title: Does allergy play a role in fibrositis?
abstract: Twenty patients with active fibrositis and no underlying disease (and with normal electromyographic findings) were evaluated for the possible role of an active allergic process in their conditions. A definite atopic history was obtained in just fewer than 50% of the patients, and an allergic diathesis in slightly more than 50% of the patients' families. Serum immunoglobulin E levels and eosinophil counts for all 20 patients fell within the normal range. Thus the traditional allergic reaction (type I hypersensitivity) would seem unlikely as a mediator of fibrositis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004804:Eosinophils; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D006969:Hypersensitivity, Immediate / Q000150:complications*; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E