Tests to do for Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia or fibromyalgia syndrome is a disease that was unknown until a few years ago. Its spread was so rapid that it led doctors to perform numerous tests on it and many discoveries were made.

Among the many discoveries, we find the appearance of the symptoms of the disease in subjects who are predominantly female (about 90% of those affected by fibromyalgia are women aged between 40 and 60) and who present as their main symptom an extensive chronic pain combined with various other symptoms that are often common among the various patients affected by this disease.

What has not yet been discovered is the real cause that leads to the development of this pathology even if, after various tests carried out, the trigger does not seem to be a single factor, but rather a whole series of problems that are connected to each other.

Triggers of Fibromyalgia

As mentioned before, it is not a single factor that triggers this pathology but a whole series. Furthermore, these types of factors are not only physical but also environmental and among these, those considered key factors for the onset of fibromyalgia are hereditary or genetic, the presence of other pathologies, psychological traumas and, finally, diseases, infections or repeated traumas.

Keep in mind that fibromyalgia is a systemic disease that originates in the nervous system and this means that it is not possible to realize its presence through purely physical aspects.
Those who develop fibromyalgia syndrome have an alteration of neurological activity with hyperactivity of pain neurotransmitters, which become super sensitive.

It is therefore important to know what tests to do for fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia Tests

It is important to understand that there are currently no real tests that can confirm the presence of fibromyalgia but, nevertheless, a doctor can perform a whole series of tests that can help determine whether or not the patient's illness could be this syndrome.

Among these, the most important test is the blood test which allows you to see:

• complete blood count
• blood calcium levels and thyroid function tests
• erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), c-reactive protein (CRP), antinuclear antibody (ANA) test and rheumatoid factor
• CPK (creatine phosphokinase)
• ALP (alkaline phosphatase)
• anti-HCV and anti-EBV antibodies and transaminases

The values of these tests do not indicate whether fibromyalgia is present, but they do allow us to exclude other possible diseases that can be confused and mistaken for this one.

Other tests may also be:

• polio, or other muscle diseases
• Vitamin D deficiency
• infectious diseases such as AIDS
• neoplasms
• bone deformities and diseases
• excessive levels of calcium in the blood (hypercalcemia)

Thanks to these tests it will be possible to understand fairly correctly the presence of fibromyalgia syndrome even if, as previously mentioned, it is not yet possible to have certain confirmations.