Pain is the most prominent symptom. Symptoms can occur anywhere between 20-55 years of age. Fibromyalgia affects about two percent of the United States population. The risk increases with age. Women between the ages of 60 and 79 years have about a seven percent chance of developing the disease.
Researchers are unsure of what caused fibromyalgia.
Usually it is triggered by a traumatic event. Statistics About 10 to 25 percent of patients with Lyme disease develop fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is the second most common diagnosis in rheumatology clinics. Seven to ten million Americans suffer from Fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia affects about two percent of the population.