title: Sleep and symptoms in fibrositis syndrome after a febrile illness.
abstract: Sleep physiology and symptoms of 9 patients with fibrositis syndrome secondary to a febrile illness were compared to 9 patients with fibrositis syndrome who did not attribute their symptoms to a febrile illness and to 10 healthy controls. Both patient groups showed an alpha EEG (7.5 to 11 Hz) nonrapid eye movement sleep anomaly, had similar observed tender points, and self-ratings of musculoskeletal pain. These findings suggest that patients with postfebrile fibrositis have a nonrestorative sleep disorder characteristic of patients with fibrositis syndrome and share similar symptoms with patients who have a "chronic fatigue syndrome."
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moldofsky
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saskin
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Lue
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000513:Alpha Rhythm; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004576:Electromyography; D004585:Electrooculography; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology