Fibromyalgia is a disorder that causes widespread and constant body pain, sleep disturbances, and extreme fatigue. However, it CAN cause several additional discomforts. Below, we present 100 possible characteristics and symptoms that could accompany this condition:
- Isolation
- Allergy to certain medications, foods and food additives
- Allodynia, hurting things that are not normally painful, such as a touch or a gust of wind
- High levels of substance P, responsible for increased pain levels
- Frequent tonsillitis and laryngitis
- Distress
- Anxiety
- Asthenia (fatigue and physical weakness)
- Increased pain after periods of stress or anxiety
- Increased pain after overdoing certain
daily activities in time or intensity - Unexplained weight gain or loss
- LOW self-esteem or feeling unvalued
- low libido
- Dry mouth
- Bruxism, teeth grinding
- Night cramps and spasms
- Interstitial cystitis; pain or burning when urinating, frequent urge to urinate
- Costochondritis, chest and thoracic pain caused by inflammation of the cartilage that connects the ribs to the breastbone
- crying fits
- Panic attack
- magnesium deficiency
- Depression
- Imbalance or instability, poor coordination is felt in the body
- Difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep for a long time
- Difficulty expressing or communicating
- Difficulty raising or lowering arms
- Difficulty relaxing
- Difficulty going up or down stairs
- Dysphagia, difficulty swallowing
- Dysmenorrhea, very painful periods
- Decreased leg strength
- Decreased hearing acuity
- Decreased exercise tolerance
- Decreased physical performance
- Decreased intellectual performance
- dyspnea, shortness of breath
- pain when chewing
- Pain on pressure in at least 11 of the 18 tender points of the body
- Joint pain; the joints are not affected but it seems to come from them
- Temporomandibular joint pain (when opening or closing the mouth)
- Ear pain or itchy ears
- Pain throughout the body
- Pain in and behind the eyes, fibromyalgia can also cause pain in the eye muscles.
- Sinus pain, resembling sinusitis without x-ray findings
- Headaches
- Spontaneous, diffuse, stabbing pain in the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and skin
- Endometriosis, which causes lower abdominal pain, menstrual irregularities, and infertility
- Celiac disease, gluten intolerance
- Numbness
- Chills
- Lack of strength to articulate words, lack of voice
- Raynaud’s phenomenon (color change and temperature drop in the fingers, ears, nose)
- Cerebral fibrositis or fibrositis
- Photophobia, inability to tolerate daylight or flashes of artificial light
- Hypersensitivity to certain odors, such as shampoo, cleaning products, perfumes, gasoline, cigarettes, etc.
- Hypersensitivity to noise, a sound can cause strong irritability, headaches and nausea in the person
- mood swings
- inadequacy of effort
- Irritability
- Slight clumsiness when moving; the person is injured, falls over, or stumbles for no apparent reason.
- Difficulty chewing, difficulty biting into an apple
- Low levels of serotonin, which helps regulate pain
- Low levels of vitamin D, its adequate consumption is essential to maintain pain-free muscles and improve fatigue
- Dry eyes, perceived itching, redness and gritty feeling
- Palpitations or irregular and rapid heartbeat
- Paresthesia, tingling in the extremities
- Hair loss, especially during times of stress or epidemics
- Loss of grip strength
- Dry, flaky, or rough skin
- Presence of another rheumatic disease such as lupus or rheumatoid arthritis
- Concentration problems
- Memory problems
- thyroid problems
- vision problems
- mitral valve prolapse
- Short, quick breaths, instead of slow, deep breaths
- Stiffness, especially after staying in the same position for a long time
- feel confused
- Fainting sensation, people feel that at any moment they will faint
- Feeling like you need someone’s support when walking
- Itching sensation and need to scratch (especially around the ankles and forearms)
- Sensation of having a blocked ear canal, excess earwax
- Sensation of having mucus in the pharynx
- Sensitivity to humidity; some people feel less comfortable in dry environments than in humid ones, or vice versa
- Sensitivity to atmospheric pressure; when there is a storm the atmospheric pressure drops and the pain increases
- Sensitivity to ambient temperature; It is very hot in summer and very cold in winter.
- Sensitivity when wearing lenses, causing pain in the face, nose, ears and even teeth.
- Sensitivity in the neck of the tooth (the area that connects the tooth to the gum)
- Extreme scalp sensitivity
- Irritable bladder syndrome, loss of urine with the slightest effort
- Restless legs syndrome, an uncontrollable desire to move the legs
- Multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome
- Irritable bowel syndrome, extreme sensitivity to contractions of the intestinal muscles
- Hot flashes
- profuse sweating
- Restless sleep, the person wakes up as if they had not slept all night
- Dizziness, sensation of spinning or not having contact with the ground
- Double, blurred, or changing vision
- Vulvodynia, chronic pain of the vulva that makes it very difficult to have sex, exercise, or sit
- ringing in the ears
