Title:Subcategories of Fibromyalgia - A New Concept
Volume: 19
Issue: 1
Author(s): Samy Metyas*, Christina Chen, Marina Joseph, Nicholas Hanna, Joseph Basta and Andrew Khalil
Affiliation:
- Covina Arthritis Clinic, Covina, California, CA, USA
Keywords:
Fibromyalgia, subcategory, primary, secondary, hormonal, inflammatory, juvenile, neuroendocrine.
Abstract: Fibromyalgia has previously been categorized as primary, secondary, and juvenile fibromyalgia.
However, these definitions do not adequately explain the etiopathology of disease, nor
do they help direct new specific therapies. Herein, we review the previously known categorizations
of fibromyalgia. Based on common patient characteristics and previously studied pathophysiologies,
we propose new subcategorizations of fibromyalgia that we have self-narrated, including hormonal
fibromyalgia, neuroendocrine fibromyalgia, psychologic fibromyalgia, inflammatory fibromyalgia,
and lastly neuropathic fibromyalgia. To verify, add to, and fully describe these selfnarrated
categories of fibromyalgia that we have proposed, future research needs to be done.