Author(s)

Maïmouna Coura Koné¹, Nabé Alphonse Kambiré², Yapi Ahoua³

¹Biology and Health Laboratory, Biology of Reproduction and Development Unit, Biosciences UFR, Félix Houphoüet-Boigny University, Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
²Department of Psychology, Human and Social Sciences UFR, Félix Houphoüet-Boigny University, Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
³Biology and Health Laboratory, Biosciences UFR, Félix Houphouët-Boigny University, Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Fibromyalgia is a chronic, widespread musculoskeletal pain and polyalgic syndrome, evolving for more than three months. Research on its consequences on fertility is therefore relevant to explore. The aim of this study is to highlight the relationship between fibromyalgia and some women’s diseases that induced infertility. The results showed that fibromyalgia is more common in 92.9% of patients wishing to procreate and 64.8% of patients with gynecological disorders. 70.7% of patients with menstrual disorder have fibromyalgia and 76.5% of fibromyalgia patients have myomas. Among ovarian pathologies, 76.5% of women with ovarian dystrophy have fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is also very prevalent in women with miscarriage (55.9%) and stillbirth history (90.1%). For all studied situations, a highly significant difference was observed (p < 0.000). All these data suggest that fibromyalgia is related to different situations that can induce infertility in women.

Fibromyalgia, Gynecological Diseases, Stillbirth, Miscarrige, Infertility

Koné, M. , Kambiré, N. and Ahoua, Y. (2021) Impact of Fibromyalgia on Female Infertility. Open Journal of Epidemiology, 11, 457-472. doi: 10.4236/ojepi.2021.114037.