Suicide owing to fibromyalgia related-pain : A case report

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  • Hisamura Masaki
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University
  • Momose Yuzuko
    Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University Resident Center
  • Kuno Shinichiro
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Tokyo Teishin Hospital
  • Fukushima Kenji
    Department of Emergency and Critical Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University
  • Arima Fumihito
    Department of Emergency and Critical Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University
  • Imamoto Toshiro
    Department of Emergency and Critical Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University
  • Oi Hidenori
    Department of Emergency and Critical Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University
  • Shigematsu Sachiko
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University
  • Nakamura Motohiro
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University
  • Asano Yoshitaka
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University
  • Kameda Shinya
    Department of Emergency and Critical Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University
  • Hashimoto Masayuki
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University
  • Ando Yoji
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University
  • Sonoda Kenichiro
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University
  • Koshimizu Kenji
    Department of Emergency Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University

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  • 線維筋痛症と思われる疼痛を苦に自殺企図に至った1例

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<p>A 44-year-old man had a 3-month history of unexplained right leg pain. Examinations in the orthopedic and neurosurgery departments could not clarify the cause of pain. Although pharmacotherapy was initiated, no effects were observed. He confessed to his family about his suicidal ideation owing to pain. A week later, he stabbed himself in the neck and chest ; he was confirmed dead at our hospital. Fibromyalgia occurs an unknown cause, and physical and psychiatric treatments are necessary for such patients. We suggest that emergency physicians be understanding of chronic pain such as that experienced in fibromyalgia and provide standard therapy.</p>

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