RUNNING HEAD: FIBROMYALGIA
Nervous System – Fibromyalgia
Jennie Ridgeway Herrick
Everglades University
FIBROMYALGIA
Nervous System – Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a little-understood syndrome still to this day, even though it is becoming a
more common diagnosis for people with widespread chronic pain. Fibromyalgia is a
disease/syndrome of the nervous system that attacks the spinal cord and nerve endings in
muscle tissue.
Pathophysiology
To first understand what the Pathophysiology of fibromyalgia is, one first needs to
understand what Pathophysiology means. The study of Pathophysiology is, the study of the
