Welcome to UK Fibromyalgia, the site for fibromyalgia sufferers.

For years you have been hurting all over and are constantly feeling exhausted but your doctor has been unable to help. Your friends and family have started suggesting that it may be all in your mind. The good news is that you have finally been diagnosed with something called fibromyalgia but the bad news is that your doctor says there is very little he or she can do about it. Without a magic cure you need to take personal control over the management of your illness. This site aims to help you in that endeavour.

Increased recognition of fibromyalgia in both primary care and UK rheumatology clinics has skyrocketed since the publication of the ACR’s fibromyalgia classification criteria in 1990. Medline references for fibromyalgia soared and so did NIH funding as evidenced by the number of projects involving fibromyalgia. From 1975 to 1990, there were only 17 projects. From 1992 to the present, there have been 500 projects involving fibromyalgia. Diagnostic criteria also set the stage for epidemiological studies, demonstrating that FMS in the general population has a prevalence ranging from 1.3 to 7.3 percent.

People with fibromyalgia account for a large proportion of rheumatology outpatient visits and fibromyalgia is the second or third most common diagnosis made by British rheumatologists.

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Absolutely everything you need to know about Fibromyalgia.