The symptoms of Fibromyalgia

The symptoms of the Fibromyalgia differ from a person in the other one..
Furthermore, the weather, the time of the day, the level of stress and physical activity are factors which influence the gravity of the symptoms and their variability in time.

The symptoms of Fibromyalgia

The symptoms of the fibromyalgia are many and the resemblance or its cohabitation with the other diseases or the syndromes (such as chronic fatigue syndrome, syndrome of the irritable bowel, migraine, etc.) make complex the diagnosis of fibromyalgia.

Here are both criteria established by American College of Rheumatology, retained and approved by an international committee :
- The presence of a diffused pain during more than three months;
- A sensation of pain on at least 11 of 18 characteristic points of the disease, when we exercise a pressure of in most 4kg/cm2 there.

points test fibromialgie
The tender spots of diagnosis of the Fibromyalgia

Note: Some grave forms of Fibromyalgia cause pains everywhere on the body, and not only in muscles.