Fibromyalgia risk factors

Fibromyalgia is the disease of the pain in the different areas of the body and the pain is chronic rather than temporary. The pain in the patient goes on for more than three months and it may also be specific to some parts of the body like the joints, tissues. The condition of fibromyalgia is also characterized by insomnia and the body becomes very tender to light touch on the skin. In this disorder the fibrofog or brain fog means that the sufferer has difficulty in concentrating and is not able to carry out different tasks this is also called as the cognitive dysfunction. The causes of this disease have not been confirmed yet but researchers and scientist have found connections that may serve as the potential risk factors for fibromyalgia.

Risk:

One of the risk factor that has had satisfactory confirmation is the gender factor that plays an important role in fibromyalgia. It has been observed that the disease affects more women than men and the ratio has been given as 9:1, by this it is very clear that more women are prone to fibromyalgia than men. The statistics also confirms that women are seven times more prone to have fibromyalgia. In America there are at least 3. 4% women who suffer from fibromyalgia. The symptoms of women in fibromyalgia are also more acute than men and the most important is that women are at a higher risk of having fibromyalgia when they undergo menopause. The age factor in the development of fibromyalgia is also a very significant risk factor. The fibromyalgia disorder may strike at any age but it most probably occurs in the age group of twenty to sixty. Individuals in the ages of twenty to sixty thus are more predisposed to getting fibromyalgia. According to some studies it has been observed that the age of thirty five is the peak of the fibromyalgia disorder. Other studies show that women who are middle aged are more at the risk of getting fibromyalgia. In the study of one trial it has been seen that the condition progressed with age and the statistics showed that there is a seven percent more risk in developing fibromyalgia in the ages of sixty and seventy.

The study of genetic factors being the risk factor of fibromyalgia is a highly accepted fact by doctor and scientists. It has been almost a certain fact that members of a family who have had fibromyalgia are more predisposed to develop the disorder.