fibromyalgia

ABSTRACT Background Fibromyalgia (FM) is associated with sexual dysfunction, though much less is known about the sexual desire, and especially dyadic and solitary sexual desire, among women with fibromyalgia. Aim To investigate on the one hand the global sexual desire, the dyadic sexual and...

Full title: The Interoceptive Sensitivity and Attention Questionnaire: Evaluating aspects of self-reported interoception in patients with persistent somatic symptoms, stress-related syndromes and healthy controls. Abstract To validate the Interoceptive Sensitivity and Attention Questionnaire...

Abstract Background Fibromyalgia is a chronic multidimensional pain disease with no curative treatment currently available. Its management relies on a multimodal approach involving pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic elements. Because a suggested factor in its etiology is a central...

Abstract Fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic low back pain (CLBP) have shared pathophysiology and have a considerable impact on patients’ daily activities and quality of life. The main objective of this study was to compare pain impact, somatosensory sensitivity, motor functionality, and balance...

Abstract Aim To evaluate the effectiveness of PainReApp, an mHealth system, based on physical exercise recommendations for patients with chronic pain (low back pain, fibromyalgia and diabetic neuropathic pain) based on pain intensity, quality of life, anxiety and/or depression, and sleep...

Full title: Virtual Reality-Based Therapy Reduces the Disabling Impact of Fibromyalgia Syndrome in Women: Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Abstract Background: Virtual reality-based therapy (VRBT) is a novel therapeutic approach to be used in women with...

Full title: Efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions for individual features of fibromyalgia a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials Abstract Fibromyalgia is a highly heterogeneous condition, but the most common symptoms are widespread pain, fatigue, poor...

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...