"From back pain, headache and knee pain, to jaw and neck pain, chronic pain disrupts people's lives, resulting in doctor's visits and missed work or school days. One common cause of chronic pain is fibromyalgia, a condition that affects an estimated 5 million Americans. It causes widespread pain and fatigue and is often tied to other health problems, such as irritable bowel syndrome and depression. But the condition is controversial, partly because of the way it's been diagnosed until now—using a tender point exam, in which a doctor applies pressure to 18 points on the body and diagnoses fibromyalgia if the patient reports pain in at least 11 of those points."
Have Unexplained Pain? These Questions Could Lead to a Fibromyalgia Diagnosis - US News and World Report:
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