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How do you ensure that fibromyalgia is appropriately recognized in patients with Sjogrens?
Fibromyalgia is under recognized in this patient population. Do you make this part of your initial disease assessment? Do you screen for symptoms at ongoing visits?
Answer from: at Community Practice
I like Dr. Pisetsky et al's recent recommendation of naming this "nociplastic pain" rather than fibromyalgia. They were specifically talking about "lupus-associated nociplastic pain", but after reading their article, it should also apply to Sjogren's disease.I'd encourage everyone to read their very...
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Answer from: at Academic Institution
Fibromyalgia occurs in 10-30% of patients with every systemic rheumatic disease and may be slightly higher in Sjogren's. In Sjogren's as in other systemic rheumatic diseases, the presence of co-morbid fibromyalgia correlates with fatigue, myalgias and arthralgias and high self-administered disease a...
Answer from: at Community Practice
The better question is: is it positive labs and fibromyalgia, or actually Sjögren’s disease? This is why a salivary lip biopsy is key. Positive labs alone aren’t enough to diagnose Sjögren’s!