Fibromyalgia as a neuropathic pain condition
Amris, K.; Jespersen, A.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 172(24): 1832-1835
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 1603-6824 PMID: 20566159 Document Number: 644864
Fibromyalgia is characterised by chronic widespread pain and mechanical hyperalgesia. It is associated with a higher pain intensity, fewer pain-free intervals and more pronounced pain-related interference in function than other musculoskeletal pain conditions. Increasing evidence supports an underlying augmented central pain processing which includes sensitization of pain-transmitting neurons and dysfunction of pain inhibitory pathways. If this permanent change in the function of the nociceptive system is shown to equal fibromyalgia, the condition may be considered a neuropathic pain condition.