Prevalence+of+Fibromyalgia

===="Fibromyalgia is one of the most common chronic pain conditions. The disorder affects an estimated 10 million people in the U.S. and an estimated 3-6% of the world population. While it is most prevalent in women - 75-90 percent of the people who have FM are women - it also occurs in men and children of all ethnic groups. The disorder is often seen in familiar, among siblings or mothers and their children. The diagnosis is usually made between the ages of 20 to 50 years, but the incidence rises with age so that by age 80, approximately 8% of adults meet the American College of Rheumatology classification of fibromyalgia." **(The National Fibromyalgia Association)**====

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"Most of the numbers available for fibromyalgia syndrome are from the USA, but these still vary quite widely, and range from 3 to 10 million. The National Fibromyalgia Association suggests that as many as 10 million people in the USA have fibromyalgia syndrome. The National Pain Foundation states that about 2% of the US population has fibromyalgia syndrome, which would be around 6 million people. The American College of Rheumatology reports that around 3 to 6 million people in the USA have fibromyalgia syndrome, and the NWHIC (National Women's Health Information Centre – part of the US Department of Health and Human Services) suggests that the figures could be as high as 8 million.=====

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NIAMS (the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, one of the US National Institutes of Health) estimates that 3.7 million people in the USA have fibromyalgia syndrome. This would be a prevalence (the number of people in the population with the disease) of about 1 in 73 people.=====

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Based on this prevalence, around 800,000 people in the UK would have fibromyalgia syndrome (but bear in mind that this is just an estimate, and is based on the prevalence in the USA – it may be different in the UK).=====

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The NHS estimates that 2-4.5% of people in the UK may have fibromyalgia syndrome – based on a UK population of 61,414,062 (figures from 2008 from the World Bank), this would mean that between 1.2 million and 2.8 million people in the UK would have fibromyalgia syndrome." **(Fibromyalgia Syndrome website)**=====

Discussion - The Genetic Approach to Fibromyalgia Works Cited
 * Materials and Methods**
 * TRPV Genes Family Portrait**
 * Imaging the TRPV1 Protein Channel**
 * Broader Impact - Pharmacogenetics and Fibromyalgia**
 * Criticism of the Proove Genetic Test**