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Multiple Sclerosis

Found: 408 | Differences: 395

Fibromyositis/Fibromyalgia syndrome

Found: 98 | Differences: 85

Fibromyositis/Fibromyalgia syndrome and Multiple Sclerosis sharing 12 common findings. ( show all, show common, show differences)

Clinical Manifestations
- Signs & Symptoms
  - Face Pain
  - Numbness of face
  - Anesthetic area/skin
  - Anorgasmic male
  - Loss of libido,male
  - Retrograde ejaculation
  - Sexual dysfunction
  - Anal sphincter/loss of tone/reflex
  - Bowel/Stool Incontinence
  - Bowel/stool incontinence in Children
  - Dysphagia Swallowing Difficulties
  - Problems with defecation
  - Decreased taste ability/Hypoguesia
  - Numbness of tongue
  - Acute Motor Weakness
  - Hypertonia
  - Stiffness in Extremities
  - Twitchy/muscle spasms
  - Unilateral arm symptoms
  - Weak/Weak as a kitten (symptom)
  - Weakness, legs, bilateral
  - Weakness/one arm
  - Abdominal reflex decreased
  - Abdominal reflex increased
  - Abnormal movements/involuntary
  - Active reflexes
  - Altered mental status Mental status change
  - Ankle reflexes increased
  - Aphasia
  - Argyl-Robertson pupil
  - Arm vibratory sense decreased
  - Ataxia
  - Ataxia
  - Ataxia/Posterior columns
  - Ataxia/Sensory/broadbased
  - Attacks, neurologic, recurrent, varied
  - Babinski's up-going toe reflex/unilateral
  - Babinski's upgoing toes/bilateral
  - Behavior problems
  - Bilateral abdominal reflex decreased
  - Central Facial Paralysis
  - Cerebellar signs
  - Clonus
  - Clonus/bilateral ankle (sustained)
  - Clumsiness/poor coordination
  - CNS symptoms/signs
  - Cognitive defect
  - Confusion/agitation on exam
  - Confusion/Disoriented
  - Conjugate gaze paralysis
  - Coordination/signs
  - Cranial nerve abnormalities/involvement/signs
  - Dizziness/Dizzy
  - Double vison after vigorous exercise
  - Dropping things
  - Dysarthria
  - Dysconjugate gaze
  - Dysdiadochokinesia/Alternating failure
  - Dysesthesias
  - Dysphasia
  - Equinus Posture/Ankles
  - Extinction parietal/sensory two touch sign
  - Facial Nerve Palsy/Facial Paralysis
  - Facial weakness/droop, unilateral
  - Fine-motor coordination problems
  - Finger to nose test abnormality
  - Focal neurologic deficit
  - Gait disturbance/abnormality
  - Hand paralysis
  - Handwriting progressive decline
  - Hemianesthesia
  - Hemianopsia/homonymous/sign
  - Hemiplegic Gait
  - Hemisensory defects
  - Hot bath worsens neurologic symp/signs
  - Hyperreflexia/DTRs increased
  - Impaired judgement/signs
  - Inattention
  - Leg reflexes increased
  - Legs increased resistance/passive stretch
  - Legs increased tone/spastic/hyperreflexic
  - Lhermittes sign (tingling on neck flex)
  - Limb weakness/signs
  - Long tract signs
  - Loss of Taste
  - Monoplegia, arm
  - Monoplegia, leg
  - Multifocal neurologic deficit/signs
  - Multiple paralysis/multiplegia, assymetric
  - Neurologic manifestations/signs
  - Neurological symptoms/signs
  - Numbness one hand
  - Numbness/one-sided
  - Nystagmus
  - Nystagmus, Monocular
  - Nystagmus, rotary
  - Oscillopsia
  - Paralysis
  - Paraparesis in Elderly
  - Paresthesias
  - Pathophysiology/Rubral tremor
  - Position sense decreased/proprioception
  - Position sense decreased/proprioception Legs
  - Pyramidal tract signs
  - Saccard induced nystagmus/squint/latent ophthalmoplegia
  - Scanning speech
  - Segmental hypesthesia
  - Segmental/areflexia upper extremity
  - Sensory defects/lower extremities
  - Sensory loss/lower body/cord level
  - Slow speech
  - Slurred speech
  - Slurred speech/Chronic
  - Spastic paralysis/signs
  - Spasticity/Spastic gait
  - Speech Locution Problems
  - Spinal cord level lesion/signs
  - Staggering Gait
  - Stroke syndrome/signs
  - Sudden unconsciousness
  - Transient limb paralysis/palsy
  - Tremor
  - Tremor in Elderly
  - Tremor,coarse
  - Unable to tandem walk/straight line
  - Unable to walk
  - Unusual patterns/sensory loss
  - Vertical nystagmus
  - Vertigo
  - Vibratory sense decreased
  - Vibratory sense decreased Legs
  - Weak lower extremities
  - Weakness/Diffuse motor loss
  - Anorgasmia/Orgasm Dysfunction
  - Anorgasmic,female
  - Vaginal hypesthesia or anhedonism
  - Affect gay/happy inappropriate
  - Depressed/discouraged/sad
  - Dysphoria
  - Emotional/affective lability
  - Euphoria/Elated/'high' behavior/Gaiety
  - Hallucination/visual
  - Psychiatric manifestations/problems/difficulties
  - Acute Back Pain
  - Back Pain
  - Backache
  - Chronic Back Pain
  - Limp
  - Non-localized shoulder area pain
  - Anosmia/Loss of sense of smell
  - Decreased sense of smell
  - Voice Alteration
  - Voice Alteration in Elderly
  - Voice change/disturbance/Unusual
  - Overflow incontinence
  - Urinary Incontinence in Elderly
  - Urine Incontinence
  - Urine Retention Signs
  - Balance problems
  - Chronic Fatigue
  - Chronically ill patient/signs
  - Enervated/extreme acute fatigue
  - Episodic symptoms/events
  - Falling
  - Fatigue
  - Fatigue Tiredness Exhaustion
  - Heat intolerance/Warm all the time
  - Walking difficulties
  - Weakness
  - Weakness non-neuromuscular/systemic
  - Acute Vision Loss
  - Amaurosis fugats/transient blindness-vision loss
  - Anisocoria
  - Bilateral Vision Loss
  - Blindness/sudden/unilateral
  - Blindness/unilateral
  - Blurred vision
  - Central Vision Loss
  - Chronic Progressive Vision Loss
  - Chronic Vision Loss, Persistent
  - Color blindness acquired/dimming
  - Color vision dimmimg, monocular
  - Decreasing visual acuity
  - Dimming vision/acute
  - Diplopia Double vision
  - Double Image Vision Confirmed
  - Eye pain on eye movement
  - Eye symptoms/signs
  - Flashing Spots/Lights in Vision
  - Fleeting Blindness
  - Iridoplegia/spared accomodation reflex
  - Loss vision one eye, sudden
  - Marcus-Gunn pupil reaction/consensory sign
  - Movement phosphenes/flashes/scotomata/on eye motion
  - Opsoclonus/chaotic eye movements
  - Painless Vision Loss
  - Pallor/white optic disk
  - Positive scotomata/flashes
  - Ptosis, unilateral (blepharoptosis)
  - Retro-Orbital Pain
  - Squint/sign
  - Temporary blindness
  - Transient blindness monocular
  - Unequal pupils
  - Upward gaze paralysis/voluntary
  - Visual Problems
  - Visual symptoms
  - Sound distortion
  - Sudden deafness
  - True Vertigo Sign Confirmed
  - Unilateral sudden deafness
  - Vertigo in Elderly
- Clinical Presentation & Variations
  - Presentation/Ataxia in a Child Acute
  - Presentation/Movement Disorder Ataxia Dementia Progressive
  - Presentation/Back pain Hyperreflexia Incontinence
- Disease Progression
  - Course/Attacks
  - Course/Chronic disorder
  - Course/Chronic only
  - Course/Episodic clusters of attacks
  - Course/Exacerbation/remission
  - Course/Relapsing
  - Course/Some residual effects/possible
Demographics & Risk Factors
- Travel, Geographic & Climate Related Factors
  - Residence/travel/Northern USA
  - Residence/travel/Temperate zone
- Ethnic or Racial Factors
  - European racial stock/population
- Established Disease Population
  - Patient/Multiple sclerosis
  - Patient/Postpartum status
- Population Group
  - Woman
  - Young Adult
- Occupational Factors
  - Occupation/Health care worker
  - Occupation/Nurse
- Family History
  - Family history/Multiple sclerosis
- Sex & Age Groups
  - Population/Adult Aged Only
  - Population/Adult/all
  - Population/Female
  - Population/Thirties adult
  - Population/Woman patient
  - Population/Young adult
Laboratory Tests
- Abnormal Lab Findings (Non Measured)
  - CSF abnormal
  - CSF Colloidal gold curve abnormal
  - CSF Immunoelectrophoresis abnormal
  - CSF Protein increased/cells absent
  - HLA B27 (Lab)
  - HLA DR2 (Lab)
  - HLA DRw2 (Lab)
  - HLA DW2 (Lab)
- Abnormal Lab Findings - Decreased
  - Complement (total CH50) level (Lab)
  - Lactic acid/Lactate (Lab)
  - Lipase (Lab)
  - Phospholipids, serum (Lab)
  - CSF Complement
- Abnormal Lab Findings - Increased
  - Anti-Smooth muscle (actin) antibodies (Lab)
  - ANA/Antinuclear antibody/Fluorescent ANA (Lab)
  - Anti-Nuclear Antibody (ANA)
  - Isocitric dehydrogenase (Lab)
  - LAP/Leucine Amino Peptidase (Lab)
  - Pyruvate, plasma (Lab)
  - Trypsin (Lab)
  - CSF IGA
  - CSF IGG
  - CSF IGG index
  - CSF IGG synthesis rate
  - CSF IGM
  - CSF Immunoglobulin
  - CSF Monocytes
  - CSF Myelin basic protein
  - CSF Oligoclonal banding immunoelectroelectrophoresis
  - CSF Protein
  - CSF/Beta 2 Microglobulin
Diagnostic Test Results
- Other Tests & Procedures
  - Lumbar puncture/abnormal
  - Visual fields Test/defects
  - Visual fields/Central scotomata
  - Visual Fields/Central visual field loss
  - TEST/Caloric/nystagmus/challenge abnormal
- Pathology
  - PATH/Brain abnormal
  - PATH/Brain corpus callosum lesion/defect
  - PATH/Brain Focal Degeneration/Lesion
  - PATH/Brain White matter plaque astrogliosis
  - PATH/Brain/Leptomeningeal Lesions
  - PATH/Brain/White matter/deficient myelin
  - PATH/Cerebral demyelination/biopsy/path
  - PATH/Gliosis spinal cord
  - PATH/Perivenular/focal demyelination/reactive gliosis
- Electrodiagnosis
  - EEG/ABR/Auditory evoked response/potential abnormal/AEP
  - EEG/Evoked Potential Responses Abnormal
  - EEG/Somatic sensory evoked response/SSEP/SSER abnormal
  - EEG/Visual evoked response/abnormality
  - Electronystagmography Abnormal
  - TEST/Auditory brainstem response/abnormal/ABS response
- CT Scan
  - CT Scan/Head Brain/Corpus callosum hypoplasia/agenesis
  - MRI/Head Brain Abnormal
  - MRI/Head corpus callosum/underside lesion
  - MRI/Head Deep white matter/multiple lesions
  - MRI/Head Demyelination white matter
  - MRI/Head multifocal low density lesions/white matter
  - MRI/Head Ovoid demyelination lesions
  - MRI/Head periventricular white matter lesions
  - MRI/Head Posterior fossa white matter lesions
  - MRI/Head Scan Abnormal
  - MRI/Head T2 and fluid -attenuated inversion recovery
  - MRI/Head White matter lesions 6mm/larger
- X-RAY With contrast
  - UGI/Esophagus motility disorder
  - UGI/Hypopharynx/pooled barium vallecula
Associated Diseases & Rule outs
- Associated Disease & Complications - Rule Outs
  - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  - Anxiety disorder/panic attacks
  - Arnold-Chiari syndrome
  - Brain tumor
  - Encephalitis
  - Encephalitis, viral
  - Fibromyositis/fibromyalgia syndrome
  - Meniere's disease
  - Myasthenia gravis
  - Primary Brain Neoplasm
  - Syringomyelia
- Associated Disease & Complications - Causes
  - Acute respiratory failure/Respiratory arrest
  - Anal Incontinence
  - Bells palsy/Facial nerve paralysis
  - Bladder, neurogenic uninhibited
  - Blindness, central
  - Brain stem lesion
  - Brown-Sequard syndrome
  - Cerebral sensory cortex lesion
  - CNS disease/involvement
  - Color blind
  - Corpus callosum defect/agenesis
  - Deafness
  - Deafness, sensorineural
  - Dementia
  - Depression
  - Esophageal motility disorder
  - Esotropia
  - Extrapyramidal disease/manifestation
  - Facial nerve palsy/secondary
  - Gastroparesis/atony
  - Hemiparesis
  - Hemiplegia
  - Impotence/Erectile dysfunction disorder
  - Internuclear ophthalmoplegia syndrome
  - Meningitis, chronic
  - Multiple sclerosis
  - Myelitis, transverse
  - Myelopathy manifestations/involvement
  - Neurogenic bladder/cord
  - Optic atrophy, secondary
  - Optic neuritis
  - Organic brain syndrome
  - Paraparesis
  - Paraplegia
  - Paraplegia, spastic
  - Pneumonia, aspiration
  - Psychosis
  - REM Behavior disorder/RBD
  - Spinal cord lesion/dysfunction
  - Transverse myelitis, subacute
  - Trigeminal neuralgia
  - Urinary bladder retention
  - Gastropathy Atonic
  - Demyelinating Disease
  - Facial Paralysis
  - Intracranial Lesion
  - Acute Urinary Retention
  - Deafness Acquired
- Disease Synergy
  - Synergy/Environmental extremes/temperature
  - Synergy/Fever
  - Synergy/General stress
  - Synergy/Heat stress
  - Synergy/Pregnancy
Disease Mechanism & Classification
- Class
  - CLASS/Neurologic (category)
  - CLASS/Spinal cord disorder (ex)
- Pathophysiology
  - Pathophysiology/Cytokine gene polymorphism
  - Pathophysiology/Gene locus 1q31-q32
  - Pathophysiology/Gene locus Chromosome 1
  - Pathophysiology/Gene Locus Identified/OMIM database
  - Pathophysiology/Genomic indentifiers (polymorphism/snip/mutations)
  - Pathophysiology/Delayed gastric emptying/gastrostasis
  - Pathophysiology/Cerebral demyelination
  - Pathophysiology/CNS-Systemic Vertigo
  - Pathophysiology/Corpus callosum defect
  - Pathophysiology/Demyelination
  - Pathophysiology/Midbrain/mesencephalon lesion
  - Pathophysiology/Neurologic degenerative disorder (ex)
  - Pathophysiology/Posterior columns cord def
  - Pathophysiology/Uthoff phenom/Heat-trigger neurol/flare
- Process
  - PROCESS/Allergy/collagen/autoimmune (category)
  - PROCESS/Autoimmune disorder (ex)
  - PROCESS/Great imitators/diseases (ex)
  - PROCESS/Hereditary/Genetic predisposition (ex)
  - PROCESS/Use/Age/atrophic disorder (category)
  - PROCESS/CNS/White matter disorder (ex)
  - PROCESS/Myelin involvement/disorder (ex)
Synonyms
- Synonym
  - Synonym/Disseminated sclerosis
  - Synonym/MS
Treatment
- Drug Therapy - Contraindication
  - RX/Adalimumab (Humira) injection
  - RX/Gamma interferon (Actimmune)
- Drug Therapy - Indication
  - RX/Beta interferon
  - RX/Cladribine (Leustatin)
  - RX/Corticosteroid (Cortisone)
  - RX/Glatiramer (Copaxone)
  - RX/Interferon B-1a (Avonex/Rebif)
  - RX/Interferon B-1b
  - RX/Mitoxantrone (Novantrone)
  - RX/Muscle relaxant medication
  - RX/Natalizumab (Tysabri)
  - RX/Vitamin D
  - SX/Stem cell transplant potential/future
- Other Treatments
  - TX/Physical therapy
  - TX/Plasma exchange/FFP
  - TX/Plasmapheresis/exchange.

Clinical Manifestations
- Signs & Symptoms
  - Neck muscle pains
  - Pain Swelling Neck Posterior One side
  - Chest Pain
  - Arm Pain
  - Cramping in Extremities
  - Diffuse Aches and Pains
  - Muscle Pain
  - Myalgias
  - Pain in Extremities/Melalgias
  - Stiffness
  - Stiffness in Extremities
  - Tender or painful muscles/Myalgias
  - Trapezius pain
  - Upper extremity pains
  - Cervical radiculopathy syndrome
  - Headache/unilateral (migrainous)
  - Insomnia
  - Muscle stiffness/improves with exercise
  - Sleep disturbance
  - Stiff neck/Nuchal rigidity
  - Chest pain/non-cardiac
  - Acute Back Pain
  - Arthralgias Polyarthralgias
  - Back Pain
  - Back pain improved with movement/exercise
  - Backache
  - Cervical spine/neck limited motion
  - Chronic Back Pain
  - Joint Pains
  - Joint pains Arthralgias in Elderly
  - Knee Pain
  - Low Back Pain
  - Medial Knee Pain/Tenderness
  - Neck and Arm Pain
  - Neck and upper back musculoskeletal pain
  - Neck arthritis syndrome/signs
  - Neck pain
  - Neck/Shoulder pain/stiffness
  - Rigid back posture/spasm
  - Scapular area pain
  - Shoulder pain
  - Stiffness upper limb girdle
  - Upper Back Pain
  - Wry neck spasm
  - AM/exhaustion,non-refreshing sleep
  - Chronic Fatigue
  - Chronic Pain Symptoms
  - Decreased exercise tolerance/effort fatigue
  - Enervated/extreme acute fatigue
  - Fatigue
  - Fatigue Prolonged after Exercise
  - Fatigue Tiredness Exhaustion
  - Hypersomnia/Increased need for sleep
  - Total body pain/truncal/extremities
- Disease Progression
  - Course/Chronic disorder
  - Course/Chronic only
Demographics & Risk Factors
- Exposure Factors
  - Exposure/Agent orange/herbicide remote
- Recent Event
  - Recent/Severe Stress Situation
Laboratory Tests
- Abnormal Lab Findings (Non Measured)
  - WBC/Mononeuclear cells IL-8/IL-6 increased
  - CSF Substance P Increased
- Abnormal Lab Findings - Decreased
  - Melatonin plasma levels (LAB)
  - Serotonin (Lab)
  - Somatostatin (Lab)
- Abnormal Lab Findings - Increased
  - Interleukin-6 IL-6 Serum (Lab)
  - Interleukin-8 serum IL-8 (Lab)
Diagnostic Test Results
- Electrodiagnosis
  - EEG/Sleep quality poor/Excess non-REM/Poor REM
Associated Diseases & Rule outs
- Associated Disease & Complications - Rule Outs
  - Chronic fatique syndrome (adult 'mono')
  - Hip bursitis/trochanteric
  - Hypothyroidism (myxedema)
  - Lumbar spinal stenosis
  - Polymyalgia rheumatica
  - Polymyositis
  - Spinal stenosis syndrome
- Associated Disease & Complications - Causes
  - Cervical radiculitis
  - Chronic fatique syndrome (adult 'mono')
  - Costochondritis/chest-wall pain syndrome
  - Fibromyositis/fibromyalgia syndrome
- Disease Synergy
  - Synergy/Sedentary life style
  - Synergy/Sleep deprivation
  - Synergy/Stress/Anxiety
Disease Mechanism & Classification
- Class
  - CLASS/Soft Tissue Involvement
  - CLASS/Fascia involvement/disorder (ex)
  - CLASS/Muscle/tendon/extremities (category)
- Pathophysiology
  - Pathophysiology/Functional serotonin deficit pssible
  - Pathophysiology/Myofascial pain pattern
- Process
  - PROCESS/Allergy/collagen/autoimmune (category)
  - PROCESS/Diagnosis controversal/outdated/syndromic
  - PROCESS/Inflammatory/Fibrosis
  - PROCESS/Inflammatory/Traumatic/regeneration (ex)
Synonyms
- Synonym
  - Synonym/Myofascial syndrome
Treatment
- Drug Therapy
  - RX/Cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril)
  - RX/Fluoxetine (Prozac)
  - RX/Local injection/steroid
  - RX/Milnacipran (Savella)
  - RX/Sodium oxybate (cataplexy)
- Other Treatments
  - TX/Alternative care option/referral
  - TX/Exercise/aerobic
  - TX/Exercises/physical therapy

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