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===Language impairment and [[word-finding problems]]=== The [[cognitive dysfunction|"fibro fog"]] or brain fog that is a well recognized symptom of FM typically causes problems with words and language.<ref name="ACR2010" /> Cognitive impairment in fibromyalgia includes: *[[Word-finding problems]]<ref name="Park2001">{{Cite journal | last = Park | first = Denise C. | last2 = Glass | first2 = Jennifer M. | last3 = Minear | first3 = Meredith | last4 = Crofford | first4 = Leslie J.| date = 2001 | title = Cognitive function in fibromyalgia patients | url = https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/1529-0131%28200109%2944%3A9%3C2125%3A%3AAID-ART365%3E3.0.CO%3B2-1 | journal = Arthritis & Rheumatism |language=en|volume=44|issue=9 | pages = 2125β2133|doi=10.1002/1529-0131(200109)44:9<2125::AID-ART365>3.0.CO;2-1|issn=1529-0131}}</ref><ref name="Natelson2019" /> * [[Memory problems|short-term memory problems]] * vulnerability to distraction by irrelevant stimuli (known as "selective attention") *[[Slowed thought|mental slowing]] *[[information overload]], and *[[multi-tasking problems]] *[[attention deficit|attention]] and [[concentration problems|concentration problems]]<ref name="Bell2019" /><ref name="Kratz2015" /><ref name="Teodoro2018">{{Cite journal | last = Teodoro | first = Tiago | author-link = | last2 = Edwards | first2 = Mark J. | authorlink2 = | last3 = Isaacs | first3 = Jeremy D. | authorlink3 = | date = 2018-12-01 | title = A unifying theory for cognitive abnormalities in functional neurological disorders, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome: systematic review | url =https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/jnnp/89/12/1308.full.pdf | journal=Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry|language=en|volume=89|issue=12 | pages = 1308β1319|doi=10.1136/jnnp-2017-317823|issn=0022-3050|pmc=|pmid=29735513|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> {{See also|Cognitive dysfunction}}
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