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===Obstetrics and gynaecology=== [[Chronic pelvic pain]] and [[vulvodynia]], which is chronic pain around the opening of the vagina, are particularly common in women with FM.<ref name="ScienceOfFibro" /><ref name="PMC5741304" /><ref name="vulvodynia">{{Cite web | url = https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/vulvodynia/symptoms-causes/syc-20353423 | title = Vulvodynia - Symptoms and causes|website=Mayo Clinic|language=en|access-date=2021-11-28}}</ref> [[Early menopause]] and [[hysterectomy]] are linked to increased risk of fibromyalgia.<ref name="Pamuk2009">{{Cite journal | title = Increased frequencies of hysterectomy and early menopause in fibromyalgia patients: a comparative study | date = 2009-05-01| url = https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-009-1087-1|journal=Clinical Rheumatology|volume=28|issue=5 | pages = 561–564 | last = Pamuk | first = Ömer Nuri | last2 = Dönmez | first2 = Salim | last3 = Çakir | first3 = Necati|language=en|doi=10.1007/s10067-009-1087-1|issn=1434-9949}}</ref> A number of studies have found that women with fibromyalgia were more likely to have had a hysterectomy than the general population, and they were more likely to have poorer health and higher health costs than women with fibromyalgia who had not had a hysterectomy.<ref name="Santoro2012">{{Cite journal | title = Fibromyalgia and hysterectomy: the impact on health status and health care costs | date = Nov 2012| url = https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22875702/|journal=Clinical Rheumatology|volume=31|issue=11 | pages = 1585–1589 | last = Santoro | first = Maya S. | author-link = | last2 = Cronan | first2 = Terry A. | authorlink2 = | last3 = Adams | first3 = Rebecca N. | authorlink3 = | last4 = Kothari | first4 = Dhwani J. | authorlink4 = |doi=10.1007/s10067-012-2051-z|pmc=|pmid=22875702|access-date=|issn=1434-9949|quote=|via=}}</ref> Fibromyalgia patients were more likely to have had a gynaecological surgery compared to other chronic pain patients, with rates of fibromyalgia being higher in patients who had hysterectomy, oophorectomy (ovary removal) and cystectomy (bladder or cyst removal) than only hysterectomy.<ref name="Brooks2015">{{Cite journal | title = Assessing the prevalence of autoimmune, endocrine, gynecologic, and psychiatric comorbidities in an ethnically diverse cohort of female fibromyalgia patients: does the time from hysterectomy provide a clue? | date = 2015-08-20| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4548754/|journal=Journal of Pain Research|volume=8 | pages = 561–569 | last = Brooks | first = Larry | last2 = Hadi | first2 = Joseph | last3 = Amber | first3 = Kyle T | last4 = Weiner | first4 = Michelle | last5 = La Riche | first5 = Christopher L | last6 = Ference | first6 = Tamar|doi=10.2147/JPR.S86573|pmc=4548754|pmid=26316807|issn=1178-7090}}</ref> [[#Pregnancy complications|Pregnancy complications]] have been found to be more common in women with fibromyalgia,<ref name="Magtanong2019">{{Cite journal | title = Maternal and neonatal outcomes among pregnant women with fibromyalgia: a population-based study of 12 million births | date = 2019-02-01| url = https://doi.org/10.1080/14767058.2017.1381684|journal=The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine|volume=32|issue=3 | pages = 404–410 | last = Magtanong | first = Glenda Gatan | last2 = Spence | first2 = Andrea R. | last3 = Czuzoj-Shulman | first3 = Nicholas | last4 = Abenhaim | first4 = Haim Arie|doi=10.1080/14767058.2017.1381684|pmid=28954564|issn=1476-7058}}</ref> and the menstrual cycle has been found to be related to pain fluctuations in fibromyalgia.<ref name="Schertzinger2017" /> {{See also|Menopause}}
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