On any given day in America, about 5 million adults may be suffering with a crippling type of pain according to the Centers for Disease Control. They're talking about Fibromyalgia, a chronic ...

Fibromyalgia is diagnosed using two questionnaires that assess pain and symptom severity: the Widespread Pain Index (WPI) and the Symptom Severity Scale (SSS). The WPI evaluates pain across 19 ...

Clauw, MD, in a 2024 article in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases entitled “From fibrositis to fibromyalgia ... the Widespread Pain Index [WPI] and the Symptom Severity Scale [SSS]), whereas ...

Myalgia refers to muscle pain. Both fibromyalgia and polymyalgia cause muscle pain, but they differ in other symptoms, causes, and treatments. Both polymyalgia and fibromyalgia are more common in ...

People with fibromyalgia feel pain not because the area that is hurting is damaged or has an injury, but because a problem exists with the way the brain and nervous system process pain from that area.

Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain condition that disproportionately impacts Veterans. Individuals diagnosed with fibromyalgia experience lower self-esteem and positive affect, as well as greater levels ...

Peripheral magnetic stimulation may provide short-term pain relief in patients with fibromyalgia, according to study findings.