Diagnosing fibromyalgia can be challenging as there are no specific tests that can confirm a person has the condition. Doctors may sometimes use other laboratory or imaging tests to rule out other ...

Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that causes widespread pain all over the body, fatigue and poor sleep, and it often also causes problems with mood, memory and concentration. It affects about 2% of ...

Q: Is there a specific test to definitively diagnose fibromyalgia? If not, how do doctors confidently diagnose this disorder? A: No one test can be used to diagnose fibromyalgia. But unlike in the ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are two mysterious and debilitating conditions - and they're often confused with each other. Tiredness, pain, trouble concentrating and ...

I have always found that one of the most difficult undertakings in all of medicine is to look a patient in the eye and say, “I don’t know.” After years of training, the last thing in the world you ...

If you feel achy, stiff and tired all the time, you could be one of the 4 million American adults with fibromyalgia. The condition generally tends to show up after age 40, and women are twice as ...

Fibromyalgia joint pain stems from changes in how your brain processes pain signals. It’s often accompanied by fatigue and muscle tenderness. Have you ever felt tired and achy with the flu? This is ...

Fibromyalgia (FMS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), are chronic conditions that have similar symptoms. Both cause extreme tiredness, which could ...

Many people with fibromyalgia describe the chronic condition as a "bad case of the flu that never goes away," because they have widespread pain, wake up with stiff muscles and experience brain fog, ...