LIPEDEMA AWARENESS IN FIBROMYALGIA

Ufuk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fibromyalgia; Lipedema

Treatments: Other: Presence and stages of lipedema were diagnosed with examination.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06749379

20/07/2022/20.478.486/1424

Details and patient eligibility

About

Lipedema is a chronic debilitating condition that impacts the subcutaneous adipose tissue of the extremities. It is a chronic condition but should not be regarded as always progressing.The clinical course varies individually and is unpredictable. It may considerably diminish the patient's quality of life. Fibromyalgia, similar to lipedema, is a debilitating chronic pain disease of unclear origin that primarily affects women. It is a complex syndrome marked by widespread pain and tenderness. Fibromyalgia and lipedema are both marked by pain related to soft tissue. Both disorders are not amenable to curative treatment, resulting in a significant burden on individual and public health. No definitive indicators, including abnormal laboratory or imaging results, can be discerned to differentiate one disorder from another.

With this perspective, the aim of our study was to evaluate the presence of lipedema and lipedema-related factors in fibromyalgia patients.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• female patients
• over the age of 18
• who met the fibromyalgia diagnostic criteria according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2016 Fibromyalgia Diagnostic Criteria

Exclusion criteria

• renal or cardiac insufficiency,
• the use of any drug that could influence body fluid and electrolyte balance,
• the presence of a major somatic disease.