What Is Fibromyalgia?
4. Fibromyalgia and Chronic Diseases
Fibromyalgia is associated with many other conditions. It is unclear how these conditions are linked to fibromyalgia, if one triggers the other or if they have a similar cause. Still, people with fibromyalgia usually have some other condition. If you have any other condition, and especially if you are a woman of middle age, it makes sense to watch out for symptoms of fibromyalgia.
The conditions include migraine and tension headaches, which affect about 40 percent of the people with fibromyalgia, mood disorders, which affect about 50 percent of people with fibromyalgia, and irritable bowel syndrome, which affects about two-thirds of people with fibromyalgia. Other conditions that are common in people with fibromyalgia include lupus, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, endometriosis, and restless leg syndrome.
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