fibromyalgia

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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Abstract Rheumatology, such as other subspecialties, has both a unique perspective to offer as well as an evolving role to play in the global COVID-19 pandemic. Our field has already contributed meaningfully to the development and repurposing of many of the immune-based therapeutics which are...

Highlights Fibromyalgia (FM) may involve an overactive immune system. We used endotoxin to stimulate the immune system in women with FM. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy showed increased brain temperature in the thalamus. N-Acetylaspartate decreased in the left Rolandic operculum. FM patients...

High overlap in patients diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or hypermobile spectrum disorders with fibromyalgia and 40 self-reported symptoms and comorbidities 2023, Fairweather et al Background: Joint pain is a common symptom in patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome...

The impact of fibromyalgia syndrome on obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in terms of pain threshold, daytime symptoms, anxiety, depression, disease severity, and sleep quality: a polysomnographic study Abstract Background Current studies have focused on the association of fibromyalgia syndrome...

Significance We used a back-translational approach in mice to demonstrate the pronociceptive role of neutrophils in fibromyalgia. Adoptive transfer of neutrophils from mice with chronic widespread pain or from patients with fibromyalgia can confer mechanical pain to recipient naïve mice...

Introduction: This study aimed to assess whether psychiatric disorders predict the onset of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) which develop in the presence of pre-existing muscle pain or fatigue. Methods: The population-based Lifelines cohort study included 148,614 adults with...