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What is the history of Fibromyalgia?
When was Fibromyalgia discovered? What is the story of this discovery? Was it coincidence or not?
You can simply google this exact question to find thousands of websites that will explain the history of fibro. Here is a link to one of them that does a good job laying out the history in an easy to read summary format.
http://www.fibrocenter.com/fibromyalgia-disease
http://www.fibrocenter.com/fibromyalgia-disease
Posted Jun 24, 2017 by Tiffiane 4151
Fibromyalgia has been studied since the 1800’s and has been identified by a few names, including hysterical paroxysm, muscular rheumatism and fibrositis. The term fibromyalgia was first used in 1976 in an effort to describe its primary symptom. (Fibro – meaning fibrous tissue, my – meaning muscle, and algia – meaning pain).
Another well-known person who reported fibromyalgia-like symptoms was Florence Nightingale, an English nurse during the Crimean War (1854-1856) who was a pioneer in the International Red Cross Movement. Nightingale became ill while working on the front lines and never really recovered. She was virtually bedridden much of the rest of her life with pain and fatigue resembling fibromyalgia until her death in 1910.
Another well-known person who reported fibromyalgia-like symptoms was Florence Nightingale, an English nurse during the Crimean War (1854-1856) who was a pioneer in the International Red Cross Movement. Nightingale became ill while working on the front lines and never really recovered. She was virtually bedridden much of the rest of her life with pain and fatigue resembling fibromyalgia until her death in 1910.
Posted Sep 8, 2017 by Sarah 2500
I do not know when the name was first used or who coined it. People used to be diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, and at some point that diagnosis split out to two different diagnoses. They are not the same syndrome, but they do still get confused by people.
Posted Jul 23, 2023 by Impatientgirl 3000
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In 1992 and for 32 years is studied and the treatment of pain, the causes and magnitude of the pain, but there are very little studied since it is not in the medical college of avellaneda as a specialty 2+2 I am no 4 there is a possibility that it is the fibromyalgia that don't know anything .
Posted Jul 2, 2017 by isabel suazo 2436
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1.-VERY LITTLE
2.-1843
33.-FRIORIEP
2.-1843
33.-FRIORIEP
Posted Sep 8, 2017 by Aurora 2500
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Many years ago, 1815, a surgeon at the University of Edinburgh, William Balfour, described fibromyalgia symptoms, but it was not until many years later, in 1975, Hench was the first to use the term fibromyalgia to highlight the absence of inflammatory signs in this disease. But if a pain in the area of the muscles and bones
Posted Sep 12, 2017 by Soledad 2000
