Understanding Fibromyalgia

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Understanding Fibromyalgia

Research, symptoms, causes, nervous system changes, and the latest discoveries surrounding fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia is real, it is measurable, and it is not in your head. Here is what the science says.

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Symptoms

The full range of fibromyalgia symptoms, including those that are rarely discussed.

Diagnosis

How fibromyalgia is diagnosed, why it takes so long, and what the criteria mean.

Conditions That Can Look Similar

Other conditions that share symptoms with fibromyalgia, and how they differ.

Causes and Risk Factors

What is known about why fibromyalgia develops and who is most at risk.

Central Sensitization

The nervous system mechanism at the core of fibromyalgia and many chronic pain conditions.

Autonomic Dysfunction

How the autonomic nervous system is affected in fibromyalgia.

Research

Current and emerging research on fibromyalgia.

Common Questions

Frequently asked questions about fibromyalgia, answered plainly.

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Guided pathways

Not sure where to start? These curated reading paths guide you through the most important articles in a logical order.

The basics

  1. 1What fibromyalgia is
  2. 2Central sensitization explained
  3. 3Why diagnosis takes so long

Causes and risk

  1. 1What causes fibromyalgia?
  2. 2Trauma and fibromyalgia
  3. 3Who is most at risk?

The nervous system

  1. 1How the nervous system is involved
  2. 2Autonomic dysfunction
  3. 3What the research says

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