Fibromyalgia  - Autoimmune Disease 

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Fibromyalgia (FM) syndrome shares symptoms with several of the autoimmune diseases. It is a disorder with symptoms of widespread muscle pain and fatigue. This fatigue results in one feeling tired and having low energy. Other symptoms  are muscle pain in many areas of the body, which are common with other autoimmune diseases.

If a person is found to have an autoimmune disease , the immune system mistakenly attacks itself and targets the tissues, cells and organs of the person’s own body. 

A person with FM, will have besides the fatigue, tender points in specific areas of the body that are painful when pressure is applied.

In addition to the above problems, sufferers will have sleep problems, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and restless legs syndrome (RLS).

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Fibromyalgia (FM) have many similarities. In fact it is not uncommon for a person to have both conditions. Some experts believe that the two conditions are variations of the same disorder. Both CFS and FM have pain and fatigue as symptoms.

The main symptom of CFS is extreme fatigue. CFS seems to often begin after an episode of flu like symptoms. Also people only do not have the tender points that people with  Fibromyalgia have. 

The causes of autoimmune diseases are not known. It is known that some diseases seem to run in families. However, they may show up as different illnesses in different family members. For example, a grandmother may have lupus, her daughter diabetes, and her mother rheumatoid arthritis 

A doctor can diagnose autoimmune diseases asking a patient about her symptoms and in addition by looking at laboratory tests. The diseases are difficult to diagnose, especially in the early stages. In some cases, a diagnosis cannot be made and the patient must continue with many visits to the doctor.  

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