[Fibromyalgia--a new name of an old "malady". Fatigue and pain syndrome with a historical background].
Fibromyalgia is a good illustration of the fact that a smart new name of an old malady can spread like wildfire if well matched in time socioculturally. "Muscular rheumatism" has earlier been looked upon as a (rheumatic) inflammation of muscle cells or of muscular connective tissue. During the last decades the interest of leading clinicians and researchers have been directed against the pain perceiving system, suggesting defect pain modulating mechanisms peripherally and centrally. Fibromyalgia seems to supply several medical and social needs in our time and might be called a "fin-de-siècle" disease.
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Medicinkliniken i Vänersborg-Trollhättan.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009209:Myofascial Pain Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*; D009626:Terminology as Topic