fibromyalgia

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Prevalence of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome among Individuals with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: An Analysis of United States National Inpatient Sample Database Abstract: Background and Aim: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder associated with other...

Objective Fibromyalgia (FM) is characterized by pervasive pain-related symptomatology and high levels of negative affect. Mind-body treatments such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) appear to foster improvement in FM via reductions in pain-related catastrophizing, a set of negative...

From the latest Massachusetts ME/CFS and FM Association: DO YOU SUFFER FROM FIBROMYALGIA? This research study investigates whether a method of non-invasive brain stimulation (tDCS) combined with physical exercise can help pain processing in adults with fibromyalgia. This research study requires...

Full title: Anti-satellite glia cell IgG antibodies in fibromyalgia patients are related to symptom severity and to metabolite concentrations in thalamus and rostral anterior cingulate cortex Highlights FMS have higher anti-SGC IgG levels compared to healthy controls. FMS with high, compared...

Abstract Objective Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare disease characterized by incomplete or defective bone mineralization due to a mutation in the alkaline phosphatase (ALP) gene causing low levels of ALP. Disease presentation is heterogeneous and can present as a chronic pain syndrome like...

Prevalence and Risk Factors of de Novo Widespread Post-COVID Pain in Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Survivors: A Nation-Wide Exploratory Population-Based Survey Brian D. Ebbesen; Rocco Giordano; Juan Antonio Valera-Calero; Jakob Nebeling Hedegaard; César Fernández-de-las-Peñas; Lars Arendt-Nielsen...

Abstract Purpose To estimate the risk of incidence of optic neuritis and identify the high-risk group among patients with fibromyalgia (FM) Design Population-based cohort study Methods A nationwide, population-based study was conducted using data from the Korean National Health Claims database...

Increased gut permeability and bacterial translocation are associated with fibromyalgia and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: implications for disease-related biomarker discovery Background: There is growing evidence of the significance of gastrointestinal complaints in the...

Abstract Background Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is defined as chronic widespread pain associated with sleep disorders, cognitive dysfunction, and somatic symptoms present for at least three months and cannot be better explained by another diagnosis. Objectives To examine efficacy and safety of...

I could not resist posting this one…. ………………….. Effects of Nature-Based Multisensory Stimulation on Pain Mechanisms in Women with Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial, 2023, Pain Management Nursing, Gungormus DB, et al. Abtract: Background: The term...

Abstract Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic widespread pain syndrome that is accompanied by fatigue, sleep disturbances, anxiety, depression, lack of concentration, and neurocognitive impairment. As the currently available drugs are not completely successful against these symptoms and...

Chronic pain disorder written off by doctors as 'imaginary' is driving thousands to suicide, study warns https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12283501/Chronic-pain-disorder-written-doctors-imaginary-drives-thousands-suicide-study-warns.html

Background Patients with fibromyalgia (FM) exhibit low peak oxygen uptake ( ˙VO2peak). We aimed to detect the contribution of cardiac output to ( ˙Q) and arteriovenous oxygen difference [C(a-v)O2] to ˙VO2 from rest to peak exercise in patients with FM. Methods Thirty-five women with FM, aged...

https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05643794?recrs=abdf&type=Intr&cond=Fibromyalgia&draw=3&rank=11 Someone is moving ahead with the theory of autoimmune antibodies for fibromyalgia

I just had to share this study, it's way too funny and a good example of the quality of psychological research. I'm not using the usual formatting here as there's no use to it. It starts of funnily with being published in the European Journal of Forest Research. Some of my favorite snippets...

Source: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Date: January 2023 URL: https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/handle/11250/3072207 https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/3072207/Nina%20Groven_PhD.pdf A thesis on immune differences in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome...

Fibromyalgia is a complex chronic pain condition characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, and sleep disturbances. People with fibromyalgia can experience both autonomic and somatic disturbances, cognitive and mental health symptoms, and hypersensitivity to external...

Jared Younger's group. The journal is "PAIN". The text is behind a paywall. Evidence of neuroinflammation in fibromyalgia syndrome: a [18F]DPA-714 positron emission tomography study. Mueller, Christinaa,*; Fang, Yu-Hua D.b; Jones, Chloec; McConathy, Jonathan E.d; Raman, Fabiod; Lapi, Suzanne...

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