Vitamin D deficiency has been found to be associated with fibromyalgia. [2] It will be interesting to know the authors’ opinions about the hypothesis that vitamin D deficiency is involved in the pathogenesis of Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), particularly when reported in people with normal vitamin D levels. This is also particularly relevant when various scores such as fibrmomyalgia impact questi...

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a mysterious condition with uncertain physiopathogenesis. Despite its hermeneutic problems, FMS and related afflictions are responsible for the majority of family medicine and rheumatological medical office appointments. In spite of the skepticism of some, it seems that the medical science community has accepted FMS as a valid, unique clinical diagnosis and the ma...

BACKGROUND Little is understood about the determinants of symptom expression in individuals with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). While individuals with FMS often report environmental influences, including weather events, on their symptom severity, a consistent effect of specific weather conditions on FMS symptoms has yet to be demonstrated. Content analysis of a large number of messages by individ...

Aim. To perform a narrative review of spa therapy for management of the fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), evaluating this traditional time-honored form of therapy in a historical perspective. Methods. Medline was searched using the terms "Spa therapy," "Balneotherapy," and "Fibromyalgia" between 1990 (year of ACR fibromyalgia criteria publication) and April 2013. The Cochrane database was also searc...

The Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire (FSQ) assesses the key symptoms of fibromyalgia syndrome. The FSQ can be administrated in survey research and settings where the use of interviews to evaluate the number of pain sites and extent of somatic symptom intensity and tender point examination would be difficult. We validated the FSQ in a cross-sectional survey with FMS patients. In a cross-section...

BACKGROUND While there are numerous instruments for capturing the symptoms of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients, there is a lack of questionnaires capable of measuring in detail FMS patients' participation and social functioning. It was our aim to develop and methodologically test a new patient questionnaire specific to FMS measuring these concepts (the "Fibromyalgia Participation Questionna...

OBJECTIVE Trauma and dissociation tend to be interrelated. The objective of this study was to examine the frequency of traumatic experiences and somatoform dissociation in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA), two conditions that are both characterized by pain and disability. METHODS Patients with a diagnosis of FMS (2 male, 26 female; mean age 42 +/- 11 year...

In clinical practice the diagnosis of “fibromyalgia” is often given to individuals with chronic widespread pain for which no alternative cause can be identified. The 1990 classification criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) for fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) combine chronic widespread pain (CWP), which indicates pain on both sides of the body, above and below the waist, and axial ...

Objective. This study analyzed the temporal dynamics of cerebral blood flow (CBF) modulations, during painful stimulation in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), using functional transcranial Doppler

This article discusses fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) from both conventional and Traditional Chi nese Medicine (TCM) perspectives. It offers TCM management options that can substantially improve treat ment outcomes.