Pain Processing VIENNA — Fibromyalgia is increasingly recognized as a multidimensional, symptom-based condition rooted in altered central pain processing, rather than a disorder defined by structural pathology, said experts in a discussion at the 24th European Congress of Internal Medicine (ECIM) 2026. Presenting an overview of the condition, Alina Dima, MD, PhD, a specialist in internal medicine and rheumatology at the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy and Colentina Clinical Hospital, both in Bucharest, Romania, described fibromyalgia as a prototypical example of nociplastic pain. “Fibromyalgia reflects altered pain processing in the absence of structural…
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