Asthma Patients With Fibromyalgia Twice as Likely to Have Poorly Controlled Disease: Study Shows

Turkey: A new case-control study published in the Annals of Medicine has shed light on the overlooked burden of fibromyalgia among asthma patients. The research, conducted by Suat Konuk and colleagues from the Department of Chest Diseases, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Turkey, shows that fibromyalgia is considerably more common in individuals with asthma and may contribute to poorer asthma control. Asthma and fibromyalgia are both chronic conditions that affect quality of life, and emerging evidence suggests that they share inflammatory and neurophysiological mechanisms. However, little is known about how frequently fibromyalgia occurs in asthma patients and its potential impact on asthma outcomes. In this study, 120 individuals with asthma and 120 age- and sex-matched