New Insights in Fibromyalgia: A Review

Abstract

When Mrs. Blomberg, a 52-year-old fibromyalgia patient, meets her health care providers such as a physician, nurse, or physiotherapist, she asks many questions: What kind of a disease is this? What is the cause and is it common? What can be done regarding treatment and what is the prognosis?

The present review article summarizes up-to-date evidence-based facts in order to provide answers to these questions and to have a good scientific basis when discussing fibromyalgia with the patient as well as with health care colleagues, researchers, and others.

Keywords

central sensitivity, chronic widespread pain, fibromyalgia, pain mechanisms, pain thresholds, pain treatment, review article