They are developing a blood test to more reliably diagnose fibromyalgia.

A research team from the University of Rovira e Virgili (URV) in Tarragona and the American Universities of Ohio and Texas developed a method that allows “high confidence” to diagnose fibromyalgia using a blood sample, The company announced this in a statement on Wednesday.

The study, published in the journal Biomedicine, analyzed blood samples from three different groups: patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia, with similar rheumatic diseases and people without any of these pathologies.

Fibromyalgia is a chronic disease that affects 6% of the world’s population.ly is characterized by generalized muscle pain and fatigue, symptoms that can be confused with other pathologies such as rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus.

The investigation revealed patterns in molecules, amino acids that would allow fibromyalgia to be distinguished from other diseases using a blood test.

URV researcher Silvia de Lamo said it is “a fast, accurate and non-invasive tool that can be easily integrated into the clinical environment to improve the quality of life of patients with fibromyalgia.”