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Fibromyalgia has been studied since the 1800’s and has been identified by a few names, including hysterical paroxysm, muscular rheumatism and fibrositis. The term fibromyalgia was first used in 1976 in an effort to describe its primary symptom. (Fibro – meaning fibrous tissue, my – meaning muscle, and algia – meaning pain).
Another well-known person who reported fibromyalgia-like symptoms was Florence Nightingale, an English nurse during the Crimean War (1854-1856) who was a pioneer in the International Red Cross Movement. Nightingale became ill while working on the front lines and never really recovered. She was virtually bedridden much of the rest of her life with pain and fatigue resembling fibromyalgia until her death in 1910.