You are in Today's Live Events . Today Oscar Gluck, M.D., FACP, FACR will be discussing Fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is a condition characterized by pain and fatigue and is accompanied by tender spots which are localized in a specific anatomical distribution.
Patients complain mostly about pain and fatigue.
The pain is above and below the waist on both sides of the body and has anatomically discreet tender spots. It is a syndrome in the sense that it can appear by itself and accompany other conditions such as infections, trauma both emotional or physical, inflammatory rheumatic conditions or by itself. It is not an auto-immune disorder. It is more of a sign and symptom complex of increased perception of pain. It can cause joint pain, and patients may confuse it with arthritis, but arthritis requires joint swelling.