no gray matter loss or structural brain damage is occuring in fm [fibromyalgia]. the brain dysfunctions are felt to be from neuro-chemical factors. fm does not lead to dementia nor does it increase the risk. brain fog is different from dementia. brain fog is like a cluttered hallway where your thoughts have a difficult time negotiating the hallways to get from one room to another (slow connections to different brain locations). the rooms in our brain are fine (in order) with brain fog. with dementia the rooms are not in order; they have broken missing and disorganized items (representing the damaged brain regions). .
does a loss of gray matter in the brain and/or possible other brain dysfunction cause dementia in fibromyalgia patients?