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