fibromyalgia

Abstract Positive psychology is the study of positive subjective experience and individual traits. Identifying deficits in positive psychology regarding fibromyalgia may inform targets for management. Therefore, the aim of the present case–control study was to compare the levels of positive...

ABSTRACT Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of serum niacin and dopamine (DA) levels and their clinical importance in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients. Patients and methods: Between April 2018 and October 2018, a total of 53 female patients (mean age: 38.3±5.5...

Brain fog, and now post exertional malaise, terms that were until fairly recently only used to describe ME/CFS symptoms have been hijacked and become generic terms. Maybe we should learn from the Fibromyalgia community? They use fibro fog, there are many article on this (even the NHS recognise...

Abstract Objective To analyze opioid intake interference with psychological, well-being, and functional outcomes and medication tapering in patients with fibromyalgia admitted to the Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Program (MCPRP) in Florida. Patients and Methods A retrospective study on MCPRP...

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (CFS) AND FIBROMYALGIA ARE VASCULAR DISEASE FREQUENTLY TRIGGERED BY PERSISTENT INTRACELLULAR INFECTIONS. The tissue hypoperfusion and cellular hypoxia that occurs in CFS is associated with dysfunctions of the cells of the vascular walls (endothelial cells and...

Our Belgian ME/CFS organization got an email about a research group called toxSeek that wants to do a study on metal poisoning in fibromyalgia and CFS patients. They refer to this website: https://toxseek-research.com/fm/en/index.html Bit skeptical about this: does anyone happen to know more?

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"Israel will recognize fibromyalgia, a once widely dismissed illness that involves chronic muscle pain, as a disability. People with the condition will be recognized as disabled within a few weeks, and will be able to claim up to 40 percent of a full disability allowance, Welfare and Social...

Abstract Objectives To investigate whether acute infection with Giardia lamblia is associated with fibromyalgia 10 years after infection and whether fibromyalgia is associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and chronic fatigue (CF) in this setting. Methods A cohort study was established...

Harriet Sharp1,2, Kristy Themelis1,3, Marisa Amato1, Andrew Barritt1, Kevin Davies1, Neil Harrison1,4, Sarah Garfinkel1,5, Hugo Critchley1,2, Jessica Eccles1,2 Abstract: Introduction: The aetiology and pathophysiology of fibromyalgia and ME/CFS are poorly characterised but altered...

An old paper Korszun, A., L. Sackett-Lundeen, E. Papadopoulos, C. Brucksch, L. Masterson, N. C. Engelberg, E. Haus, M. A. Demitrack, and L. Crofford. “Melatonin Levels in Women with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.” The Journal of Rheumatology 26, no. 12 (December 1999): 2675–80...

SAGE Open Nursing "Can Someone as Young as You Really Feel That Much Pain?" - A Survey on How People With Fibromyalgia Experience Healthcare in Sweden - Hasselroth et al - 2021 Research show that fibromyalgia has low credibility in healthcare, leading to poor treatment, lack of knowledge and...

Highlights • Central sensitisation (CS) was assessed using quantitative sensory tests (QST). • Dynamic QST showed complete agreement in all subjects regarding the presence of CS. • The large majority of CFS and fibromyalgia cases demonstrated CS. • This could be either a cause or an effect of...

via Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks Source: University Utrecht Date: May 11, 2021 URL: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/405927 https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/405927/Crowe%20%288158479%29%20thesis.pdf Lumpers Versus Splitters: Analysing the Effects of Soothers on...

Abstract Objective Postacute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS) is an emerging entity characterised by a large array of manifestations, including musculoskeletal complaints, fatigue and cognitive or sleep disturbances. Since similar symptoms are present also in patients with fibromyalgia (FM), we decided...

BACKGROUND Fibromyalgia (FM) and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are devastating metabolic neuroimmune diseases that are difficult to diagnose because of the presence of numerous symptoms and a lack of specific biomarkers. Despite patient heterogeneity linked to...

Abstract Some illnesses and diseases are not apparent to onlookers. Conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, postconcussive syndrome, endometriosis, and many psychiatric illnesses, for example, have symptoms that are not easily or at all measurable. Both...

Full title: The mapping of cortical activation by near-infrared spectroscopy might be a biomarker related to the severity of fibromyalgia symptoms Abstract The delta value of oxyhemoglobin (Δ-HbO) determined by functional near-infrared spectroscopy at prefrontal cortex (PFC) and motor cortex...

Full title: A paradigm for chronic fatigue syndrome: caught between idiopathic intracranial hypertension and spontaneous intracranial hypotension; caused by cranial venous outflow obstruction ABSTRACT Background Clinical similarities between chronic fatigue syndrome and idiopathic intracranial...

Abstract Objective: The identification of a complementary test to confirm the diagnosis of FM. The diagnosis of fibromyalgia (FM) is based on clinical features, but there is still no consensus, so patients and clinicians might benefit from such a test. Recent findings showed that pain lies in...