Why Skeptics Question Fibromyalgia as a Real Disease
So far, eliminating other diseases is the best way to diagnose fibromyalgia
Currently the most accurate way to diagnose fibromyalgia is first to determine what it is not. If similar conditions, such as lupus and chronic fatigue syndrome, are reasonably ruled out, then physicians will be more likely to give fibro as their diagnosis and suggest proper treatment.
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