Juvenile Fibromyalgia: A Primary Pain, or Pain Processing, Disorder

Juvenile fibromyalgia, a chronic disorder of widespread musculoskeletal pain in combination with autonomic, sensory, and cognitive dysfunction, is responsible for considerable morbidity and impaired quality of life in affected patients and their families. Historically, fibromyalgia has been incorrectly characterized as a psychosomatic or psychogenic disorder, but new understanding of the science of pain has demonstrated unambiguously that it is an organic disorder of the pain processing system itself.

Source: Seminars in Pediatric Neurology - October 13, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Lawrence Zemel, Peter R. Blier, Lawrence Zemel, Peter Blier Source Type: research