ASK A DOCTOR: WHAT ORGANS ARE AFFECTED BY FIBROMYALGIA?
Expert opinion from Robert H. Shmerling
M.D. Senior Faculty Editor, Harvard Health Publishing · 30 years of experience · USA
People with fibromyalgia chronic, widespread pain. Other symptoms include poor sleep, fatigue and “brain fog.” The cause is unknown but a leading theory is that the brain becomes overly sensitive to sensory signals from the body’s nerves and misinterprets them as painful. While the brain and other parts of the nervous system likely play an important role in disease development, there is no convincing evidence that fibromyalgia itself damages or otherwise affects the body’s organs.
Expert opinion from Shobha S Reddy
MBBS, Masters in Diabetology, General Practitioner & Diabetologist · 15 years of experience · India
Fibromyalgia is a syndrome that affects muscles, bones and soft tissues. Symptoms include chronic muscle pain, fatigue, sleep problems, painful tender points. It could be the result of hypersensitive and hyperactive brain and spinal cord that process pain signals and non-painful signals. Symptoms often begin after an event like physical trauma, surgery, infection, significant psychological stress. Many people with fibromyalgia also have tension headache, TMJ disorders, IBS, anxiety, depression.
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Expert opinion from Ipsa Arora
MD (Internal Medicine) · 5 years of experience · USA
Muscles and joints are mainly affected. Connective tissues and ligaments are also affected by fibromyalgia.
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