Primary fibromyalgia and allergy

Tuncer T., Butun B., ARMAN M. İ., AKYOKUS A., DOSEYEN A.

CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY, cilt.16, sa.1, ss.9-12, 1997 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 1997
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/bf02238757
  • Dergi Adı: CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.9-12
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: primary fibromyalgia, allergy, IgE, DERMAL-EPIDERMAL JUNCTION, PRIMARY FIBROSITIS SYNDROME, SYMPTOMS, DEPOSITION, CRITERIA, SLEEP, IGG
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Primary fibromyalgia (PF) has attracted much interest since the 80's. There are many controversies as to whether it is a true disease or not and many studies are carried on, In this study 32 patients which were accepted as PF were examined for some frequent symptoms and allergy and compared with controls. Migraine, irritable bowel syndrome, sleep disturbance and morning stiffness were investigated and found to be 40.6%, 12.5%, 71.9%, 68.8% respectively. Sleep disturbance and morning stiffness showed a positive correlation, Allergy background of PF patients was found frequently when compared with an age and sex matched control group. Though serum IgE levels were found elevated in PF group, they were not statistically significant. Allergic skin tests which could not be performed in the control group, were positive in 10 of 15 PF patients.