and fatigue ( the main and most common |
| fibromylagia than others. | | | | symptoms) with other conditions. Doctors |
| Exact causes that determine the | | | | have to rule out , one by one , |
| appearance of the disease are still | | | | potential cause before properly |
| unknown. A number of factors are | | | | interpreting all the symptoms and giving |
| suspected of being the triggers of the | | | | a proper diagnose of fibromyalgia. |
| disease. Some people believe that the | | | | Another reason would be that there are |
| decisive factor is an intense physical | | | | still no laboratories equipped with the |
| ore emotional stressful even ( such as | | | | specific machinery to deal with the |
| an automobile crash). Other seam to | | | | diagnosing of the disease. Physiologic |
| prefer the term of repetitive injuries. | | | | reason are always ruled out by standard |
| Some doctors link it to an illness. In | | | | laboratory tests. Again a sad fact about |
| any case, it seems that people with | | | | correctly diagnosing fibromyalgia is |
| certain rheumatoid symptoms or | | | | that some doctors say that it is all in |
| autoimmune diseases are particularly | | | | the mind of the person, or that is |
| likely to develop fibromyalgia. To make | | | | little they can actually do. |
| matters even more complicated some | | | | |