What is Fibromyalgia?

    

       Fibromyalgia (FM) is a common rheumatic disease with an estimated prevalence of 2.1-to-5.7 per cent of the population. Women are much more likely to develop FM than men by a ratio of four-to-one. The incidence of FM increases with age and it is most common in women 50 years of age or older.

     Although FM is a relatively new term, this syndrome was known by several other names in recent years, including soft tissue rheumatism, fibrositis and non-articular rheumatism.


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