Fibromyalgia: A Multifactorial Pain Disorder
Tomohiko Aoe · 2026
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Description
Tomohiko Aoe presents a 2026 overview and hypothesis article on fibromyalgia, a chronic widespread pain disorder. Diagnosis still rests on symptoms alone, with no objective test. Pain arrives with fatigue, poor sleep, thinking problems, anxiety, and low mood for many patients.
Fibromyalgia is now classed as nociplastic pain, where the central nervous system processes signals abnormally. Brain imaging work from the author group split patients by pain threshold into low and normal groups. Those groups may reflect different underlying mechanisms rather than one uniform disease. Sorting patients by mechanism could guide more fitting treatment choices. Clinicians get a concise map of causes spanning brain, psychological, environmental, and genetic factors. The subgroup idea is offered as a testable proposal, not settled fact.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tomohiko Aoe |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |