Understanding Sound Sensitivity and Pain Flares For many people living with fibromyalgia, pain doesn’t come only from muscles and joints. Everyday sensory experiences, like bright lights, strong smells, and especially loud noises, can significantly worsen…
Fibromyalgia Research
Stay informed with the latest research on Fibromyalgia, including advancements in treatment, potential causes, and ongoing studies to improve patient care.
15 Ways to Describe What Fibromyalgia Feels Like
Making an invisible illness easier for others to understand Fibromyalgia is often misunderstood because it doesn’t show up on X-rays, scans, or blood tests. Yet for the millions of people living with it, the pain…
What Fibromyalgia Feels Like: The Struggle of Being Trapped in My Own Body
Fibromyalgia is often described in medical terms, widespread pain, fatigue, sleep problems, but those words barely scratch the surface of what living with it truly feels like. For many of us, fibromyalgia isn’t just pain.…
Heightened Sense of Taste and Other Senses in Fibromyalgia
Here’s What Causes It Many people associate fibromyalgia primarily with chronic pain and fatigue. However, one of the lesser-known, and often surprising, features of fibromyalgia is heightened sensory sensitivity. This can include an intensified sense of…
The Daily Struggles of Fibromyalgia: Living With a Condition That Has No Cure
Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition with no known cure. For those who live with it, life becomes less about “getting better” and more about learning how to survive, adapt, and endure, often silently. While the…
Lymph Nodes & Swollen Glands in Fibromyalgia
Why They Swell & How to Treat Them Many people living with fibromyalgia report feeling tender, swollen lymph nodes or glands, especially in the neck, jaw, armpits, and groin. This symptom can be alarming, particularly because…
There Are 251 Symptoms of Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is often described as a condition of widespread pain and fatigue. But for the millions of women living with it, that description barely scratches the surface. Fibromyalgia is not a single-symptom illness, nor is…
Being a Doctor With Fibromyalgia: 10 Important Things I Want You to Know
When people hear the word doctor, they often imagine strength, stamina, and resilience without limits. What they rarely imagine is chronic pain, crushing fatigue, or a nervous system that never truly rests. I am a doctor…
What Stress Does to a Woman With Fibromyalgia
Stress affects everyone, but for women living with fibromyalgia, stress can feel overwhelming, relentless, and physically devastating. It doesn’t just live in the mind. It seeps into muscles, nerves, sleep, hormones, and pain levels, often…
Suffering From Fibromyalgia? Understanding Hives and Skin Reactions
Fibromyalgia is often described as a condition of chronic pain and fatigue, but for many people, the symptoms go far beyond muscles and joints. One lesser-known yet distressing issue reported by some individuals with fibromyalgia…