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[|Human|] i have spinal stenosis with nerve damage i have back pain rven after a lamenectomy and upper cervical fusion does this cause fibromyalia I has a lamenectamy and a fusion and continue to have pain in my arms feet and legs also my fingers and a lot of swelling my rheumatologist says he thinks I have fibromyalgia .  does spinal stenosis cause fibro
[|AI|]  No spinal stenosis does not cause FM.  FM is a diffuse process of hypersensitivity in cutaneous nerves or free nerve endings which is poorly understood in terms of how it starts, what the risk factors are or even how to treat it.  Spinal stenosis would be expected to cause many different symptoms than FM and be highly localized to the spinal segment or dermatome segment involving the spinal roots that are being affected.  FM is throughout the whole body....not spinal stenosis.  Please rate this a 5-STAR ENCOUNTER and write to me at www.bit.ly/ Chat Doctor.