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. About half of patients with fibromyalgia report that their symptoms began suddenly during or after a flu-like illness. . 14 to 23 percent of patients with fibromyalgia report that their symptoms began following a physical injury or trauma such as surgery. Fibromyalgia is the second most common diagnosis in rheumatology clinics.