Ratio of male and female sufferers.

[madddyyy]

Is it true that its quite rare as a male sufferer, Or anyone know the ratio of male to female fibro sufferers.

[Mdaisy]

Hello Madddyyy,

This is a good question from what I have personally read, until recently the information was that it was predominately more women than men who have Fibro

More recently research indicates that there may be more males living with Fibro than first thought and the statistics were possibly affected by certain reasons including lack of diagnosis probably due to lack of reporting symptoms.

The report says More research is needed, particularly on why men who reported fibromyalgia symptoms were less likely than women to receive a fibromyalgia diagnosis

The discrepancy between the number of people reporting fibromyalgia symptoms and the number actually diagnosed with the condition was greatest among men, the study found. Twenty times more men appeared to have fibromyalgia based on their survey response than had been diagnosed, while three times more women reported fibromyalgia symptoms than were diagnosed

sciencedaily.com/releases/2...

Research continues...............

I hope you find this of interest

Best Wishes

Emma

FibroAction Administrator

[madddyyy in reply to Mdaisy]

thank you yes, i goto a few meetings for fibro and sometimes its like walking into a wild west bar were they all turn and look cos i am male,lol. Tis ok once they found out i had fibro but yes its a lot rarer.

[Mdaisy in reply to madddyyy]

We have a few male males on here, so you hopefully won't feel to like that here !

[TheAuthor]

Hi there

I sincerely hope that you are feeling as well as can be? According to the NHS Choices website there are many more females than male sufferers. It's just one of those things I think. They also say more women have lupus than men. It could simply be that more women go the doctors and then get diagnosed, where men don't?

You take care

Ken

[sue32 in reply to TheAuthor]

That's a proven fact Ken, women are more likely to visit their GP than men!! Shame really, you are just as important as we are!! XX

[TheAuthor in reply to sue32]

Thank you for that! Nobody ever tells me that I am important!

Take care

Ken x

[madddyyy]

I was in the navy for 17 years with not one day sick till i got this. And now my doctor waves and the receptionist is a friend.

[Ginsing in reply to madddyyy]

I hope they send Christmas cards too You have to smile through it or it is hellish xxgins