TY - JOUR
T1 - Fibromyalgi, diagnostik og prævalens
T2 - Kan kønsforskellen forklares?
AU - Bartels, Else Marie
AU - Dreyer, Lene
AU - Jacobsen, Søren
AU - Jespersen, Anders
AU - Bliddal, Henning
AU - Danneskiold-Samsøe, Bente
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Most non-inflammatory musculoskeletal diseases are more common in women than in men. Fibromyalgia is characterised by chronic generalised muscle pain. The male:female ratio is 1:9. Interacting factors including genetic, hormonal, environmental and behavioural elements may cause this condition, and there are possibly subgroups of which one has shown to be treatable. A different pathogenetic appearance in the two sexes may also be present. The gender difference may partly be explained by the fact that pressure pain test in tender points forms part of the diagnosis. This may leave some male fibromyalgia patients unrecognized.
AB - Most non-inflammatory musculoskeletal diseases are more common in women than in men. Fibromyalgia is characterised by chronic generalised muscle pain. The male:female ratio is 1:9. Interacting factors including genetic, hormonal, environmental and behavioural elements may cause this condition, and there are possibly subgroups of which one has shown to be treatable. A different pathogenetic appearance in the two sexes may also be present. The gender difference may partly be explained by the fact that pressure pain test in tender points forms part of the diagnosis. This may leave some male fibromyalgia patients unrecognized.
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
SN - 0041-5782
VL - 171
SP - 3588
EP - 3592
JO - Ugeskrift for Laeger
JF - Ugeskrift for Laeger
IS - 49
ER -