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I believe that widespread pain is one of the more common symptoms that most experience. As you know, there are so many more symptoms. Some seem very common to most Fibromyalgia patients and some are so rare that it’s hard to tell if fibro is the reason. It’s one of the many things that make our condition so difficult to diagnose and treat.
Edited to add… I was just told that menopause could be causing my symptoms and not fibromyalgia. I had these symptoms well before menopause. Menopause has increased the severity of my symptoms. We continue to fight with the people who are supposed to have the most knowledge to help us.
Why is fibromyalgia called "widespread pain" when there are other symptoms besides pain?
Widespread pain is the defining symptom of fibromyalgia, which is why it's often described this way. However, you're absolutely right that fibromyalgia involves much more than just pain.
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I think because wide-spread pain everyone has, whereas other symptoms something people do and some don’t have it.
I'm unsure about who decides. I'm learning that a lot of people that do
not live with this disease is putting out information on this.
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