Fibromyalgia pathogenesis and treatment options update

S Chinn, W Caldwell, K Gritsenko - Current pain and headache reports, 2016 - Springer
This review article presents and summarizes up-to-date literature on the clinical
manifestations, diagnosis, pathophysiological mechanisms, and treatment options for …

Neurogenic inflammation in fibromyalgia

G Littlejohn, E Guymer - Seminars in immunopathology, 2018 - Springer
Fibromyalgia is a high impact chronic pain disorder with a well-defined and robust clinical
phenotype. Key features include widespread pain and tenderness, high levels of sleep …

Acupuncture therapy for fibromyalgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

X Zhang, H Chen, W Xu, Y Song, Y Gu… - Journal of pain …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Fibromyalgia (FM) can cause chronic widespread pain and seriously affect the
quality of patient lives. Acupuncture therapy is widely used for pain management. However …

Types of pain and their psychosocial impact in women with rheumatoid arthritis

MG Chancay, SN Guendsechadze, I Blanco - Women's midlife health, 2019 - Springer
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory autoimmune disease predominantly
affecting middle-aged women. Very commonly, pain is a manifestation of active disease and …

Serum proteome profiles revealed dysregulated proteins and mechanisms associated with fibromyalgia syndrome in women

CL Han, YC Sheng, SY Wang, YH Chen, JH Kang - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FM) is a multifactorial disorder whose pathogenesis and diagnosis
are poorly understood. This study investigated differential serum proteome profiles in …

T cell subpopulations in the physiopathology of fibromyalgia: evidence and perspectives

G Banfi, M Diani, PD Pigatto, E Reali - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fibromyalgia is one of the most important “rheumatic” disorders, after osteoarthritis. The
etiology of the disease is still not clear. At the moment, the most defined pathological …

Signs of ongoing inflammation in female patients with chronic widespread pain: a multivariate, explorative, cross-sectional study of blood samples

B Gerdle, B Ghafouri, N Ghafouri, E Bäckryd, T Gordh - Medicine, 2017 - journals.lww.com
This cross-sectional study investigates the plasma inflammatory profile of chronic
widespread pain (CWP) patients compared to healthy controls (CON). Rather than analyzing …

Short-term magnesium therapy alleviates moderate stress in patients with fibromyalgia: a randomized double-blind clinical trial

N Macian, C Dualé, M Voute, V Leray, M Courrent… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Patients suffering from fibromyalgia often report stress and pain, with both often refractory to
usual drug treatment. Magnesium supplementation seems to improve fibromyalgia …

Lyme neuroborreliosis

U Koedel, HW Pfister - Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Acute and late LNB are well established disorders. The existence of PTLDS as a disease
entity is still unclear and needs further investigation. Unorthodox alternative therapies …

Effects of neurofeedback on fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial

YL Wu, SC Fang, SC Chen, CJ Tai, PS Tsai - Pain Management Nursing, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Fibromyalgia is a chronic widespread pain condition that is associated with
sleep disturbances and cognitive impairments. Neurofeedback has been demonstrated to …