Does allergy play a role in fibrositis?
Koenig, W.C.; Powers, J.J.; Johnson, E.W.
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 58(2): 80-83
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9993 PMID: 264787 Document Number: 114395
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.