Are pulmonary fibrosis and fibromyalgia related?

My wife's doctor was slow to diagnose her interstitial lung disease and now she has extensive scar tissue in her lungs and has been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. If her doctor had caught her lung infection earlier could she have avoided the scar tissue and fibromyalgia ?

Pulmonary fibrosis is not directly related to fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia can be brought on by stress, so it may be indirectly related. It might be related to whatever your wife does have, if it is not fibromyalgia. While there is a possibility that she does have fibromyalgia, I think you need to get more opinions. Fibromyalgia is another big misdiagnosis (like ADHD) that frustrated Dr's label to appease patients or their families, by giving a name to something that they can't diagnose. It is approaching an 80% initial misdiagnosis rate, and many clinicians seem downright proud to hand out the diagnosis, because they don't have to think anymore and just start addicting the patient to pain meds. According to the National Fibromyalgia Association, it takes about five years on average to get an accurate diagnosis of fibromyalgia. If this diagnosis came about in a week or two, definitely seek more opinions.

it is possible for any severe medical condition to trigger fibro---

and teh more strain on teh body from an untreated condition can make it more liekely

but its possible its not fibro at all--
the fibrosis can be teh cuase of teh wide spread pain and fatigue

real fms is a neuro disorder--highly overdiagnosed by incompetant docs who label every ache and pain as fms

it is possible to ahve both--but does not occuir as often as diagnosed