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In a survey of lipedema patients, all reported physical complaints including pain (88.3%, mean current NRS 4.2) and fibromyalgia was among the reported comorbidities (n=14), with comorbidities associated with significantly reduced quality of life.

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

Auto-compiled by the Layer 1 surveillance loop; not yet human-reviewed. anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 · 2026-05-31

Evidence over time

Evidence (1)

• DOI:10.1007/s13555-018-0241-6 — supporting · cross sectional · 2018
  Cross-sectional survey reports fibromyalgia as a comorbidity and high pain prevalence among lipedema patients, but only crude self-reported counts without adjusted association analysis or control comparison for fibromyalgia specifically.

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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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