ASK A DOCTOR: WHAT ORGANS ARE AFFECTED BY FIBROMYALGIA?

Expert opinion from Sadhvi Mythili

MBBS,DNB psychiatry · 6 years of experience · India

Fibromyalgia is mainly a disorder of the musculoskeletal system. That means muscles are the primary area. It is also noted that up to two-thirds of patients can have gastrointestinal system involvement. The main problem is fibromyalgia is thought to be the faulty nervous system that amplifies pain-related signals from the body to brain.

Expert opinion from Marcella Abunahman Pereira

Specialization in Clinical Cardiology · 12 years of experience · Brazil

Fibromyalgia is a condition characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied by fatigue, sleep, memory and mood issues. To be fibromyalgia, the pain must occur on both sides of your body and above and below your waist. The pain mainly affects the cervical and thoracic spine, elbows, buttocks, hip and knees.

Expert opinion from Ilya Aleksandrovskiy

M.D., MBA · 5 years of experience · USA

Fibromyalgia does not damage any organ. However, it's associated with other medical problems that will damage your organs. For instance, pain associated with fibromyalgia usually spreads to general part of the body. The affected parts include; joints, muscles and bones.

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