I. Jon Russell
Fibromyalgia Research and Consulting 4511 Meredith Woods,
San Antonio, TX 78249
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The Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) when it is Comorbid in Patients with the Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS): A Focused Review
Author(s): I. Jon RussellI. Jon Russell
The central neurologic soft tissue pain condition, called fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), and the autoimmune peripheral nerve injury condition, called chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), are both potentially disabling. Either condition can accompany an arthritis condition. The general population prevalence of FMS is about two percent, while CIDP is less common, at less than one percent. On this basis, overlap (being comorbid) of FMS and CIDP by chance would be expected in about two per ten thousand of the general population or in about one percent of persons with FMS. By contrast, these conditions are reported to be comorbid (i.e., FMS/ CIDP overlap) in thirty percent of FMS. This high level of association between FMS and CIDP has not yet been adequately explained. Fortunately, validated diagnostic criteria are available for both conditions so they can be distinguis.. View More»
