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Peripheral Vestibular Function in Patients with Fibromyalgia

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Background: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a non-inflammatory musculoskeletal chronic syndrome, whose etiology is unknown, characterized by diffuse pain, many patients with FM were reported to have dizziness which is attributed to hypotension and the autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction. Aim: To improve management of patients with fibromyalgia having dizziness. Objective: to assess peripheral vestibular functions in patients with fibromyalgia. Subjects and Methods: After obtaining approval from the Ethics Committee of the Suez Canal University Hospital (registration number:3646) and written informed patient consent, a Cross-sectional study was conducted at Suez Canal University hospital from June 2018 to December 2019 in the Audio-Vestibular Clinic of the E.N.T department, including 30 female subjects whose age ranged from 22 to 50 years and were divided into Study group that comprised patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia and Control group rather healthy individuals. The vestibular assessment was done using pure tone audiometry, Bedside tests, and video-nystagmography (VNG). Results: There was no statistically significant difference between both groups regarding results of bedside examinations and VNG results as a caloric test (p-value = 0.6) however, there was a trend towards positive results and an increase in vestibular weakness in the fibromyalgia group compared to the control group. Conclusion: Fibromyalgia is unlikely to be a cause of peripheral vestibular dysfunction, so vestibular testing is not routinely recommended for such patients.

DOI

10.21608/scumj.2021.172061

Keywords

Fibromyalgia, Peripheral vestibular system, Suez Canal University Hospitals, Egypt

Authors

First Name

Aya

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Saber

Affiliation

Audiovestibular medicine, faculty of medicine, suez canal university, Ismailia, Egypt

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ayasaber1991@yahoo.com

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Ismailia

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First Name

Alaa

Last Name

Abousetta

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A

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Audio-Vestibular Unit, Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University.

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Hefny

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A

Affiliation

Department of Physical Medicine, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University.

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m.hefny@med.suez.edu.eg

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0000-0002-2459-0338

First Name

Alaa

Last Name

Farid

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M

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Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt.

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dr_alaa_mfh@yahoo.com

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24

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1

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22901

Issue Date

2021-03-01

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2021-05-24

Publish Date

2021-03-01

Page Start

74

Page End

81

Print ISSN

1110-6999

Online ISSN

2090-2581

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SCUMJ_Volume 24_Issue 1_Pages 74-81.pdf

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Suez Canal University Medical Journal

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Peripheral Vestibular Function in Patients with Fibromyalgia

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22 Jan 2023