Fibromyalgia Statistics WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Fibromyalgia Statistics
Between three and eight million people in the United States suffer from fibromyalgia. About 90 percent of these sufferers are women.1 It is estimated that fibromyalgia affects three to six percent of the world's population.2
Fast Facts:
- Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition that causes pain throughout the body with no other medical explanation for the symptoms.3
* Symptoms can vary from person to person.4
- Two percent of the American population has fibromyalgia.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ WrongDiagnosis: Statistics About Fibromyalgia
- ↑ National Fibromyalgia Association: Fibromyalgia Prevalence
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mayo Clinic: Fibromyalgia
- ↑ About.com: Complete List of Fibromyalgia Symptoms
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 27, 2009
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Statistics for Fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgia Stats, Stats for Fibromyalgia
- Last update: Oct. 27, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
