Fibromyalgia and Age? Is there a Correlation?

Fibromyalgia and Age? Is there a Correlation?
Fibromyalgia is a medical condition that often causes
weakness and fatigue along with the common symptom of pain.
Fibromyalgia is closely related to chronic fatigue syndrome
as well. So what is the connection between these conditions
and age? Where is it I am going with this? Well, studies
show that age may play a factor in Fibromyalgia.

So why is this? Well, there is a big thing called sleep.
Sleep is often disturbed in people with Fibromyalgia and
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. There are different stages of
sleep that we cycle through each night. The deepest cycle
of sleep is when the body heals itself from the damage and
wear and tear from the day. When sleep is disrupted or
disturbed, this cycle is often not reached. This, in turn,
means the healing is not done and the body's ability to
recover from the day's work is thwarted. So, people with
Fibromyalgia may experience a mental fog, known as fibro
fog, and have fatigue, pain in muscles and tissues, etc.

So let's make the age connection. It is common knowledge
that 90% of those diagnosed with fibromyalgia are women. It
is also pretty well known that most people are diagnosed
with fibromyalgia between the ages of 20 and 50. However,
recent studies show there is a shift in these numbers. Many
more people are being diagnosed after the age of 50 now and
the numbers continue to rise.

It seems as though the significance of age in patients is
rather debatable. Some in the medical community think it is
significant and others do not. The reason that some people
are diagnosed with it later in life could be due to the
fact that a lot in the medical community don't think of
Fibromyalgia as a real condition. It could be that the body
just wears down considerably more as we age and pain
progresses. It may also be the fact that it takes time to
rule out all other diseases before coming to a fibromyalgia
diagnosis.

Sleep cycles change as we age and so does disease. There is
a definite suggestion that age may play a factor in
fibromyalgia. It is figuring out the significance of what
this means to fibromyalgia and treatment in future years
that matters. One thing from the studies that we are
certain is that as we age our body goes through important
changes that may provide us some links and answers to this
debilitating condition.

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