Enhanced pain syndromes

Enhanced pain syndromes have their prevalence increased withold age. Fibromyalgia, among them deserves special attention. Itscauses are still unknown. Fibromyalgia syndrome affects mainlyfemales and is characterized by generalized musculoskeletal pain,fatigue, sleep disturbances, diffuse stiffness and other psychic signsand symptoms. Diagnosis is essentially based on the 1990 AmericanCollege of Rheumatology Classifi cative Criteria. In this chapteraspects related to its treatment and prognosis are also discussed.