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Fibromyalgia Pathophysiology

Biomedicines, 2022
This article examines the biological, genetic, and environmental aspects of fibromyalgia that may have an impact on its pathogenesis. Symptoms of fibromyalgia may be related to aberrations in the endogenous inhibition of pain as well as changes in the central processing of sensory input.
Michael Gyorfi, Adam Rupp, Alaa Abd-Elsayed   +2 more
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Higher Risk for Sjögren’s Syndrome in Patients With Fibromyalgia: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study

Frontiers in Immunology, 2021
ObjectivesClinically, associations have been observed between Sjögren’s syndrome and fibromyalgia. Nonetheless, population-based evidence evaluating the risk of Sjögren’s syndrome in fibromyalgia patients is lacking.
Shuo-Yan Gau, Pui-Ying Leong, Pui-Ying Leong, Cheng-Li Lin, Cheng-Li Lin, Hsi-Kai Tsou, Hsi-Kai Tsou, Hsi-Kai Tsou, James Cheng-Chung Wei, James Cheng-Chung Wei, James Cheng-Chung Wei   +10 more
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Central Sensitization Syndrome and the Initial Evaluation of a Patient with Fibromyalgia: A Review

Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2015
In both primary care and consultative practices, patients presenting with fibromyalgia (FM) often have other medically unexplained somatic symptoms and are ultimately diagnosed as having central sensitization (CS).
Kevin C. Fleming, Mary M. Volcheck
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Hypervigilance for innocuous tactile stimuli in patients with fibromyalgia: an experimental approach [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Hypervigilance, i.e., excessive attention, is often invoked as a potential explanation for the observation that many individuals with fibromyalgia show a heightened sensitivity to stimulation in various sensory modalities, such as touch and ...
Arendt-Nielsen, Chapman, Cohen, Crombez, Crombez, Eccleston, Eccleston, Field, Freynhagen, Gallace, Geisser, Geisser, Glass, Glass, Hollins, Kosek, Lautenbacher, Legrain, McCracken, McDermid, Meulders, Oaklander, Peters, Pollard, Roelofs, Roelofs, Rollman, Schmidt, Soer, Staud, Sullivan, Tait, Tiemann, Timmerman, Uceyler, Van Damme, Van Damme, Van Damme, Van Damme, Van Damme, Van Damme, Van Hulle, Van Hulle, Vanden Bulcke, Vangronsveld, Vlaeyen, Weinstein, Wolfe   +47 more
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Association of Catechol-O-methyltransferase single nucleotide polymorphisms, ethnicity, and sex in a large cohort of fibromyalgia patients

BMC Rheumatology, 2018
Background Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex, centralized pain condition that is often difficult to diagnose and treat. FM is considered to have a genetic background due to its familial aggregation and due to findings from multiple candidate-gene studies ...
Chee Lee, Ginevra Liptan, Svetlana Kantorovich, Maneesh Sharma, Ashley Brenton   +4 more
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Depression: A Modifiable Risk Factor for Poor Outcomes in Fibromyalgia

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2022
Background: About 4 out of 10 fibromyalgia patients suffer from depression. The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) guidelines recommend using antidepressants to treat fibromyalgia.
Bala Munipalli, Madeleine E. Allman, Mohit Chauhan, Shehzad K. Niazi, Fernando Rivera, Andy Abril, Benjamin Wang, Mikolaj A. Wieczorek, David O. Hodge, Dacre Knight, Adam Perlman, Abd Moain Abu Dabrh, Daniel Dudenkov, Barbara K. Bruce   +13 more
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman, Neehar Parikh, Dan J. Clauw, David A. Williams, Elliot B. Tapper   +4 more
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Providing effective maternity care for women affected by fibromyalgia [PDF]

, 2011
Fibromyalgia is a condition for which information is not readily accessible in midwifery or obstetric text books. This ‘invisible disability’ can have detrimental implications for all aspects of maternity care.
King, Denyse
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Oral burning with dysphagia and weight loss [PDF]

, 2015
Fibromyalgia is a disorder characterized by an abnormal pain regulation. Widespread pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbance are the prevalent symptoms.
CALO', LORENZO, ROSSI, GIANPAOLO, ROSSITTO, GIACOMO, SECCIA, TERESA MARIA   +3 more
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Fibromyalgia frequency and course in renal transplantation patients

Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2019
Background/Aims: Musculoskeletal complications such as fibromyalgia syndrome may occur following renal transplantation. However, frequency and the course of this condition have not been deeply assessed in this group of patients.
Firdevs Tugba Bozkurt, Oytun Derya Tunc, Turan Colak   +2 more
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