Pregnant women with fibromyalgia (FM) experience significant pain, fatigue, and psychological stress, symptoms that are often misdiagnosed or undertreated as a normal part of pregnancy, according to a pilot study by Karen M. Schaefer, D.N.Sc.,…
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Ordinary Touches Multiply Into Severe Pain For Fibromyalgia Patients
The millions of Americans who suffer from fibromyalgia live with a two-edged sword: excruciating pain, accompanied by the doubts of many who dismiss it as a made-up illness invented by a troubled mind. But researchers…
High rate of restless legs syndrome found in adults with fibromyalgia
A study in the Oct. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that adults with fibromyalgia had a much higher prevalence and risk of restless legs syndrome than healthy controls. The study…
Study probes obesity link to fibromyalgia
Afflicting up to 5 percent of the U.S. population, mostly women, fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread pain and a range of function problems. A new study in The Journal of Pain reports there is a…
Immediate treatment can alleviate future back problems
Immediate treatment by a physiotherapist, bypassing a waiting list, can reduce problems with recurring low back pain, reveals a thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Many people suffer from low back pain, and most…
Young people report worse fibromyalgia than older patients
It may seem counterintuitive, but young and middle-aged fibromyalgia patients report worse symptoms and poorer quality of life than older patients, a Mayo Clinic study shows. Fibromyalgia most often strikes women. It is characterized by…
Lady Gaga: When People Doubt
Doubt can be quiet or loud. Sometimes it whispers behind closed doors. Other times it arrives boldly, wrapped in headlines, opinions, and judgments. For Lady Gaga, doubt has been a constant companion throughout her life—not…
Lady Gaga and fibromyalgia
Lady Gaga has opened up about having Fibromyalgia and is going to be candid about it in her documentary. Fibromyalgia is a syndrome that needs this sort of representation. Someone visible is seen to be…
Recent treatment recommendations for Fibromyalgia
Recent talks at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting looked at overall treatment protocols we should see. The two presentations: Daniel J. Clauw, MD, a rheumatologist and professor of anesthesiology and medicine, and director of…
Long-term study on fibromyalgia severity
I came across an interesting long-term study in Finland on Fibromyalgia spanning 26 years published in the journal of Clinical Rheumatology. The severity of symptoms persists for decades in a fibromyalgia-a 26-year follow-up study. There has…