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Volume 18, Issue 9

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Original Contribution

Prevalence of Diabetes Distress among People with Type 2 Diabetes at Primary Health Care in Qatar: A cross-sectional Study
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Hani Abdalla, Ahmed Alnuaimi,Alawiya Gadallah, Hagir Salih, Kamar Badei , Mohammed Mushtaha, Ben Illigens
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93850

Risk factors and complications of cataract disease in type two diabetic patients in Taif city
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Amal Saleh Alfaqeeh , Ayman Abdelbaky Atalla, Fatima Moeesh Altalhi, Futoon Abdullah Aljouid, Ohoud Owayedh Almutairi, Rawan Yasseen Bamjboor, Ameerah Saleh Bajaber
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93851

Self-Medication with Antibiotics among Medical Students in Karachi: A Cross-Sectional Institution Based Study
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Hunain Asif, Tafazzul Hyder Zaidi, Kiran Mehtab, Marina Aziz, Khadija Khalid,
Maham Shamim Shaikh, Mahnoor, Sidra Zai, Batool Zehra, Maryam Nadeem,
Mirza Muhammad Hashim, Ramal Fatima, Syed Muhammad Abbas, Warda Batool
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93866

Prevalence and risk factors of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in primary health care centers among subjects examined by abdominal ultrasound in Qatar: A case-control study
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Abdelwahed Samir A. Abougazia , Ahmed Sameer Alnuaimi , Amal Said Mahran , Tamer Fathi Ali , Ahmed Abdelsattar Khedr , Tawhid Mohamed Mowafy
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93852

Fibromyalgia in patients with psoriasis
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Abdulsatar J. Mathkhor. Jinan Q. Mohammed. Abdulnasser H. Abdullah. Amer S. Khudhairy. Hassanain H. Nasrullah
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93853

Covid 19 in the Region or Covid Related Issues

Family Medicine Residents Mentoring During Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond
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Muna Aseel, Fawziya Al Hor, Khalid Al-Karbi, Ahmad Bawazir, Muneera Al-Muhannadi, Isameldin Abdelbagi, Mohamed H. Mahmoud
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93854

Trust and psychological safety in a virtual healthcare team
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Sanjeewa Sumathipala
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93855

Implications of COVID -19 pandemic on Family medicine Residency training program and ACGME requirements at Qatar
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Rasha Moussa, Fawziya Al Hor, Muna Aseel.
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93856

Population and Community Studies

Role of Family Doctors and Primary Health Care in COVID-19 Pandemic
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Faisal Abdullatif Alnaser
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93857

Perceptions of millennials of twenty first century regarding position of women in Pakistani society
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Hana Javed , Tafazzul Hyder Zaidi , Kiran Mehtab
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93858

What a high prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in sickle cell patients
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Mehmet Rami Helvaci, Ramazan Davran, Abdulrazak Abyad, Lesley Pocock
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93859

Clinical Characteristics and Treatment of Cryptorchidism in Adults: Our Experience in Alsaidi hospital, in Aden, Yemen
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Ali Ahmed Salem Hatroom
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93860

Glucose- 6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: A review
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Sanjeewa Sumathipala
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93862

Review

Thyroid disease in pregnancy and screening
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Shahzad Ahmed, Kashif Ali Raza
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93861

Irritable bowel syndrome: Clinical review
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Kashif Ali Raza, Shahzad Ahmed
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93863

Early effects of smoking and environmental pollution on lung function, respiratory symptoms and allergic disorders
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Fathi M. El-Gamal, , Ahmed M. Alserihi, Abdullah O. Alhasawi, Abdulrahman S. Alshamrani, Eyad M. Alghamdi, Hussain S. Althumali, Mohammed A. Al-Ghamdi
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93867

Case Report

Alopecia Syphilitica: a case report involving hair loss on scalp and eyebrow
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Muhammad Naeem Barg, Waad Ibrahim Kadori
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93864

H Syndrome: A Case Report
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Fadi Farhan Ayyash, Abdalrazzaq Ahmmad Alyassen, Alia Mousa Alkhlaifat, Nasser Eyadeh Banikhaled, Zaid Mousa Ali
DOI: 10.5742MEWFM.2020.93866


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September 2020 - Volume 18, Issue 9

Fibromyalgia in patients with psoriasis

Abdulsatar J. Mathkhor (1)
Jinan Q. Mohammed (2)
Abdulnasser H. Abdullah (3)
Amer S. Khudhairy (4)
Hassanain H. Nasrullah (5)

(1) Rheumatologist. Rheumatology unit in Basrah Teaching Hospital Basrah. Iraq
(2) Dermatologist. Dermatology unit in Basrah Teaching Hospital Basrah. Iraq
(3) Rheumatologist, Rheumatology unit in Al sader Teaching Hospital, Basrah. Iraq
(4) Rheumatologist, Rheumatology unit in Alfayhaa Teaching Hospital, Basrah. Iraq
(5) Rheumatologist. Rheumatology unit in Alshifaa General Hospital, Basrah. Iraq

Corresponding author:
Abdulsatar J. Mathkhor
Rheumatologist Rheumatology unit in Basrah Teaching Hospital Basrah. Iraq
Email: amathkhoor@yahoo.co.uk

Received: July 2020; Accepted: August 2020; Published: September 1, 2020. Citation: Abdulsatar J. Mathkhor et al. Fibromyalgia in patients with psoriasis. World Family Medicine. 2020; 18(9): 45-49 DOI: 10.5742/MEWFM.2020.93853

Abstract

Background: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and widespread pain are observed in many patients with autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. FMS may be underestimated in psoriasis, but not psoriatic arthritis.The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of fibromyalgia and allied symptoms in patients with psoriasis.

Patients and methods: Seventy patients with psoriasis (40 male and 30 female) and 70 age and sex matched controls were enrolled in the study. Psoriatic area and severity index (PASI) was calculated for patients. A two stage classification process was applied to determine the presence of FMS in patients with psoriasis and controls. Stage 1: was answering the diffuse widespread pain questionnaire. In Stage 2, all patients with widespread pain were examined for 18 tender points.

Results: A total of 37 (52.9%) patients with psoriasis were found to have widespread pain. A total of 21 patients met the criteria of FMS with a prevalence rate of 30.0%; of them, 18 (85.7%) were women.

Conclusions: FMS and allied symptoms are more prevalent in patients with psoriasis than in the general population. Women with psoriasis are more frequently affected by FMS than are men. Awareness of this comorbidity is an essential part in the treatment of psoriasis. Because of the strong association between disease severity and FMS, proper treatment that reduces skin involvement and disease severity may be associated with the alleviation of FMS and its allied symptoms.

Key words: fibromyalgia, widespread pain, psoriasis, fibromyalgia allied symptoms, Psoriasis Area and Severity Index

 







 


 
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