23 April 2008
Functional digestive disorders and fibromyalgia [Article in Spanish]
An R Acad Nac Med (Madr). 2007;124(3):479-90; discussion 490-4.
García MD.
PMID: 18416034
Fibromyalgia is a syndrome characterized by generalized chronic pain, with mainly musculoeskeletal and excess tenderness in certain areas of the body of unknown origin. Patients with fibromyalgia are often affected by additional pain symptoms, mostly funtional disorders.
People with fibromyalgia experience migraines as well as symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Others digestive functional disorders have not been yet associated with fibromyalgia. We enclosed preliminary results of a study including all functional disorders according to Rome II criteria.
We conclude that these disorders are more prevalent in patients with fibromyalgia and not only the IBS. These functional disorders are also associated with some emotional factors. All these factors make that quality of life in those patients were not good.