areas of increased sensitivity to pressure over well-defined anatomical areas of the body
enable physician to diagnose fibromyalgia objectively and accurately
usually not located in areas the patient is complaining about
locations are identical for all people with fibromyalgia, but number may vary from person to person
enable fibromyalgia to be diagnosed by its own characteristics rather than by the absence of other recognizable conditions
PRIMARY VS CONCOMITANT FIBROMYALGIA
features of each essentially identical
PRIMARY FIBROMYALGIA occurs without other significant health problems
CONCOMITANT FIBROMYALGIA occurs when other significant health problems are present such as osteoarthritis of the hip or knee, for example. Since this arthritic condition cannot explain the fibromyalgia symptoms, these cases are now known as concomitant. Appropriate treatment for each will need to be prescribed.
NON-RESTORATIVE SLEEP
THIS IS NOT INSOMNIA.
There are scientifically proven differences in sleep quality between people with fibromyalgia and people with insomnia.
Stage 4 delta sleep is deep non-dreaming sleep and is severely disturbed in people with fibromyalgia
Result is a very unrefreshing sleep from which people with fibromyalgia awaken feeling achy, stiff and exhausted
