Symptoms

The 217 respondents were asked to differentiate their symptoms as beginning before their perceived onset of FMS or after.

	Total		Men		Women
Symptom	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
anxiety	42%	77%	24%	59%	44%	74%
bloating	38%	66%	18%	47%	40%	68%
blood clot	5%	5%	0%	0%	6%	6%
breast pain	29%	57%	0%	0%	32%	62%
bruising	37%	66%	29%	41%	38%	68%
buckling knee	25%	58%	24%	41%	26%	60%
carbohydrate craving	42%	77%	41%	59%	42%	79%
chest pain	20%	63%	18%	53%	21%	64%
chronic cough	21%	35%	41%	53%	19%	34%
confusional states	12%	77%	12%	71%	12%	78%
conjunctivitis	11%	22%	12%	24%	11%	22%
cramps	50%	60%	0%	0%	52%	64%
deficits in cognition	13%	88%	18%	82%	13%	89%
dermographia	9%	19%	6%	18%	10%	20%
difficulties with sequential problems	11%	67%	12%	41%	11%	70%
diffuse swelling	12%	43%	29%	29%	11%	44%
directional disorientation and visual perception problems	27%	82%	12%	65%	28%	83%
disrupted fat metabolism	14%	49%	18%	47%	14%	49%
dysphagia (difficulty swallowing)	9%	41%	6%	35%	9%	42%
electromagnetic sensitivity	7%	20%	6%	12%	7%	21%
environmental sensitivity	21%	61%	24%	53%	21%	62%
Epstein-Barr Virus	25%	15%	6%	0%	27%	16%
eye or ear pain or dysfunction	28%	62%	24%	35%	28%	64%
fatigue	33%	91%	29%	94%	33%	91%
fungal infections	21%	37%	12%	18%	22%	39%
groin pain	8%	32%	0%	35%	9%	32%
hair loss	12%	30%	24%	29%	11%	31%
high blood pressure	11%	22%	18%	24%	11%	22%
high cholesterol	10%	35%	12%	6%	10%	37%
high HDL	5%	18%	12%	18%	5%	19%
high or low temperature	32%	60%	18%	12%	33%	65%
hives	26%	29%	29%	35%	26%	29%
hyper-sensitive nipples	11%	28%	6%	0%	11%	31%
hyperthyroid	2%	2%	6%	0%	2%	3%
hypoglycemic-like syndrome	25%	50%	24%	47%	26%	51%
hypothyroid	8%	19%	0%	6%	9%	20%
immune dysfunction	14%	40%	12%	24%	14%	42%
inversion sprain of ankle	17%	20%	12%	12%	17%	21%
irritability	34%	75%	35%	71%	34%	76%
itching and/or rashes	27%	67%	18%	65%	28%	67%
lack of endurance	20%	90%	18%	82%	21%	91%
leg cramps	34%	70%	24%	71%	35%	70%
memory impairment	9%	81%	12%	65%	9%	83%
menstrual problems	45%	46%	0%	0%	49%	50%
migraine headache	35%	56%	12%	65%	38%	56%
Mitral Valve Prolapse	9%	12%	6%	6%	10%	12%
mold and yeast sensitivity	22%	38%	6%	18%	23%	40%
mood swings	38%	71%	24%	59%	40%	72%
motor coordination problems	18%	75%	12%	59%	18%	76%
mottled skin on inner arms & thighs	7%	29%	6%	24%	7%	24%
mouth lesions	10%	19%	18%	18%	9%	19%
mouth sores	22%	37%	18%	18%	23%	39%
muscle twitching	21%	74%	18%	53%	22%	76%
nail ridges and/or beads	19%	56%	0%	47%	21%	57%
nausea	19%	50%	12%	35%	20%	52%
non-IgE allergy	4%	10%	0%	0%	4%	11%
numbness and tingling sensations	18%	81%	6%	71%	19%	82%
pain	34%	88%	41%	88%	34%	88%
painful intercourse	12%	32%	0%	24%	14%	33%
panic attacks	15%	47%	0%	53%	16%	46%
pelvic pain	20%	41%	0%	12%	22%	44%
photophobia	13%	39%	6%	24%	14%	40%
PMS	37%	41%	0%	0%	41%	45%
problems climbing stairs	15%	78%	12%	65%	15%	80%
pseudoangina	4%	15%	6%	12%	4%	15%
reflux esophagitis	16%	52%	18%	41%	16%	53%
Reynaud's	8%	25%	0%	6%	9%	27%
sciatica	27%	35%	18%	24%	28%	36%
sensitivity to cold	32%	80%	24%	76%	33%	81%
sensitivity to odors and foods	19%	61%	0%	29%	21%	64%
shortness of breath	17%	59%	18%	35%	17%	61%
sleep apnea	6%	21%	24%	29%	5%	20%
sleep dysfunction	29%	90%	41%	88%	28%	90%
sore throat	30%	51%	18%	24%	31%	54%
speech and language difficulties	8%	59%	6%	29%	9%	62%
stiffness	25%	88%	29%	82%	25%	89%
swollen glands	26%	47%	12%	35%	28%	49%
tearing and red eyes	17%	49%	18%	41%	17%	50%
tender lymph nodes	14%	44%	6%	24%	15%	46%
tennis elbow	12%	29%	6%	18%	13%	30%
tinnitus	16%	45%	12%	41%	16%	46%
toothache	20%	32%	24%	24%	20%	33%
trouble concentrating	16%	86%	12%	71%	17%	87%
vasomotor rhinitis	34%	56%	24%	47%	35%	57%
weak ankles	34%	53%	24%	41%	35%	54%
weakness	13%	80%	12%	65%	13%	82%
weight gain	28%	73%	6%	59%	30%	74%