Is fibromyalgia accompanying Behçet`s disease more severe than primary fibromyalgia?

Authors : Koray AYAR, Burcu METİN ÖKMEN, Lale ALTAN, Esra KÖSEGİL ÖZTÜRK

Pages : 631-639

Doi:10.18621/eurj.753015

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Publication Date : 2020-11-04

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objectives: Although there are studies in the literature about how Behçet`s disease is affected in the presence of fibromyalgia, there is no information about how the severity of fibromyalgia is in the presence of Behçet`s disease. This study aims to evaluate the severity of fibromyalgia by comparing the impact of fibromyalgia and pain thresholds between fibromyalgia patients with and without Behçet`s disease. Methods: Twenty-five fibromyalgia patients with Behçet`s disease and 34 primary fibromyalgia patients were included in this cross-sectional study. All participants completed the fibromyalgia impact questionnaire, and pain thresholds were measured at 18 tender points using algometry. Results: The mean fibromyalgia impact questionnaire scores in fibromyalgia patients with and without Behçet`s disease were 66.6 ± 18.4 and 60.4 ± 14.5, respectively insert ignore into journalissuearticles values( p = 0.157);. Pain thresholds were not different between the groups in 15 of the 18 tender points insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TP);. In fibromyalgia patients with Behçet`s disease, pain thresholds in TP-15, TP-16 and TP-17 were 11.44 ± 4.84, 11.92 ± 5.00 and 15.16 ± 4.89 pounds, respectively, while in primary fibromyalgia patients those were 8.41 ± 2.68, 8.14 ± 2.76 and 12.14 ± 4.06 pounds respectively. Pain thresholds in TP-15, TP-16 and TP-17 were significantly different between the groups insert ignore into journalissuearticles values( p = 0.003, p = 0.003, p = 0.014, respectively);. Conclusions: According to the literature data, although fibromyalgia has an effect on Behçet`s disease, especially in cases associated with central sensitization syndromes, the severity of fibromyalgia was not found to be different in fibromyalgia patients with and without Behçet`s disease in this study. There may be a relationship between Behçet`s disease and fibromyalgia due to non-inflammatory causes such as central sensitization.
Keywords : Behçet`s disease, fibromyalgia, pain thresholds