Is Fibromyalgia a Rheumatological Disease?

Correspondence to: Carmen Ho Abstract: Fibromyalgia is not an uncommon clinical problem in rheumatology clinics. Widespread pain is the main symptom of fibromyalgia. Pain can help avoiding dangers and saving lives, but it can also destroy lives of people having chronic pain. Pain is a subjective and yet complex feeling. The mechanism of pain amplification in fibromyalgia is discussed. Current evidence suggests that fibromyalgia has neurologic pain processing problem. It cannot be considered a primarily psychological disorder, but as in many chronic conditions, other factors especially psychological factor may play a role in the root cause of the problem.