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In a comparative study, fibromyalgia prevalence was 10% in lipedema patients (versus 28% in Dercum's disease, P=0.0003) and migraines were reported in 7% of lipedema patients (versus 21% in Dercum's, P=0.005), with a mean pain score of 4±2.5 on a 0–10 scale among lipedema patients.

Created: 2026-05-31 · Last updated: 2026-05-31

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• DOI:10.1038/ijo.2016.205 — supporting · cross sectional · 2017
  The article documents fibromyalgia, migraines, and pain scores as comorbidities in lipedema patients, providing direct prevalence data bearing on the question. However, prevalences are crude (unadjusted) and the primary focus is differentia

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• Is lipedema associated with fibromyalgia and other chronic-pain conditions? supporting

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• 2026-05-31 — created · auto-ingested for SQ-LIP-000008

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