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Pain can be classified as either acute (lasting for a brief time period) or chronic (lasting for at least six months) in duration. Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder. Others include myositis, Behçet's Disease and myofascial pain syndrome. Acute pain may be a sign of polymyalgia rheumatica or temporal arteritis. Pain associated with diseases such as sarcoidosis varies.

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