| The main areas that are affected are tender | | | | fibromyalgia is migratory. In other words, it keeps |
| points and muscles in different parts of the body. | | | | moving from one part of the body to the other. |
| The problem can sometimes be very complicated | | | | This is a clear indication that the central nervous |
| and the extent of suffering can be intense and | | | | system is not functioning well. |
| almost debilitating. | | | | The manner in which the body responds to stress |
| Symptoms of Fibromyalgia Joint Pain | | | | also determines the manner in which fibromyalgia |
| The symptoms of fibromyalgia joint pain often | | | | joint pain spreads throughout the four body |
| tend to overlap with those of autoimmune | | | | quadrants. Stress becomes a major cause of |
| diseases. They might also overlap with those of | | | | fibromyalgia syndrome when the body is unable |
| muscoskeletal conditions. This is why it is | | | | to handle stress. In this case, depression sets in |
| sometimes very difficult to diagnose. In many | | | | leading in a very awful situation whereby an |
| cases, defining the signs and symptoms of | | | | individual’s health deteriorates at a very |
| fibromyalgia is part of coming up with a diagnostic | | | | alarming rate. |
| framework of this condition. Even in this case | | | | Fibromyalgia Syndrome among Women |
| objective and subjective symptoms are difficult | | | | Fibromyalgia joint pain is very common among |
| to tell them apart. | | | | women who are in the child-bearing age. Children |
| About 2 percent of American population is | | | | and old people can also be affected by this |
| estimated to be sufferers of fibromyalgia | | | | condition. Apart from pain that occurs in tender |
| syndrome. There are two main criteria that are | | | | tissues, there are also other symptoms that are |
| used to classify fibromyalgia joint pain by | | | | non-defining in nature. One of these symptoms is |
| American College of Rheumatology. The first one | | | | fatigue. One feels very tired and this might cause |
| is the history of the pain that spreads to all the | | | | or be accompanied by lack of sleep, sweating at |
| four body quadrants of the patient’s body | | | | night and disturbances in the form of cognitive |
| which are the right, left side, below waist and | | | | difficulties and memory lapses. |
| above waist for a period of not less than three | | | | Tension might also occur accompanied by migraine |
| months. | | | | headaches. If the rib cage is affected by pain one |
| The second criterion is the presence of intense | | | | becomes very sure that the problem that ails the |
| pain in not less then 11 of the 18 tender joints | | | | individual is in deed suffering from fibromyalgia |
| when they are subjected to physical examination. | | | | joint pain. Some people become very sensitive to |
| The force applied to these joints has to be | | | | chemicals when they are suffering from this |
| equivalent to 9lbs or 4 kg. In most cases, pain in | | | | condition. |