Sian Yik Lim, MD If you’re one of the millions of people in the United States living with fibromyalgia, you may know what it feels like to be misunderstood by doctors and the healthcare system as a whole. “This is the primary reason people with fibromyalgia search for a compassionate provider,” says Kevin V. Hackshaw, MD, a…
A recent study supports the use of long-term rheumatologic surveillance in patients with familial Mediterranean fever due to persistence of rheumatologic and autoimmune diseases despite treatment. By Deborah L. Ungerleider, MD, FAAP Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is caused by pathogenic variants in MEFV, which encodes pyrin. As pyrin regulates inflammasome activation, and interleukin-1ß (IL-1ß) and IL-18…
Brazil: A new randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open highlights the potential of home-based, self-administered transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as an effective approach to reducing fibromyalgia-related symptoms. Conducted by Dr. Wolnei Caumo and colleagues at the Laboratory of Pain and Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil, the study explored whether anodal tDCS (A-tDCS) targeting…
A study by the UOC and the University of Barcelona shows that personal construct therapy is as effective as standard psychological therapy in improving quality of life and symptoms of depression in patients with fibromyalgia Credit: Chronic Joy Ministry Fibromyalgia is a rheumatic disease of unknown origin, which is characterized by chronic pain and often accompanied…
Department of Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation Sciences Program, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain condition characterized by generalized musculoskeletal pain, hyperalgesia and allodynia, commonly associated with other symptoms such as fatigue, poor sleep quality, anxiety and depression. The clinical manifestations of…
Chronic physical pain may seem like it should have a physical cause, but a growing body of evidence suggests the link between fibromyalgia and trauma may be both physical and psychological. Fibromyalgia is a chronic and tenderness throughout the body. Fibromyalgia can affect anyone of any age, but you’re more likely to develop it as…
Fibromyalgia is increasingly recognized as a multidimensional, symptom-based condition rooted in altered central pain processing, rather than a disorder defined by structural pathology, said experts in a discussion Presenting an overview of the condition, Alina Dima, MD, PhD, a specialist in internal medicine and rheumatology at the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy and…
Fibromyalgia symptoms range from widespread pain, stiffness, fatigue, headaches or irritable bowel syndrome to problems with memory or learning new things (stock image) Scientists have uncovered new genetic risk factors for a long-term chronic pain condition in the largest study of its kind. People with fibromyalgia have been “dismissed” for decades, experts said, but…