tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42713758673188998502024-03-24T00:09:56.974-07:00Fibro FilesDiscovering what works to help FibromyalgiaGoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.comBlogger192125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-72174857455853414852023-12-27T11:53:00.000-08:002023-12-27T22:32:18.031-08:00Interesting health articles I am reading this week<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As a</span> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">p</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">erson who has been living with chronic </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">p</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">ain, in a variety of forms, I often read the latest health articles and wanted to share what I have been reading with you too...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYYM4Zi_Dsd6eRrZs6H96oRQwL-8RVIx4qLx7nMoOlNPbDxOyhcPRq5K8ESLDer2okU6p8hBMXkbg7x0wfpy6Z4kU4nXERG5ztcETYI5vtzQntN64tDh2F478blCsRAt6zxL59S4mLUHDPc8Zqe5EGIrGiSniE6-EqDa_E4VrO_NQGWZnUuA79lIqi96M/s1600/Interesting%20articles%20I%20am%20reading%20this%20week.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="What health articles I am reading this week" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYYM4Zi_Dsd6eRrZs6H96oRQwL-8RVIx4qLx7nMoOlNPbDxOyhcPRq5K8ESLDer2okU6p8hBMXkbg7x0wfpy6Z4kU4nXERG5ztcETYI5vtzQntN64tDh2F478blCsRAt6zxL59S4mLUHDPc8Zqe5EGIrGiSniE6-EqDa_E4VrO_NQGWZnUuA79lIqi96M/w400-h225/Interesting%20articles%20I%20am%20reading%20this%20week.png" title="Interesting articles I am reading this week" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Exploring the Role of Gut Inflammation in Depression</b></span></span><p></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Addressing gut health can have a profound impact on brain function, depression, mood, energy levels, and motivation—factors that antidepressants do not address. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This interesting article includes Fixing the Gut: More Than Just Taking a Probiotic and ways to im<span style="color: #2f2f2f; letter-spacing: -0.18px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">p</span>rove gut health and how a <span style="color: #2f2f2f; letter-spacing: -0.18px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">a sedentary lifestyle and junk food have roles in de</span><span style="color: #2f2f2f; letter-spacing: -0.18px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">p</span><span style="color: #2f2f2f; letter-spacing: -0.18px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">ression.</span></span></div><blockquote><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; letter-spacing: -0.18px; margin: 0px auto 24px; max-width: 600px; white-space-collapse: collapse; word-break: break-word;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.18px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>Clinical strategies to dampen gut inflammation and improve gut health include:</i></span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2f2f2f; letter-spacing: -0.18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin-block-start: 1em; margin: 1.25rem 0px 0px; padding-inline-start: 2rem; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><li aria-level="1" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>Adopting a whole-food diet similar to what our pre-industrial ancestors ate.</i></span></li><li aria-level="1" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>Identifying and addressing food sensitivities.</i></span></li><li aria-level="1" style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(229, 231, 235); box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>Improving gut microbiome health and diversity.</i></span></li></ul></div></blockquote><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/exploring-the-role-of-gut-inflammation-in-depression-5524237" target="_blank"><b>Read full article</b></a> at The E</span><span style="color: #2f2f2f; letter-spacing: -0.18px; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;">p</span><span>och Times by </span><span style="background-color: #fafaf9; color: #27272a;"><span>Datis Kharrazian, Ph.D., DHSc, DC, MS, MMSc, FACN, a Harvard Medical School trained, award-winning clinical research scientist, academic professor, and world-renowned functional medicine health care provider.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212322; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212322;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>How Fat Affects Fibromyalgia</b></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212322;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #212322; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Excess weight leads to more pain and fatigue and lower quality of life. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #212322; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span><span style="color: #212322; white-space-collapse: collapse;">Many of us with fibromyalgia have unwanted weight gain and struggle to lose weight. This article ex</span></span><span style="color: #212322;"><span>p</span></span><span style="color: #212322; white-space-collapse: collapse;">lains the facts about why fat causes more </span><span style="color: #212322;">p</span><span style="color: #212322; white-space-collapse: collapse;">ain. </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="color: #212322; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Fibromyalgia hurts more when you’re overweight. Having too much body fat and too little muscle also increases fatigue and worsens many other symptoms. Studies show that losing weight and exercising help dial down the pain while improving daily function. </span></i></span></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.arthritis.org/diseases/more-about/how-fat-affects-fibromyalgia" target="_blank">Read full article</a></b> at Arthritis Foundation</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><h1 class="entry-title" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Life hacks for living with chronic pain</span></h1><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #050505;">This article give strategies to co</span><span style="color: #212322; white-space-collapse: collapse;">p</span><span style="color: #050505;">e when living with </span><span style="color: #212322; white-space-collapse: collapse;">p</span><span><span style="color: #050505;">ain </span>~</span><span> <span style="white-space-collapse: collapse;">little things to make each day just that bit easier.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><blockquote style="background-color: white;"><ol start="5" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: inside; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Inflatable Pillow & Fold-Up Chair</span></i></li></ol><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Keep a folding or deck chair in your car, as well as an inflatable pillow and blanket. Many travel pillows are compact in size and will fit in your purse. There are also lightweight, portable back supports for chairs, that you can easily transfer from the car to any chair.</span></i></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://uspainfoundation.org/blog/life-hacks-for-living-with-chronic-pain/" target="_blank">Read full article</a> at <span style="text-align: center; white-space-collapse: collapse;">The U.S. Pain Foundation by </span></span></span><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amy Orr is a U.S. Pain Foundation Junior Ambassador and author. Her new book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Chronic-Pain-Management-Enjoyable/dp/1642500372/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=Taming+Chronic+Pain%3A+A+Management+Guide+for+a+More+Enjoyable+Life&qid=1563310440&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmr0" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Taming Chronic Pain: A Management Guide for a More Enjoyable Life,</a> has hundreds of tips just like these.</span></span></span></p></div><p style="background-color: white;"><br /></p><h1 style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: capitalize; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Are You Making This Common Vitamin D Mistake?</span></h1><div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Many clinicians and patients now know that vitamin D plays an important role in immune health, bone health and brain health.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">However, most physicians and patients are unaware that vitamin D can create some problems.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This article recommends a regular intake of vitamin K2 with vitamin D and suggests the foods that supply it. </span></p></div></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://terrywahls.com/vitamin-d-mistake/" target="_blank">Read full article</a></b> at the official website of Terry Wahls MD</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>A Tension Myositis Syndrome breakthrough.</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /><span><div style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #666666; white-space-collapse: collapse;">To be clear, this post is on the topic of Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) and the related approach that is useful for treating chronic pain and other conditions.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #666666; white-space-collapse: collapse;">This article ex</span><span style="color: #666666; white-space-collapse: collapse;">p</span><span style="color: #666666; white-space-collapse: collapse;">lains Helen</span><i style="color: #212322; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">’</span></i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: collapse;">s ex</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: collapse;">p</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: collapse;">erience with TMS. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #666666; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><blockquote><i>It was devised by Dr John Sarno who spent years being rebuffed by mainstream science whilst he touted his theory that the mind-body connection lay at the root of most if not all unresolved healing, especially from chronic pain and other chronic conditions that defy conventional approaches.</i></blockquote><p><a href="https://living-whole.org/2023/07/06/a-tms-breakthrough/" target="_blank"><b>Read full article</b></a> <span style="font-family: inherit;">at <a href="https://living-whole.org/" rel="home" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">Living Whole</a> by Helen White, <span style="font-family: inherit;">who </span>came down with Myalgic Encephamialitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia back in 2005. </span></p></span></div></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Z7KZrF0PIcZXAMhjr4XPsaUdZ5ViEfd-fLcvYxnJ-QytZjpR2ZlS78rchZuqglntghjd8jVyLGNoevcC44vGKr_LxZhdXJQxiyN8egrP5NArJocOpZnmFfolwNG8rJcn803APxMDBjBSfjthZBLWkP7RAsN5aOPHlhh9Eun_bcNos8o1hRJxmO-xu71_/s1500/Interesting%20articles%20I%20am%20reading%20this%20week..png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Health articles I am reading this week" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Z7KZrF0PIcZXAMhjr4XPsaUdZ5ViEfd-fLcvYxnJ-QytZjpR2ZlS78rchZuqglntghjd8jVyLGNoevcC44vGKr_LxZhdXJQxiyN8egrP5NArJocOpZnmFfolwNG8rJcn803APxMDBjBSfjthZBLWkP7RAsN5aOPHlhh9Eun_bcNos8o1hRJxmO-xu71_/w426-h640/Interesting%20articles%20I%20am%20reading%20this%20week..png" title="Interesting articles I am reading this week" width="426" /></a></div></div>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-41927466103460931592023-10-07T16:28:00.006-07:002023-10-07T19:42:07.952-07:00Free Pain Clinics in Australia<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I am slowly adding information here about Pain Clinics around Australia that can help with Fibromyalgia and other chronic pain conditions. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span>As you probably know Fibro is a condition that we are often told requires a multidiscilinary a</span>pproach and this is what these clinics offer.</span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">SOUTH AUSTRALIA</span></b></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>The Living Well with Persistent Pain</b> program is offered to patients at no cost, and utilises local primary health care workforce to support patients in their pain management in the community. It provides a holistic self-management course, case coordination, group sessions and one-on-one allied health services.</span></p><h3 style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Northern region <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">—</span> Living well and persistent pain program</span></h3><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Telephone:</span> <a href="tel:0883549800" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a75d3;">(08) 8354 9800</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Email:</span> <a href="mailto:painprogramnorth@adelaidephn.com.au" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a75d3;">painprogramnorth@adelaidephn.com.au</a></span></p><h3 style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Central western region — Living well with persistent pain program</span></h3><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Telephone:</span> <a href="tel:0450539733" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a75d3;" target="" title="">0450 539 733</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Email:</span> <a href="mailto:painprogramwest@adelaidephn.com.au" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a75d3;">painprogramwest@adelaidephn.com.au</a></span></p><h3 style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Services:</span></h3><ul style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Individual support services</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Group pain management programs.</span></li></ul><h3 style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Staff:</span></h3><ul style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">GPs</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">physiotherapists</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">dieticians</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">pharmacists</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">pain educators</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">psychologists.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">exercise physiologist.</span></li></ul><div><h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px; padding-right: 10rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Public hospital services</span></h2></div><div><h3 style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Central Adelaide Local Health Network Pain Management Unit<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></h3><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Address:</span> Level 2B North-East Building, Queen Elizabeth Hospital 28 Woodville Road, Woodville South SA 5011<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Telephone:</span> <a href="tel:0882227826" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a75d3;">(08) 8222 7826</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Email: </span><a href="mailto:calhnpainunit@sa.gov.au" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a75d3;">calhnpainunit@sa.gov.au</a></span></p><h3 style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Southern Adelaide Local Health Network Pain Management Unit</span></h3><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Address:</span> Flinders Drive, Bedford Park SA 5042<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Telephone:</span> <a href="tel:0882045499" style="box-shadow: rgba(58, 117, 211, 0.81) 0px 0px 6px 3px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a75d3; outline: 0px;">(08) 8204 5499</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Email: </span><a href="mailto:fmcpmu@sa.gov.au" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a75d3;">fmcpmu@sa.gov.au</a></span></p><h3 style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Northern Adelaide Local Health Network Pain Rehabilitation Service</span></h3><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Address:</span> C/- the Specialist Ambulatory Rehabilitation Centre, Cnr Smart Road and Hatheleigh Ave Modbury 5092<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Telephone:</span> <a href="tel:0873214133" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a75d3;">(08) 7321 4133</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Email: </span><a href="mailto:health.NorthernPainRehabService@sa.gov.au" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a75d3;">health.NorthernPainRehabService@sa.gov.au</a></span></p><h3 style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Women’s and Children’s Hospital Paediatric Chronic Pain Service</span></h3><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Address: </span>Level 1 General Outpatient Clinic, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 72 King William Street North Adelaide 5006<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Telephone: </span><a href="tel:0481900577" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a75d3;">0481 900 577</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;">Email:</span> <a href="mailto:Health.PaediatricChronicPainService@sa.gov.au" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #3a75d3;">Health.PaediatricChronicPainService@sa.gov.au</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">ONLINE COURSES AUSTRALIA WIDE</span></p><h1 class="font_0 wixui-rich-text__text" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin-block: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span color="rgb(var(--color_15))" style="font-weight: normal;">Chronic Conditions Course is a new free, 8 week, online and internet-delivered education program, run through </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.34px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">eCentreClinic, Macquarie University.</span> <span style="color: #555555; font-weight: normal;">It </span></span><span color="rgb(var(--color_15))" style="font-weight: normal;">is designed to provide good information and teach practical skills for managing the impact of chronic health conditions on day-to-day activities and emotional wellbeing.</span> <a href="https://www.ecentreclinic.org/chronic-conditions-course" style="color: rgb(var(--color_15));" target="_blank">Register here</a><span color="rgb(var(--color_15))"> </span></span></h1></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2d3949; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.7px; word-spacing: 1px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.7px; word-spacing: 1px;">The MindSpot Chronic Pain Course is five lessons over an eight-week period. It provides the information and practical skills you would normally receive from a mental health professional if you attended a specialist pain management clinic. You can choose to receive weekly therapist support during the course, or you can choose to contact us when you need to.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2d3949; font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.7px; word-spacing: 1px;"> </span><a href="https://www.mindspot.org.au/treatment/our-courses/pain-course/" style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.7px; word-spacing: 1px;" target="_blank"><b>Do the assessment to enrol here.</b></a></span></div>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-44906083142831451432023-08-28T18:49:00.010-07:002023-08-28T19:23:03.563-07:00Overactive bladder and fibromyalgia<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span><span color="inherit" style="background-color: white;">What is </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">Overactive Bladder</span><span color="inherit" style="background-color: white;">? It may also be called </span><span style="background-color: white;">sensory bladder </span><span style="background-color: white;">or Urgency or Irritable Bladder or</span><span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">neurogenic</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">bladder</span><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> These are terms used to describe</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">a bladder condition that causes more frequent and urgent urination</span><span style="background-color: white;">. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVVmwHxuoFiTtWTWqjr-gaVNrb0UlagwA76NbSSX-F0nfT5kNAiLso36pPn6dMN8V89mFdQMuYYAu6j-EHVnPKOsaXmvIeW8Lsj1TebkDP6fvBMBSGmyDky6r1dw_3LWpVPqgJVi2eHpVcZ2ED1dX7UqicmwLDEPocb70ayaf66NwifzirsSXcwqiuFD0m/s1600/Overactive%20bladder%20and%20fibromyalgia.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="fibromyalgia and Overactive bladder" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVVmwHxuoFiTtWTWqjr-gaVNrb0UlagwA76NbSSX-F0nfT5kNAiLso36pPn6dMN8V89mFdQMuYYAu6j-EHVnPKOsaXmvIeW8Lsj1TebkDP6fvBMBSGmyDky6r1dw_3LWpVPqgJVi2eHpVcZ2ED1dX7UqicmwLDEPocb70ayaf66NwifzirsSXcwqiuFD0m/w400-h225/Overactive%20bladder%20and%20fibromyalgia.png" title="Overactive bladder and fibromyalgia" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">This </span><span style="background-color: white;">need to urinate originates as a </span><span style="background-color: white;">sensation in the bladder when the </span><span style="background-color: white;">bladder fills. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Many people who have fibromyalgia, and other chronic illnesses, do not get these messages.</span></span></p><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><b>The fibromyalgia connection with overactive bladder.</b></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;">In July 2023 we did a Poll on irritable bladder in <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1953366574685173" target="_blank">our Fibromyalgia group</a></b> asking </span><i style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;">Do you get increase in urinary urgency or frequency (irritable bladder)? </i><span>33 said yes and 3 said no.</span></div></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;">In <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nau.22277" target="_blank"><b>this large 2012 study</b></a> of </span>920 people <span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;">they found </span>overactive bladder (OAB) is associated with Fibromyalgia (FMS). Moreover FMS increases with severity of OAB.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span face="BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.eurekaselect.com/article/110513" target="_blank"><b>This systematic controlled study</b></a> in 2021 confirms that fibromyalgia is associated with overactive bladder symptoms. The relatively high prevalence of 93% indicates that overactive bladder is an important urological association of fibromyalgia and should be routinely assessed in these patients.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span><b>What goes wrong in </b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black;"><span><b>Overactive bladder</b></span></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Several muscles and nerves need to work together for our bladders to hold urine. Nerve muscles go back and forth between the brain and the muscles. If the nerves are damaged the muscles may not get the messages to relax or tighten at the right times. </span></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;">While this was not a large survey it does say that irritable bladder is ex</span><span>p</span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;">erienced by a large </span><span>p</span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;">ercentage of </span><span>p</span><span>eople with Fibromyalgia.</span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOku4EW_wKzF_otuIpURjOfiOK5tKn2kK8pwVFaGm2j-AQVUn3JvJhaUvTms8Ovqn7mirJp7_Pl4DgEWZRE5lHtRRnfiS9s8lrsT1qZ05bJKHeRTrKbkAjworP8HtMmcu4urHk7zjbeCA0ZzerGDS_DWCcf-pYpfYaCvc4LMLDW0Ecj_MR0XLmGruaNyBu/s1920/SAG_UrinaryIncontinence_160520_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Overactive bladder mechanics" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOku4EW_wKzF_otuIpURjOfiOK5tKn2kK8pwVFaGm2j-AQVUn3JvJhaUvTms8Ovqn7mirJp7_Pl4DgEWZRE5lHtRRnfiS9s8lrsT1qZ05bJKHeRTrKbkAjworP8HtMmcu4urHk7zjbeCA0ZzerGDS_DWCcf-pYpfYaCvc4LMLDW0Ecj_MR0XLmGruaNyBu/w400-h225/SAG_UrinaryIncontinence_160520_01.jpg" title="What goes wrong in Overactive bladder" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Causes of Overactive Bladder.</b></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">There are many causes and you may have a combination of them:</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: left; transition-property: none;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Hormonal changes during menopause</span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Enlarged prostrate</span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Some medications</span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Kidney problems</span></span></li><li><span style="letter-spacing: -0.273104px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Herniated disc</span></span></li><li><span style="letter-spacing: -0.273104px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Neurological conditions</span></span></li><li><span style="letter-spacing: -0.273104px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Multiple pregnancies</span></span></li><li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8932030/#" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Vitamin D deficiency</b></span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Aging</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Diabetes</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Extra weight</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Back or pelvic issues</span></li></ul></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>What you should do if you have symptoms of Overactive bladder.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">there are many treatment options so you should ask your doctor for a referal to a urologist if they cannot hel you. Below is an example of what would be the first options for treatment but there are also medications and surgical procedures. </span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The following information is from <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc;"><a href="https://www.urologyhealth.org/" target="_blank"><b>The Urology Group</b></a> which was f</span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc;">ounded in 1924,</span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc;"> and provides Northern Virginia and Greater Washington area with the most up-to-date urologic care available.</span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>First line treatments: Behavioral Therapy for Overactive Bladder</b></span></div><ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.65; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.875rem; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Fluids: Normal intake is 64 ounces (two liters) daily.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.875rem; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Avoid bladder irritants: Trial of Frequency/Urgency Diet, which includes caffeine, alcohol, spicy foods, acidic foods, carbonated beverages. Quit smoking.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.875rem; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Weight loss: Weight loss of 8% decreases incontinence episodes in half.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.875rem; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Bladder retraining: Training your bladder to hold urine for longer and learning how to suppress the urge.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.875rem; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy: Four to six week course of therapy to identify and strengthen pelvic floor muscles. This often includes electrical stimulation of the muscles.</span></li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.875rem; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>RESOURCES:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.urologyhealth.org/educational-resources/overactive-bladder" target="_blank">Overactive bladder patient guide</a> PDF from Urology Care Foundation</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.urologyhealth.org/educational-resources/overactive-bladder-assessment-tool" target="_blank">Overactive bladder assessment tool </a>PDF</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.urologyhealth.org/educational-resources/overactive-bladder-assessment-tool" target="_blank">Overactive bladder diary</a> PDF</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.urologyhealth.org/educational-resources/overactive-bladder-managing-oab-at-work-and-on-the-go-x16670" target="_blank">Managing OAB at work and on the go</a> Fact Sheet</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>SOURCES:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1953366574685173" target="_blank"><b>FIBRO CONNECT Facebook group</b></a> poll.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><h1 class="heading-title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22674758/" target="_blank">The association between overactive bladder and fibromyalgia syndrome</a>:<span style="font-weight: normal;"> a community survey.</span></span></span></h1><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.urologyhealth.org/" target="_blank"><b>The Urology Group</b></a> First Line Treatments</span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.urologyhealth.org/urology-a-z/o/overactive-bladder-(oab)" target="_blank"><b>Urology Care Foundation</b></a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UaHpv7lkOl8YSIT2v50dclKi0SxdnbKudrX2rSdKf3TDpr188ewo7nLqL5NGe_8MUrzTW1_lBCn6IG0OYm5oa22msOTbtkldZtIGYxkPPmtxe3kuB8BB9UcrclJvsYJSKlpxodCMpZ48-2H8ojvmp2sQTuutAkVa6VnRovM5Kie5QfWgMaGvH4zJB3W0/s1500/_Overactive%20bladder%20%20and%20fibromyalgia.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="fibromyalgia and the overactive bladder" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UaHpv7lkOl8YSIT2v50dclKi0SxdnbKudrX2rSdKf3TDpr188ewo7nLqL5NGe_8MUrzTW1_lBCn6IG0OYm5oa22msOTbtkldZtIGYxkPPmtxe3kuB8BB9UcrclJvsYJSKlpxodCMpZ48-2H8ojvmp2sQTuutAkVa6VnRovM5Kie5QfWgMaGvH4zJB3W0/w266-h400/_Overactive%20bladder%20%20and%20fibromyalgia.png" title="Overactive bladder and fibromyalgia" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-28739500771583331402023-07-08T15:20:00.006-07:002023-07-08T21:04:25.322-07:00What's going on in the Fibromyalgia Brain and Nervous System?<p> <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">In</span><span style="background-color: #f8f8f8; color: #141414;"> '</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">Key Milestones Contributing to the Understanding of the Mechanisms Underlying Fibromyalgia' </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">two Australian researchers give a fascinating overview of what they consider to be the breakthrough findings in FM.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzOu02YzJuFU-WcEdm7b_0RlcYStUu664vFuPsbNBkS3CmQh3M5mpCHRLppOU5NLdl5DcNfn744aPCpArC6XooBRZ65I4gzIZqziUbJ_NKKqcNiA32BuNYIWPAm_qZ_xVyXXrMe8wFPHLtGwgOjRjOGk8F0j8uZZINjkZnqqk0m0n5jSiPvPhtTtCRuK_/s2560/wp10174346-spinal-cord-wallpapers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fibromyalgia Brain and Nervous System?" border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzOu02YzJuFU-WcEdm7b_0RlcYStUu664vFuPsbNBkS3CmQh3M5mpCHRLppOU5NLdl5DcNfn744aPCpArC6XooBRZ65I4gzIZqziUbJ_NKKqcNiA32BuNYIWPAm_qZ_xVyXXrMe8wFPHLtGwgOjRjOGk8F0j8uZZINjkZnqqk0m0n5jSiPvPhtTtCRuK_/w400-h225/wp10174346-spinal-cord-wallpapers.jpg" title="What's going on in the Fibromyalgia Brain and Nervous System?" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><ul style="background: rgb(248, 248, 248); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141414; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span my="my" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Three nerves that transmit pain signals to the spinal cord have been found to be overactive in FM.</span></li></ul><ul style="background: rgb(248, 248, 248); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141414; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span my="my" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Nerves should calm down and adjust to repeated stimulation, but in a process called windup the pain nerves that get activated in FM stay activated. They also respond more quickly to a stimulus and are apt to fire off spontaneously more.</span></li></ul><ul style="background: rgb(248, 248, 248); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141414; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span my="my" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Twitchy nerves leading from around the spinal column could explain some of the upper body pain common in FM and the problems with bending, moving etc.</span></li></ul><ul style="background: rgb(248, 248, 248); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141414; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span my="my" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Two neurotransmitters associated with pain, substance P and glutamate, have been found elevated in FM patients’ brains.</span></li></ul><ul style="background: rgb(248, 248, 248); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141414; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span my="my" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">The brain exerts enormous influence over the amount of pain we feel through a pain inhibition process which can reach all the way down the spinal cord.</span></li></ul><ul style="background: rgb(248, 248, 248); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141414; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span my="my" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">When one part of the body is exposed to pain, our sensitivity to pain in other parts of the body actually reduces. This process – called controlled pain modulation – is due to a pain inhibition process which begins in the brain.</span></li></ul><ul style="background: rgb(248, 248, 248); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141414; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span my="my" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">This process has been shown many times not to be working well in many, but not all, people with FM. Interestingly, although it’s not clear why, the low heart rate variability found in FM is associated with reduced pain inhibition. Mestinon is one drug that has proved helpful for some people with ME/CFS.</span></li></ul><ul style="background: rgb(248, 248, 248); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141414; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span my="my" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Pain signals are believed to need to pass through a series of checkpoints or gates in order to make it to the brain. Those gates are believed to be opened wider than usual in FM.</span></li></ul><ul style="background: rgb(248, 248, 248); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141414; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span my="my" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Some researchers, though, think that the pain inhibition process in FM is working just fine. They believe its signals are being overridden by a constant stream of pain signals emanating from the body.</span></li></ul><ul style="background: rgb(248, 248, 248); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141414; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span my="my" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">Brain scans show more problems. Blood flows to various parts of the brain are altered. The pain processing areas of the brain are hyperactive. Even when the brain is resting, it still maintains its tight connection to those areas.</span></li></ul><ul style="background: rgb(248, 248, 248); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141414; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span my="my" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">The authors of this study believe that widespread neuroinflammation could explain all the symptoms in FM.</span></li></ul><ul style="background: rgb(248, 248, 248); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141414; line-height: 26px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 23px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span my="my" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">With so many validated issues in just the brain and nervous systems of FM patients, it seems incredible that any doctor worth his or her salt could dismiss this disease.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #141414;">Thank you so much to <a href="https://www.healthrising.org/about-us/" target="_blank"><b>Cort Johnson at Health Rising</b></a> for all he does to help people with fibromyalgia, ME and CFS understand the scientific side of things. The above is the gist of one of his great articles so if you want to read the full explanation of this 2020 research please visit Cort's site. His article is called '</span><span style="color: #141414;"><a href="https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2020/08/18/wound-up-tweaked-fibromyalgia-brain-nervous-system/" target="_blank"><b>Wound up, Overheated and Tweaked: A Look at the Fibromyalgia Brain and Nervous System</b>.</a>'</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #141414;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZNqEvv6BPHG6Ma5tZRL5BHRLF3XeVqK1mBea17E6ouSJngaSUjaTBEvPyeRkM9EKCHCshh-eZrMIk-QQkwfvaDZvT5eOyJ_ksBTYoj7WTdrZotXOrvNz4fxe5nOOoddb-aTvJSl_TMSLOh0e2VkSHtvDnS9zos622gpo2WorrlqfjEs8H65PUdaa5bsX/s1500/A%20study%20into%20the%20Fibromyalgia%20Brain%20and%20Nervous%20System%20(1).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fibromyalgia Brain and Nervous Systemn study" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZNqEvv6BPHG6Ma5tZRL5BHRLF3XeVqK1mBea17E6ouSJngaSUjaTBEvPyeRkM9EKCHCshh-eZrMIk-QQkwfvaDZvT5eOyJ_ksBTYoj7WTdrZotXOrvNz4fxe5nOOoddb-aTvJSl_TMSLOh0e2VkSHtvDnS9zos622gpo2WorrlqfjEs8H65PUdaa5bsX/w266-h400/A%20study%20into%20the%20Fibromyalgia%20Brain%20and%20Nervous%20System%20(1).png" title="What's going on in the Fibromyalgia Brain and Nervous System?" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #141414;"><br /></span></span></div>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-85476756836550938872022-01-16T19:48:00.009-08:002022-01-23T14:29:20.726-08:00Blood biomarkers in patients with fibromyalgia<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Fibromyalgia is a complex chronic pain condition. Because its symptoms are nonspecific it is difficult to diagnose.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>There have been talks of a blood test for diagnosing fibromyalgia but unfortunately, the final stages of the clinical trials were never completed and the test is surrounded by controversy. Many people who do research into fibromyalgia dismiss the blood test. I have reached out to a few but at this point have had no responses.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>According to the research study I am reporting today <i>no objective test exists to confirm its diagnosis.</i> This is of January 2, 2022. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>One p</span><span>otential diagnostic measure could be a blood test that showed biomarkers. This would be a way of detecting if someone had fibromyalgia through a blood test. This would provide an </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.054px;">objective medical sign as opposed to how a</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.054px;"> person feels. Having a biomarker for Fibromyalgia would be a major step forward in both its diagnosis and acceptance. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiys0qToT_SZ2JDoInLnMnNzax6xrcncA3zE8Dou0kihpvhd6lHWCAJFEXUQvx-QSlK2F0sifrEUC09aPcwz43MIJ29vXAFs_CuCOTparxx14LutWHDHQorZJLKzMhMCVlhjtqIWXiwE7HIv7dkHvZfPD4ju9-sFHfOkxI7AA83zN1bpS3Nlm-i4FXREg=s1592" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Is there a blood test for fibromyalgia? - research into a potential blood test for fibromyagia" border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="1592" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiys0qToT_SZ2JDoInLnMnNzax6xrcncA3zE8Dou0kihpvhd6lHWCAJFEXUQvx-QSlK2F0sifrEUC09aPcwz43MIJ29vXAFs_CuCOTparxx14LutWHDHQorZJLKzMhMCVlhjtqIWXiwE7HIv7dkHvZfPD4ju9-sFHfOkxI7AA83zN1bpS3Nlm-i4FXREg=w400-h300" title="potential blood test for fibromyagia research" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>AIMS OF THE STUDY:</b> This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to review studies assessing blood biomarkers’ levels in patients with FM compared with a healthy control group. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>METHODS: </b></span></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A systematic search of the PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsycINFO databases.</span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Fifty-four studies reporting the levels of biomarkers in blood in patients with FM were included. </span></span></li><li><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Data were extracted, and the methodological quality of the studies was assessed independently by 2 researchers.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">40 of these studies were analyzed using a random-effects model. The rest were not included as they were not comparable given differences in methods and other reasons.</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>RESULTS: </b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The meta-analysis showed that patients with FM had significantly different levels of certain blood markers compared with the healthy control groups:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>lower levels of </span><span>interleukin-1 β </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>higher levels of IL-6, IL-8, </span>tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interferon-gamma, C-reactive protein, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor. </span></li></ul><p></p><p><span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>CONCLUSION:</b> The researchers could not support the notion that these blood biomarkers are specific biomarkers of FM. <i>Our literature review, however, revealed that these same individual biomarkers may have the potential role of identifying underlying pathologies or other conditions that often coexist with FM. Future research is needed to evaluate the potential clinical value for these biomarkers while controlling for the various confounding variables.</i></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>MY OPINION</b>: I am pleased that there is continued <a href="https://fibrofiles.blogspot.com/search/label/research" target="_blank"><b>research</b></a> into Fibromyalgia and also <a href="https://fibrofiles.blogspot.com/2021/08/clinical-trials-into-fibromyalgia-2021.html" target="_blank"><b>many clinical trials</b></a> are being conducted, even during the last two years. Research moves slowly but at least this is heading in the right direction. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You can read some of the other research, into fibromyalgia, I have reported on <a href="http://here."><b>here.</b></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">SOURCE: </span></div><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c436e; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://journals.lww.com/pain/toc/9000/00000" target="_blank">Potential role of blood biomarkers in patients with fibromyalgia: a systematic review with meta-analysis.</a></span></h1><div class="post-meta vcard" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By Dinesh Kumbhare, Samah Hassan, Dion Diep, Felipe C K Duarte, Jasper Hung, Sreekant Damodara, Daniel W D West, P Ravi Selvaganapathy. </span><span class="updated" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jan 3, 2022</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span class="updated" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMNBiylzJ4JQ2FZQ40x9obvJP12aPYfte1mlzkwgwhEW8NtUu-TS2sXPUaNXel2upY42iQuCxBbWjNe6VOpY7tCEFZCUeMwMhaIRVrzLXte7Bp2SvQGNizctgzGV-zGC6047UuWa7ci5Y17vHKVfCObeXP5sTZrWsPa6W4iNUx9qa7Yc-LVe6__YqqFA=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Research into fibromyalgia biomarkers" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMNBiylzJ4JQ2FZQ40x9obvJP12aPYfte1mlzkwgwhEW8NtUu-TS2sXPUaNXel2upY42iQuCxBbWjNe6VOpY7tCEFZCUeMwMhaIRVrzLXte7Bp2SvQGNizctgzGV-zGC6047UuWa7ci5Y17vHKVfCObeXP5sTZrWsPa6W4iNUx9qa7Yc-LVe6__YqqFA=w266-h400" title="Research into fibromyalgia biomarkers" width="266" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span class="updated" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span><p></p></div>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-3737648419223501662022-01-09T00:00:00.008-08:002022-01-21T14:12:37.458-08:00Higher Risk for Sjögren’s Syndrome in Patients With Fibromyalgia<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif">Medical professionals, and those with chronic illness, have noticed that many people with Fibromyalgia also get </span><span>Sjögren’s Syndrome. A study is explained here that works out whether this is a reality. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjn_Yw4GS5de5d6UB3Nhsz-jf3gH0s_ZbtgH2AV7sPo4Tjw_gkgRCEypaF-VeKJ5j61VK2h9av_skwCFGJr_L55Rxig95ZsbEOSacYA9jaLZchVqWLNBVF5mFEgW9oQOIBnPoRzIx9HNNvvqHuqEJ5OY-BrlI6c0VI90CVU3a6wo994_2Ow8r5oiu6tRw=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Higher Risk for Sjögren’s Syndrome in Patients With Fibromyalgia" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjn_Yw4GS5de5d6UB3Nhsz-jf3gH0s_ZbtgH2AV7sPo4Tjw_gkgRCEypaF-VeKJ5j61VK2h9av_skwCFGJr_L55Rxig95ZsbEOSacYA9jaLZchVqWLNBVF5mFEgW9oQOIBnPoRzIx9HNNvvqHuqEJ5OY-BrlI6c0VI90CVU3a6wo994_2Ow8r5oiu6tRw=w400-h225" title="Sjögren’s Syndrome and Fibromyalgia" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Sjögren’s Syndrome is an autoimmune condition that attacks the mucous membranes of the body. It is a systemic condition that can affect many parts of the body including the joints, lungs, and glands. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Fibromyalgia typically causes multifocal and migratory pain and may be accompanied by comorbid symptoms associated with the central nervous system, particularly fatigue and sleep disturbances</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Sjögren’s syndrome is caused by inflammation of the exocrine glands.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">The cause of Fibromyalgia is not known. There are suggestions that it may be autoimmune or a central nervous system disorder. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;">There are <a href="https://fibrofiles.blogspot.com/2018/07/fibromyalgia-and-sjogrens-syndrome.html" target="_blank">common symptoms shared by fibromyalgia and Sjögren’s syndrome</a> which include fatigue, pain, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">dryness of the mouth and/or eyes,</span><span style="background-color: white;"> and </span><span style="background-color: white;">insufficient salivary secretions</span><span style="background-color: white;"> in the mouth.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;">Having both Fibromyalgia and </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">Sjögren’s syndrome can make the autoimmune disease more severe. There is a connection between fibromyalgia and many </span>forms of inflammatory arthritis, including <span style="background-color: white;">ankylosing spondylitis, (AS) </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), </span><span style="background-color: white;">and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as well as </span>Sjögren’s. Having these with fibromyalgia <i><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">appears to affect assessment of disease severity in these conditions, particularly patient-reported outcome measures, and may influence response to treatment.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"> (</span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">The prevalence and impact of comorbid fibromyalgia in inflammatory arthritis. </span><span class="authors-list-item" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5b616b; display: inline-block;">S Steven Zhao<span class="comma" style="box-sizing: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="authors-list-item" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5b616b; display: inline-block;">S J Duffield<span class="comma" style="box-sizing: inherit;">, </span></span><span class="authors-list-item" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #5b616b; display: inline-block;">N J Goodson).</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The objectives of this study were to evaluate whether fibromyalgia is associated with a higher risk of getting Sjögren’s syndrome and to further evaluate the risk of Sjögren’s syndrome between different ages and men and women.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><span>This study, </span></span><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif">Higher Risk for Sjögren’s Syndrome in Patients With Fibromyalgia</span><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif">: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study,</span><span> comes to the conclusion that people with fibromyalgia, have a higher risk for developing Sjögren’s syndrome. It concludes that doctors "<i>should be aware of the bidirectional association between the two diseases</i>", and its impact on both diagnosis and disease activity. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>METHODS</b>: The study was done on a large Taiwanese database. </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">Of the 149,706 patients whose data were extracted from the </span><span style="background-color: white;">Longitudinal Health Insurance Database (LHID) of the Taiwan National Health Insurance, </span><span style="background-color: white;">74,853 subjects had fibromyalgia and 74,853 control subjects were without fibromyalgia. To be coded as having fibromyalgia the patients had to have visited a hospital and be treated </span><span style="background-color: white;">with fluoxetine, duloxetine, milnacipran, pregabalin, amitriptyline or tramadol after the diagnosis of fibromyalgia. </span><span style="background-color: white;">For patients with Sjögren’s syndrome, all submitted information was assessed by a review committee in accordance with the criteria of the American-European Consensus Group. </span><span style="background-color: white;">74,853 fibromyalgia patients and 74,853 non-fibromyalgia control patients were included in this study. </span><span style="background-color: white;">The proportions of male and female patients were the same in both cohorts.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>RESULTS:</b> </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">More patients with fibromyalgia in the case cohort had comorbidities and took medication compared to patients without fibromyalgia in the control cohort.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The cumulative incidence curve for Sjögren’s syndrome in fibromyalgia patients was significantly higher than that for non-fibromyalgia patients. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The incidence rates of Sjögren’s syndrome in patients with and without fibromyalgia were 3.39 and 1.24 per 10,000 person-years, respectively. After adjustment, patients with fibromyalgia had double the risk of Sjögren’s syndrome compared to controls. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The relationship between age and Sjögren’s syndrome was not significant after controlling for gender and comorbidities. Compared to men, the risk for Sjögren’s syndrome in women was 3.56 times higher. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Patients with chronic urticaria, osteoporosis, ankylosing spondylitis, depression, or sleep disorder had an increased risk for developing Sjögren’s syndrome compared to those without these comorbidities.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>CONCLUSION:</b> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><i>In conclusion, both males and females with fibromyalgia are at higher risk of developing Sjögren’s syndrome than the general population without fibromyalgia, especially adults aged 20-49 years. For clinicians managing patients with either fibromyalgia or Sjögren’s syndrome, the potential association between these two diseases should be considered.</i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>GLOSSARY:</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Cohort - a group of people with a shared characteristic.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #202124;">Comorbidities - </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">diseases or medical conditions that are present in one person at the same time.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Cumulative incidence</span><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">estimates the risk of someone developing a disease.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Migratory - Mov</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">ing from one part to another. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Multifocal - </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">arising from or occurring in more than one location.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>SOURCES: </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8072264/" target="_blank">Higher Risk for Sjögren’s Syndrome in Patients With Fibromyalgia</a></span><span face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8072264/" target="_blank">:</a> A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31703796/" target="_blank">The prevalence and impact of comorbid fibromyalgia in inflammatory arthritis.</a> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjavjq277t8HbYc0TxQ8sD6gykjsBdCBNJ_Ci8Adr78aOE2NC_2k4NetGb-tr4ZDXrkMt9qN4u11eU38COeVs5bimBAvi6Fx1F-RkK_ffbYyRCiNJaREQPCaUMXIeJTcX8IveUU9QnqEB9bl9dG-JHZcWGhm6LEkq07U8S8QqdbqMdZ0SlYJQPtVB4Crg=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Higher Risk for Sjögren’s Syndrome in Patients With Fibromyalgia" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjavjq277t8HbYc0TxQ8sD6gykjsBdCBNJ_Ci8Adr78aOE2NC_2k4NetGb-tr4ZDXrkMt9qN4u11eU38COeVs5bimBAvi6Fx1F-RkK_ffbYyRCiNJaREQPCaUMXIeJTcX8IveUU9QnqEB9bl9dG-JHZcWGhm6LEkq07U8S8QqdbqMdZ0SlYJQPtVB4Crg=w266-h400" title="Higher Risk for Sjögren’s Syndrome in Patients With Fibromyalgia" width="266" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><b>RESOURCES FOR YOU:</b></span></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">You may also be interested in another article, I have written, about <a href="https://fibrofiles.blogspot.com/2018/07/fibromyalgia-and-sjogrens-syndrome.html" target="_blank"><b>Sjogren's syndrome and Fibromyalgia</b></a>. It talks about fatigue in both conditions. </span></span><p></p><div><span style="color: #212121; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">If you are on Facebook check out <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Sjogrens-blog-233053606739810/" target="_blank">Sjogren's blog</a></b> for daily information about Sjogren's from thousands of people living with it.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #212121; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #212121; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">If you are looking for fibromyalgia information please join <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1953366574685173" target="_blank">FIBRO CONNECT</a></b> our private Facebook group.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #212121; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #212121; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.sjogrenssyndromeinfo.com/newsletter.php" target="_blank">Sjogren's Syndrome Info Newsletter</a> is a weekly newsletter with tips about Sjogren's and you can sign up <b><a href="http://www.sjogrenssyndromeinfo.com/newsletter.php" target="_blank">here. </a></b></span></span></div><div><br /></div></div>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-58781652286002753652021-11-11T14:33:00.004-08:002021-11-19T17:22:01.670-08:00Trial results of new treatment for Fibromyalgia targeting non-restorative sleep<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;">Here I explain new data that was presented at the </span></span>American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2021 Convergence <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;">showing that a sublingual tablet may reduce central sensitization in people with fibromyalgia who have non-restorative sleep. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYeGFTbQBLQuSn-1POaCXWcDb9urUJttfzJ8k1gC64fyltZloSai094wPdwlYrbx6msQprG3Mo1voCuhbpEd3yn80Bh7iH5_KOEfmQoPpO9IEZh2QAxClSzTnNDR0qkVd5Qs_I-zsl3axC/s1000/non+restorative+sleep.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Trial results of new treatment for Fibromyalgia targeting non-restorative sleep" border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYeGFTbQBLQuSn-1POaCXWcDb9urUJttfzJ8k1gC64fyltZloSai094wPdwlYrbx6msQprG3Mo1voCuhbpEd3yn80Bh7iH5_KOEfmQoPpO9IEZh2QAxClSzTnNDR0qkVd5Qs_I-zsl3axC/w400-h266/non+restorative+sleep.jpg" title="non-restorative sleep" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;">According to the <a href="https://www.instituteforchronicpain.org/understanding-chronic-pain/what-is-chronic-pain/central-sensitization" target="_blank">Institute for ChronicPain</a> central sensitization </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">is </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">a condition of the nervous system that is associated with the development and maintenance of chronic pain</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">. When central sensitization occurs, the nervous system goes through a process called wind-up and gets regulated in a persistent state of high reactivity.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">The information presented at the ACR conference </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">was from the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;">Tonixphase 3 RELIEF trial which assessed the efficacy and safety of 5.6 mg TNX-102 SL in patients with fibromyalgia. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #293849; text-align: justify;">The study was a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 3 trial with 503 participants.</span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Sleep disturbances are extremely prevalent in FM, with many studies reporting abnormalities in over 90% of individuals (Chinn, 2016). The current understanding is that pain and abnormal sleep occur in cycles, with the severity of pain correlated with the severity of sleep disturbances. These sleep disturbances include frequent awakenings, non-refreshing sleep, nocturnal restlessness and daytime somnolence. <span style="font-family: inherit;">~ </span></span></i></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Tonix Pharmaceuticals</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #293849; text-align: justify;"><b>Results of the study.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">The trial tablet improved</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"> sleep, fatigue, and other fibromyalgia symptoms and measures of function according to the study.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">In the study TNX-102 SL was associated with:</span></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"> decreased daily diary pain scores in patients with fibromyalgia</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"> </span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">46.8% of patients responding to therapy </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;">patients reported a ≥30% pain reduction</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"> </span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Patients more likely to achieve PGIC response than patients on placebo</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">improvements in FIQ-R Symptoms, function, sleep quality </span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">less sleep disturbance</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">less fatigue</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Oral numbness occurred in 17.3% of patients administered TNX-102 SL however, it was deemed episodic, generally resolving in less than 60 minutes. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">"...these findings indicate TNX-102 SL primarily targets sleep quality and may thereby reduce central sensitization, leading to improvement at the syndromal level, manifesting as broad-spectrum activity across symptoms of fibromyalgia,” </span></i></span></div></blockquote><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b> About TNX-102 SL</b><br /><br />TNX-102 SL is a tablet that is dissolved under the tongue. It is made from cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride and <span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">intended to provide broad-spectrum improvement by targeting sleep quality and the stress response.</span>It is in clinical development as a daily bedtime treatment for fibromyalgia, PTSD, alcohol use disorder and agitation in Alzheimer’s disease. </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The FDA has provisionally accepted the trademark Tonmya® for TNX-102 SL for the treatment of fibromyalgia.</span></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqYwSAEhxvfkEzrmQxu4oAfLNs-wzjYM-n6PaUrFVJC9HSf56g2XM-c234d-mZ4sGnEKKlby9DrDKNE5E5bobSn5jNkocp4w8Z9UPT9eXUOtqVIOToUZc8B6euWfPfHyxCHXnfrQJ4yuA/s429/cyclobenzaprine+hydrochloride.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Trial results of new treatment for Fibromyalgia targeting non-restorative sleep" border="0" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="429" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqYwSAEhxvfkEzrmQxu4oAfLNs-wzjYM-n6PaUrFVJC9HSf56g2XM-c234d-mZ4sGnEKKlby9DrDKNE5E5bobSn5jNkocp4w8Z9UPT9eXUOtqVIOToUZc8B6euWfPfHyxCHXnfrQJ4yuA/w320-h198/cyclobenzaprine+hydrochloride.png" title="cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.tonixpharma.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/976/tonix-pharmaceuticals-launches-phase-3-clinical-study-of" target="_blank">A press release</a></b> from Tonix Pharmaceuticals has said "We are proud to be developing a new prescription medicine for people suffering from a condition that, despite its prevalence, remains inadequately addressed," said Seth Lederman, M.D., chairman and CEO of Tonix. "If approved, we believe TNX-102 SL would offer a clinical profile that would be highly differentiated from currently-marketed drug products and would be the first medicine for fibromyalgia to target non-restorative sleep."</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjPdLepJp8KfxmaAl0qwxLbXUtw9yCqBRqQmh4wl6EFiJVsXtijM32s2B0JxQ15Q46G6Xq-ni5GKwog9_vl7e9PDcDbehHr2QsKsDJDsw6r45yCcBWWywGt6BE0Dj2WMwjR0Y0pcNejQA/s1500/New+Fibromyalgia+treatment.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Trial results of new treatment for Fibromyalgia targeting non-restorative sleep" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjPdLepJp8KfxmaAl0qwxLbXUtw9yCqBRqQmh4wl6EFiJVsXtijM32s2B0JxQ15Q46G6Xq-ni5GKwog9_vl7e9PDcDbehHr2QsKsDJDsw6r45yCcBWWywGt6BE0Dj2WMwjR0Y0pcNejQA/w266-h400/New+Fibromyalgia+treatment.png" title="new treatment for Fibromyalgia targeting non-restorative sleep" width="266" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p><a href="https://www.hcplive.com/view/daily-sublingual-cyclobenzaprine-sleep-pain-outcomes-fibromyalgia-patients" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">READ FULL STORY AT HCP Live</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">RESOURCES:</span></p><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/tnx-102-sl-sublingual-cyclobenzaprine-for-the-treatment-of-fibromyalgia-in-the-relief-study-positive-results-of-a-phase-3-randomized-double-blind-placebo-controlled-multicenter-efficacy-and-safet/" target="_blank">TNX-102 SL (Sublingual Cyclobenzaprine) for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia in the RELIEF Study:</a> Positive Results of a Phase 3 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Efficacy and Safety Trial</span></h2><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/11/08/2329715/28908/en/Tonix-Pharmaceuticals-Presents-Positive-Results-from-Phase-3-RELIEF-Study-of-TNX-102-SL-for-the-Management-of-Fibromyalgia-at-the-American-College-of-Rheumatology-Convergence-2021.html" target="_blank">GlobeNewswire</a>: Tonix Pharmaceuticals Presents Positive Results from Phase 3 RELIEF Study of TNX-102 SL</span></div></div>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-40659048149687687062021-10-21T14:21:00.009-07:002022-01-27T21:42:12.090-08:00Fibromyalgia and GERD and one proven home treatment<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #373a3c;">I am a great believer in doing everything I can to support myself in reducing symptoms. Sometimes there are easy things we can do instead of taking medications or as well as taking medications. Things that are actually evidence-based and therefore proven to work. This post discusses GERD and one such important and studied simple approach to reducing GER and GERD symptoms. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitcq0tUGuLdXJYPmC3fswdRTBI-r_Nvpqo88kaY85vCpDi3sY3xtGafX8sKNRmZ3NZq80IpM7tnUbN_jYRTE8aEb86wD0pzYJkjmF_j4VbRLbtLg2cGe-CcliKw5T5MTUEQRlu6kCrpLkB/s1280/heartburn-5273873_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fibromyalgia and GERD and one proven home treatment" border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitcq0tUGuLdXJYPmC3fswdRTBI-r_Nvpqo88kaY85vCpDi3sY3xtGafX8sKNRmZ3NZq80IpM7tnUbN_jYRTE8aEb86wD0pzYJkjmF_j4VbRLbtLg2cGe-CcliKw5T5MTUEQRlu6kCrpLkB/w400-h266/heartburn-5273873_1280.jpg" title="Fibromyalgia and GERD and one proven home treatment" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #373a3c;">Fibromyalgia often coexists with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). A connection has been made<a href="https://journals.lww.com/pain/Abstract/2017/10000/Bidirectional_association_between_fibromyalgia_and.16.aspx" target="_blank"> through research into </a></span><a href="https://journals.lww.com/pain/Abstract/2017/10000/Bidirectional_association_between_fibromyalgia_and.16.aspx" target="_blank">35,000 patients</a> discovering that people with fibromyalgia have a high incidence of GERD and also that there is a high percentage of people who have GERD that go on to later develop fibromyalgia. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgR72AF7ApA7cAxanyWFyP3qUxia92W8nBX1o2zge_4epXaRP5c3K52aUHjrbQvvnzPyeU7gOfHDUzjquTEgRWeF8Q55cz0kYZUkf-jHOi-EoNdDcevwEskmbcHT3zdi025Ppy2xjHH7E0U6bftkow9cr1uApkk3AxSmcsv8aUXF5OxArdIrnR5BOvk6g=s1024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fibromyalgia and GERD and one proven home treatment" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgR72AF7ApA7cAxanyWFyP3qUxia92W8nBX1o2zge_4epXaRP5c3K52aUHjrbQvvnzPyeU7gOfHDUzjquTEgRWeF8Q55cz0kYZUkf-jHOi-EoNdDcevwEskmbcHT3zdi025Ppy2xjHH7E0U6bftkow9cr1uApkk3AxSmcsv8aUXF5OxArdIrnR5BOvk6g=w400-h200" title="Fibromyalgia and GERD and one proven home treatment" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>WHAT IS GERD?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Did you know there is GER and GERD? According to <a href="https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/acid-reflux-ger-gerd-adults" target="_blank">NIDDK</a> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #575757;">Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) happens when your stomach contents come back up into your esophagus. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #575757;">Doctors also call GER </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #575757;">acid indigestion, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #575757;">acid reflux, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #575757;">heartburn, or </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #575757;">reflux. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #575757;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)</b> is a more severe and long-lasting condition in which GER causes repeated symptoms or leads to complications over time.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF GERD?</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #575757;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">acid reflux</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">heartburn</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">some people have GERD without heartburn</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">chest pain</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">pain when swallowing</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">difficulty swallowing</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">nausea</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">chronic cough</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a hoarse voice</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">bad breath</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #343536;"><span>Heartburn is that uncomfortable burning feeling or pain in your chest that can move up to your neck and throat.</span></span><span face=""Source Sans Pro", Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #343536;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #343536;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">LONG TERM GERD SYMPTOMS</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #343536;">On-going GERD can lead to more serious problems such as </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #343536;">Esophagitis, an inflammation in the lining of the esophagus; </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #343536;">Barrett's esophagus which changes the cells in the lining of the esophagus and can lead to cancer of the esophagus; and</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #343536;"> strictures that can interfere with eating and drinking due to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #343536;">scarring and narrowing of the esophagus. These</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #343536;"> are all the reasons why you must have the help of a medical professional if you have GERD.</span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="a1skv-0-0" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; transition-property: none;">ONE PROVEN HOME TREATMENT FOR GERD</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="a1skv-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;">It has been proven that eating 3 hours before lying down reduces the symptoms of GERD in the following study aptly named </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16393212/" target="_blank">Association between dinner-to-bed time and gastroesophageal reflux disease.</a></span></span></p><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="1bgam" data-offset-key="elk1l-0-0" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="elk1l-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span data-offset-key="elk1l-0-0" style="animation-name: none; font-weight: bold; transition-property: none;">Objective:</span><span data-offset-key="elk1l-0-1" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"> It is generally recommended that patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) refrain from eating within 3 hours of going to sleep. In addition to a remarkable lack of supporting clinical evidence, whether GERD patients have shorter dinner-to-bed time is unknown. This study was designed to determine a possible association between dinner-to-bed time and GERD, compared with healthy adults.</span></span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="1bgam" data-offset-key="41at8-0-0" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="41at8-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span data-offset-key="41at8-0-0" style="animation-name: none; font-weight: bold; transition-property: none;">Conclusion:</span><span data-offset-key="41at8-0-1" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"> In this matched case-control study, shorter dinner-to-bed time was significantly associated with an increased </span></span><span style="color: #212121; white-space: normal;">odds ratio (</span>OR) for GERD.</span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="41at8-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="41at8-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is why when our doctor tells us to refrain from eating 3 hours before bedtime we should actually do it as it can reduce GERD. You would have to agree that it is a strategy that we can do at no extra cost to us and probably has other health benefits.</span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="41at8-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="41at8-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I'm sure there are many other proven strategies for GERD and I will investigate them and report back here.</span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="41at8-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="41at8-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Are you following your doctors' instructions for GERD and have they helped? Let's chat in the comments.</span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="41at8-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><p style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>RESOURCES</b></span></p><p style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><a href="https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/acid-reflux-ger-gerd-adults" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0072bc;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases</span></span><span style="color: #575757;"> (NIDDK)</span></span></a></p><p style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17019-gerd-or-acid-reflux-or-heartburn-overview" target="_blank">Cleveland Clinic</a></span></p><p style="color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The study: <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16393212/" style="color: #33aaff; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Association between dinner-to-bed time and gastroesophageal reflux disease.</a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjxlDV-yUSxrbUwBB_xo-wP5Kc05P38oiNjkZBEe5yWUhsypwCWLxc76JD1hjKGHjg4kPzrhBl_SVLh2x32V8D1VQXXnl_aD8DfOxK2gLX22RW9nt3trLK6CJtwojkWfQS4ccimbXMLHJ/s1500/Fibromyalgia+and+GERD+and+one+proven+home+treatment.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fibromyalgia and GERD and one proven home treatment" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjxlDV-yUSxrbUwBB_xo-wP5Kc05P38oiNjkZBEe5yWUhsypwCWLxc76JD1hjKGHjg4kPzrhBl_SVLh2x32V8D1VQXXnl_aD8DfOxK2gLX22RW9nt3trLK6CJtwojkWfQS4ccimbXMLHJ/w266-h400/Fibromyalgia+and+GERD+and+one+proven+home+treatment.png" title="Fibromyalgia and GERD and one proven home treatment" width="266" /></a></div></div></div>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-17647470624370413632021-08-16T21:58:00.010-07:002021-09-12T23:45:13.058-07:00Epsom salt baths for fibromyalgia pain<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 28px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Soak on it</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">More and more research indicates that Fibromyalgia patients suffer from magnesium deficiency. Magnesium is extremely important to many functions in the body, and a deficiency can cause several of the symptoms associated with Fibromyalgia. There are great benefits in taking an <a href="https://amzn.to/37Nzd38" target="_blank"><b>Epsom salt</b></a> bath, rich in hydrated magnesium sulfate, which is easily absorbed through the skin.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjc_r6a53gQM2dp8U4VcWxd-hLJlG_VNsWMzE9hmKWbpLkFd-t8pMyGhVx3DEAbDVvtRngu4DD27yjNH2enUkXxxfK1w8yoky-gvXbD0HIxrLj2nPOu8Mg2tN6G1HJIm3JmelgpF_XX2Mm/s500/epsom+salts+bath.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="epsom salts baths for fibromyalgia" border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="500" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjc_r6a53gQM2dp8U4VcWxd-hLJlG_VNsWMzE9hmKWbpLkFd-t8pMyGhVx3DEAbDVvtRngu4DD27yjNH2enUkXxxfK1w8yoky-gvXbD0HIxrLj2nPOu8Mg2tN6G1HJIm3JmelgpF_XX2Mm/w400-h313/epsom+salts+bath.jpeg" title="epsom salts for fibromyalgia" width="400" /></a></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">As listed on the Epsom Salt Industry Council website, here are some of the health benefits to be had from an epsom salt bath:</span></p><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: circle;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Flushes toxins and heavy metals from the cells, easing muscle pain and helping the body to eliminate harmful substances.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: circle;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Relieves stress. Excess adrenaline and stress are believed to drain magnesium, a natural stress reliever, from the body. Magnesium is necessary for the body to bind adequate amounts of serotonin, a mood-elevating chemical within the brain that creates a feeling of well being and relaxation.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: circle;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Reduces inflammation to relieve pain and muscle cramps.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: circle;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Improves oxygen use.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: circle;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Improves absorption of nutrients.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: circle;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Improves formation of joint proteins, brain tissue and mucin proteins.</span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-type: circle;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Prevents or eases migraine headaches.</span></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I don’t think we could ask much more from a simple bath! Epsom salt baths are so relaxing and therapeutic, I recommend you take two or three a week – more if your level of pain dictates. Before bed is a great time, as you will find yourself so relaxed by the natural serotonin boost, you will be able to gently drift off into a restorative sleep.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Thanks to <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Dannette Mason</span> is the Founder of <a href="https://www.fibrohaven.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">FibroHaven</a> and the <a href="http://schoolofgentleyoga.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">School of Gentle Yoga</a> for this information. </span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Dannette’s Philosophy:</span></span></h3><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>I have adopted a holistic approach to wellness, which means I am learning to address all parts of myself, not just the physical symptoms that manifest into what is called fibromyalgia.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>I believe strongly in the mind-body connection and look at my body as a whole – physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual – and believe that to grow and improve in one area, I need to be mindful of all areas.</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Find out about different <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=autoimmunedisease-20&keywords=epsom salts&index=aps&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=xm2&linkId=5735677803535552992ba172a69d34fa" target="_blank">epsom salt products you can buy</a>.</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #757572; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you are looking for other natural treatments to help ease your fibro symptoms check out my post on Fibro Files </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://fibrofiles.blogspot.com/2016/12/natural-treatments-for-fibromyalgia.html" target="_blank"><b>Natural Treatments for Fibromyalgia</b></a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #757572; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGOIIfXnGmS38MuuaCbpRHNSxauQwScDACM3ItGPhEcXXSO7VkPsL77WUkqbzOTWI8aAfpRlTOF8aV764Upn3d1f0UYuc0Yi8ac6ves9x6YK6kB6xqawslUcV6DJdHRX8VmiSDnryMCKk/s1500/Epsom+salt+baths++for++fibromyalgia+pain.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Epsom salt baths for fibromyalgia pain" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGOIIfXnGmS38MuuaCbpRHNSxauQwScDACM3ItGPhEcXXSO7VkPsL77WUkqbzOTWI8aAfpRlTOF8aV764Upn3d1f0UYuc0Yi8ac6ves9x6YK6kB6xqawslUcV6DJdHRX8VmiSDnryMCKk/w426-h640/Epsom+salt+baths++for++fibromyalgia+pain.png" title="Epsom salt baths for fibromyalgia pain" width="426" /></a></div><p></p>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-18989911914922554492021-08-12T18:57:00.009-07:002021-09-18T13:40:43.970-07:00Clinical trials into Fibromyalgia 2021<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> August 13, 2021. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Here is a 2021 list of some current trials into fibromyalgia, and related conditions, that are recruiting for participants in various parts of the world. </span>As the byline of this blog is <i>'</i><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Discovering what works to help Fibromyalgia'</i> it would be remiss of me to not include information about clinical trials into fibromyalgia. I have in fact posted about trials previously... <a href="https://fibrofiles.blogspot.com/2020/10/fibromyalgia-clinical-trials.html" target="_blank"><b>Here is a post</b> I did about them in 2020.</a> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Clinical trials can help us discover and confirm so many things about a condition - it causes, connections, preventatives and treatments. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijgtVfykZAbxRgCjpeX3FsIQhLo8puQFAzUDV0aFkXnqSBYTmGsRhIiRwX3KXh9G_rtB-gDXW1j5tWw_XGnrbNgoe4KNYo2vPM2IIt0DMsdMA5ww2-PZUNJlGnLysIfAZEd4kwSHrE-2zJ/s1600/fibromyalgia+clinical+trials.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Clinical trials into Fibromyalgia 2021 : recruiting trials from around the world" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijgtVfykZAbxRgCjpeX3FsIQhLo8puQFAzUDV0aFkXnqSBYTmGsRhIiRwX3KXh9G_rtB-gDXW1j5tWw_XGnrbNgoe4KNYo2vPM2IIt0DMsdMA5ww2-PZUNJlGnLysIfAZEd4kwSHrE-2zJ/w400-h225/fibromyalgia+clinical+trials.png" title="Clinical trials into Fibromyalgia 2021" width="400" /></a></span></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><ul style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #646668; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04998630?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=10%2F15%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Comparison of Focused ESWT by Frequency for Patients With Myofascial Pain Syndrome</a> | </span>Recruiting | Condition: Myofascial Pain Syndrome | Intervention: Device: Extracorporeal shockwave therapy | CHA University, Korea</span></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04985578?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=10%2F15%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Effects on Muscle Activity After Dry Needling in Myofascial Trigger Points of the Gastrocnemius Muscles</a> | </span>Recruiting | Condition: Myofascial Trigger Point Pain | Interventions: Dry needling | Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Spain</span></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04985149?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=10%2F15%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Evaluation of the Sural Nerve With Ultrasonography and Electromyography in Patients With Fibromyalgia</a> | </span>Recruiting | </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Conditions: Widespread Body Pain; Fibromyalgia | Interventions: Electromyographic and Ultrasonographic measurement | Kutahya Health Sciences University, Turkey</span></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04981925?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=10%2F15%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Predictors of Pain Relief From Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in Multiple Forms of Chronic Pain Patients</a> | </span>Recruiting | University of Michigan USA | Condition: Chronic Pain Syndrome | Intervention: Behavioral: MBSR treatment</span></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04974359?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=10%2F15%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">A Study to Evaluate Lu AG06466 in Participants With Fibromyalgia</a> | </span></span><div class="rss_content" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><small style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Recruiting | </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Condition: Fibromyalgia | Interventions: Drug: Lu AG06466 or Placebo</span></span></small></div></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04967131?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=10%2F15%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Exercises in Temporomandibular Dysfunction</a> | </span>Recruiting | </span>Conditions: Temporomandibular Disorder | Intervention: PNF exercises | Istanbul Medipol University Hospital</li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04942444?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=10%2F15%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Effectiveness of Dry Needling in Fibromyalgia Patients</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> | </b>Recruiting <b>| </b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Conditions: Fibromyalgia; Chronic Pain; Anxiety; Depression; Fatigue; Sleep Disorder | Intervention: Dry needling | CEU San Pablo University</span></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04941118?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=10%2F15%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Dextrose Prolotherapy</span></a> | </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Recruiting | Condition: Efficacy of Dextrose Prolotherapy in Myofascial Pain Syndrome | Interventions: Drug: Injection of dextrose, local anesthetic and saline to the myofascial trigger point | Mustafa Kemal University</span></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04939922?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=10%2F15%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">China Headache Registry Study</a> | </span><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">recruiting</span><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> | </span> Headache Disorders, Primary; Headache Disorders, Secondary; Migraine; Tension-Type Headache; Cluster Headache; Vertigo, Constant; Vestibular Migraine; Fibromyalgia | China</span></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04936945?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=10%2F15%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Intra-articular Injection in Arthroscopic Management of Temporomandibular Diseases</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> | </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Recruiting | Condition: Temporomandibular Joint Disorders | Intervention: Procedure: Temporomandibular joint arthroscopy plus intra-articular injection | Sohag University</span></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04927403?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=10%2F15%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Integrative Therapy of Chronic Diseases</span></a> <span style="font-size: medium;">| </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Recruiting | Condition: Chronic Disease | Intervention: | Universität Duisburg-Essen; Sozialstiftung Bamberg</span></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 0px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04919525?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=10%2F15%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Remote Gamified Sensory Perceptual Training for Patients With Fibromyalgia: a Feasibility Trial</span></a> | </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Recruiting | Condition: Fibromyalgia | Intervention: Device: Train Pain | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FyfhozejLuSYMi07M3w9ppcFjRDCNsJ5qHNVJMCU1Apn9UvlvrgsM7-EE7Zj3wGQHCwywytn4S0wyuPPefI4_Jtn0VGlqyyDVHzMVXFxbZxGzsgUy03UX5FkGElnR5mfsNEDxI5ofOiN/s1102/FIbro+clinical+trials.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Clinical trials into Fibromyalgia 2021" border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="735" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FyfhozejLuSYMi07M3w9ppcFjRDCNsJ5qHNVJMCU1Apn9UvlvrgsM7-EE7Zj3wGQHCwywytn4S0wyuPPefI4_Jtn0VGlqyyDVHzMVXFxbZxGzsgUy03UX5FkGElnR5mfsNEDxI5ofOiN/w426-h640/FIbro+clinical+trials.png" title="Clinical trials into Fibromyalgia 2021" width="426" /></a></span></div><p></p>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-41210705547073140382021-08-08T21:10:00.015-07:002021-09-12T23:48:16.087-07:00What has helped my migraines<p><span style="font-size: medium;">I am writing about my experience with what has reduced my migraines to help others who are living with migraine. Obviously my experience does not replace the advise of a medical expert. What I am suggesting has been suggested by a neurologist and you can run it by your doctor. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWRWtoZvUhJJilov3hkmkNH-E8aN307c5UXnaO-Tka2K9deZtouJ4ZNclpYuCfxoYJimbJcFHP34teXtnx57tfVMx4wTfnrFzhmusYTLy8FEo9XWyDYdfeEFBq-JtA69_tlJ1YyqTBVg-/s910/What+has+helped+my+migraines.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="What has helped my migraines: supplement protocol suggested by a neurologist" border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="910" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWRWtoZvUhJJilov3hkmkNH-E8aN307c5UXnaO-Tka2K9deZtouJ4ZNclpYuCfxoYJimbJcFHP34teXtnx57tfVMx4wTfnrFzhmusYTLy8FEo9XWyDYdfeEFBq-JtA69_tlJ1YyqTBVg-/w400-h268/What+has+helped+my+migraines.jpg" title="What has helped my migraines" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span></span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>Back in May I was having migraines that went for days. Migraine with aura. Migraine with pain. Migraine with nausea. </span><span>I was scared due to severe pain and increased visual symptoms. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Living in a darkened, quiet room did not help. Lying down actually increased the aura.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My Dr gave me anti inflammatory meds and anti nausea meds that gave some relief from a week of constant migraines. He also referred me to a neurology clinic. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I have <a href="https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/visual-snow-syndrome/" target="_blank"><b>VSS</b></a> which is a neurological condition that causes many visual symptoms. Both my GP and the 2 neurologists I saw, at the clinic, said the symptoms I was experiencing were not connected to VSS. They said it was migraine with aura. They prescribed strong medications. I am not good with most medications as I get side effects. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I then discovered 3 vitamin/minerals that help migraines. I am not sure why we are not told about this but they have really helped me and have not had a migraine for 2 months. I was having migraines weekly. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It is actually written on the B2 bottle and the Tri-magnesium citrate bottle that they help prevent migraine. "<i>To reduce duration of mild migraine...</i>", "<i>helps reduce the duration and occurence of headache symptoms associated with migraine...</i>". I would not call the migraines I was experiencing mild but taking these 3 different vitamin/mineral supplements has stopped me from having any migraine for 2 months. They started providing me relief after just 3 days of taking them. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><b>The key to trying supplements</b> for me was to use the medications prescribed by my doctor first to get rid of the migraines and then use the supplements as a preventative. </span><span face="OpenSans-Light" style="background-color: white;">‘Strong medications would be used for acute migraine attacks,’ says Dr Sam Chong, a consultant neurologist at King’s College Hospital. ‘But when it comes to long-term prevention, a holistic approach can be effective.’</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>HERE IS MY PROTOCOL FOR PREVENTING MIGRAINES:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/2VBrp1K" target="_blank">CoQ10</a></b> - 300 mg total - divided between 2 doses morning and night</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/3jAdQb5" target="_blank">Magnesium Citrate</a></b> - 600 mg total - divided between 2 doses</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://amzn.to/3CrFEqR" target="_blank">B2</a></b> Riboflavin - 400mg total - 2 110mg tablets in morning and 2 tablets at night.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It was important for me as a person with multiple food intolerances that these supplements had no gluten, sulphites, milk derivatives, yeast, colours or preservatives. As <br />I live in Australia the brands that I use may not be available to you. The specialists recommending these supplements are not recommending specific brands but they are recommending specific amounts of each. If you click on the 3 supplements above you will see my recommended brands for USA. In Australia I use Blackmores CoQ10, Henry Blooms Tri- Magnesium Citrate and Nature's Own B2. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>HERE IS WHERE MY PROTOCOL COMES FROM</b>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">1. <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4416971/" target="_blank">The diagnosis and treatment of chronic migraine</a> by </span><span><span style="background-color: white; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; white-space: nowrap;">Mark W. Weatherall,</span></span> <span style="background-color: white;">Princess Margaret Migraine Clinic, Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Table 1 </span></span><span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">Preventive headache treatments for chronic migraine.</span></span></span></p><table class="rendered small default_table" frame="hsides" rules="groups" style="background-color: #fffcf0; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; color: black; line-height: 1.6363em; margin: 1.3846em 0px;"><tbody style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(136, 136, 136); border-top: 1px solid rgb(136, 136, 136);"><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border: none; padding: 0.2em 0.4em; vertical-align: top;"><strong><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Supplements</span></strong></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border: none; padding: 0.2em 0.4em; vertical-align: top;"></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border: none; padding: 0.2em 0.4em; vertical-align: top;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border: none; padding: 0.2em 0.4em; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Riboflavin (vitamin B2)</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border: none; padding: 0.2em 0.4em; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">400 mg daily</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border: none; padding: 0.2em 0.4em; vertical-align: top;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border: none; padding: 0.2em 0.4em; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Magnesium citrate (or taurate)</span></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="border: none; padding: 0.2em 0.4em; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">600 mg daily</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Dr Chong,</span><span> </span><span>consultant neurologist at King’s College Hospital</span><span>: </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Co-Ezyme Q10 reduces the frequency and severity of migraine. It works in the ‘mitochondria’ of cells where energy is produced so happily, many people report an improvement in their energy levels as well as their headaches. </span></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2, taken in the morning has also been shown to keep migraines and headaches at bay. A three month Belgian study found that taking vitamin B2 cut headache attacks by over a third. Try taking about 400 mg of Riboflavin in the morning.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span>3. British Association for the Study of Headaches (BASH): <a href="https://www.bash.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Reducing-the-impact-of-migraine-in-the-workplace-Feb2013.pdf" target="_blank">Reducing the Impact ofMigraine in the Workplace</a> ii) Preventing the attack. </span>When attacks are quite frequent then preventative medication aims to stop the migraine centre
from firing. A number of medications can be purchased from health food shops that can be
effective in the prevention of migraine although the evidence base is poor compared with
prescribed medications. You will need to check with your GP or pharmacist if you are on any
other medication for potential drug interactions. </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Riboflavin - 400mg a day </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Magnesium – 600 mg a day in divided doses. </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Co-enzyme Q10 - 100mg 3 times a day </span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">All medications should be taken for at least eight weeks before a benefit is judged.
There is also evidence to support the effectiveness of a course of acupuncture in preventing
attacks.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 17px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">4. <a href="https://migrainetrust.org/live-with-migraine/healthcare/treatments/supplements/" target="_blank">The Migraine Trust</a> sites and agrees with No. 3.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>HERE IS SOME EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THIS PROTOCOL:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4393401/" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Improvement of migraine symptoms with a proprietary supplement containing riboflavin, magnesium and Q10</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multicenter trial. </span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">HERE IS SOME EVIDENCE ABOUT THESE VITAMINS/MINERALS:</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;"><b>Magnesium:</b> The best evidence comes from a <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8792038/" target="_blank">1996 study in </a></span><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8792038/" target="_blank">Cephalalgia</a></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545;"> of 81 patients who were given either 600 mg of magnesium or a placebo every day for 12 weeks. In the magnesium group, the frequency of attacks was reduced by 41.6 percent.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #414042;"><b>Coenzyme Q10:</b> This is a substance found in the body that cells use to produce energy needed for growth and maintenance. How it helps prevent migraines is not known, but a small trial published in</span><span style="color: #454545;"> </span><em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Neurology</em><span style="color: #454545;"> </span><span style="color: #454545;">in 2005 that compared 100 mg of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) taken three times daily to placebo showed that CoQ10 reduced migraine frequency in half of those who took it; only 14 percent in the placebo experienced fewer migraines. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">A study at Jefferson University found that migraine sufferers who took 150 mg daily could reduce the number of migraine attacks they had each month.</span></p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Vitamin B2: </b>Also known as riboflavin, it helps convert food into fuel and helps metabolize fats and protein. It is unknown why B2 helps reduce migraines, but it could be because some people who are deficient in it are more prone to migraine. In a small study in the European Journal of Neurology, 23 people who took daily doses of 400 mg of riboflavin for six months reported half the number of headaches per month—from four to two—and reduced their use of medications. </span><span style="color: #26201f;"><span><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg150/chapter/recommendations#management-2" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">NICE Clinical Guidelines</a><span style="background-color: white;"> for managing headache state that riboflavin (400mg a day) may be effective in reducing migraine frequency and severity in some people. </span></span></span><i style="background-color: white;"><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0e0e0e;">1.3.23 </span><span face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #0e0e0e;">Advise people with migraine that riboflavin (400 mg once a day) may be effective in reducing migraine frequency and intensity for some people. </span></i></span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #26201f; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #26201f;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>FINAL WORDS:</b></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #26201f;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #26201f;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you’re considering taking any new supplements speak to your GP to make sure there are no reasons it may be <b>unsafe for you</b> and that it does not interact with other medications you are taking.</span></span></div><div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #26201f; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.5; margin: 1.5rem 0px 0px; max-width: 45em; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">For most people, most supplements are unlikely to cause any harm. If you notice a change in your symptoms or other potential side effects speak to your GP.</span></i></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #26201f; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.5; margin: 1.5rem 0px 0px; max-width: 45em; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">As with other preventive treatments for migraine it is likely to take time to see if it is helping (usually 6-8 weeks). It may take up to three months to see the full benefit. </span></span></i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;">The Migraine Trust 2021</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #26201f; hyphens: none; line-height: 1.5; margin: 1.5rem 0px 0px; max-width: 45em; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Three of the links in this article take you to Amazon. I am an Amazon affiliate which means that I receive a small percentage of any purchase you may make. I am not writing this article to make sales. I am writing it as I have seen so many people online, with both fibromyalgia, VSS and other conditions complaining about ongoing migraines. these supplements taken together is what has helped me prevent my migraines. </span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">REFERENCES:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.brainandlife.org/the-magazine/online-exclusives/the-neurologist-is-in-vitamins-and-supplements-for-migraine/" target="_blank">American Academy of Neurology</a>: Brain & Life.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.bash.org.uk/" target="_blank">British Association for the Study of Headaches </a>(BASH)</span></span></div><div><a href="https://migrainetrust.org/live-with-migraine/healthcare/treatments/supplements/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Migraine Trust.</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg150/chapter/recommendations#management-2" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">NICE Clinical Guidelines</span></a></div><div><a href="https://www.healthista.com/best-headache-cures-migraine/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Healthista</span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6woYfnMjNIF-b1bRZJkuGB5G1kFzvsvHwqrbDwxRHupX4NSPIykBRZ5oENFUWrZ6YG2tebFbkupbtkPKnpaz4PWBVY-DdVuGuho9ImKyBqFqFV6-Efye6TOICi30p6LXMGizvn3Ghyphenhyphendme/s846/What+has+helped+my+migraines.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="What has helped my migraines when living with fibromyalgia" border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="564" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6woYfnMjNIF-b1bRZJkuGB5G1kFzvsvHwqrbDwxRHupX4NSPIykBRZ5oENFUWrZ6YG2tebFbkupbtkPKnpaz4PWBVY-DdVuGuho9ImKyBqFqFV6-Efye6TOICi30p6LXMGizvn3Ghyphenhyphendme/w426-h640/What+has+helped+my+migraines.jpg" title="What has helped my migraines" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-1309078473747616612021-07-11T23:02:00.003-07:002021-09-12T23:49:31.879-07:00Fibromyalgia explained by the experts (what 12 organisations say)<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Here is what the reliable and recommended experts say to explain what fibromyalgia is. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I thought it would be good to put them altogether here in one place.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWgYdzJQIQXpDB1aCSZNIBcI0KQ-Dcc2ij1tPr7pdOw59pKfp3-qwMHj7xNhL1Anj4QEu-OA_bMeFSNOAAOuhOpL-uuXJnPYfpBxGPe1Gi2qzi_oX1YAHb1IJ0EQ5Zev82wukEU30kFXY/s1600/What+is+fibromyalgia.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fibromyalgia explained by the experts (what 12 organisations say)" border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWgYdzJQIQXpDB1aCSZNIBcI0KQ-Dcc2ij1tPr7pdOw59pKfp3-qwMHj7xNhL1Anj4QEu-OA_bMeFSNOAAOuhOpL-uuXJnPYfpBxGPe1Gi2qzi_oX1YAHb1IJ0EQ5Zev82wukEU30kFXY/w400-h225/What+is+fibromyalgia.png" title="Fibromyalgia explained by the experts" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><span></span><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Pain in every muscle and the profound exhaustion are not symptoms that people can see, but they are real and may be devastating for the person with fibromyalgia. ~ <span style="color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-center;">The American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association, Inc. <a href="http://www.afsafund.org/fibromyalgia.html" target="_blank">(AFSA)</a></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-center;">Fibromyalgia is a long-lasting or chronic disorder that causes muscle pain and fatigue (feeling tired). If you have fibromyalgia, you have pain and tenderness throughout your body. ~ </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases <a href="https://www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics/fibromyalgia#tab-overview" target="_blank">NIAMS</a></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Pain and tenderness: The most common symptoms of FM are widespread pain and tenderness. These symptoms tend to be highly variable with some days being better than others. The location of pain may also change over time - people often describe FM as “whole body pain” since the pain and tenderness of FM is not confined to a single location within the body. ~<a href="https://painguide.com/pain-conditions/" target="_blank"> University of Michigan Pain Guide</a></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fatigue: The fatigue of FM is described as both physical fatigue and mental fatigue. Both types of fatigue are described as being more profound than “general tiredness”. People with FM are more easily fatigable and when fatigued, slower to recover. People with FM fatigue often consider the fatigue to be as problematic as the pain. ~<a href="https://painguide.com/pain-conditions/" target="_blank"> University of Michigan Pain Guide</a></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-center;">Fibromyalgia varies from one patient to another, but the multiple symptoms it causes are often intertwined. For example, patients who do not sleep well will usually struggle with daytime fatigue, difficulty concentrating, depressed mood, and increased pain. </span> ~ <span style="color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-center;">The American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association, Inc. <a href="http://www.afsafund.org/fibromyalgia.html" target="_blank">(AFSA)</a></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;">Fibromyalgia (fy-bro-my-AL-ja)</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> is a common and complex chronic pain disorder that causes widespread pain and tenderness to touch that may occur body wide or migrate over the body. Along with other symptoms, pain and tenderness wax and wane over time. </span></span><a href="https://fibroandpain.org/what-is-fibromyalgia-2" target="_blank">National Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Association</a></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #212322;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Fibromyalgia causes body-wide pain and extreme tiredness. It can be confused with arthritis because it may cause pain in joints, muscles and soft tissues. But doctors consider fibromyalgia a pain disorder. It’s not life-threatening, but the symptoms can affect many aspects of daily life, including sleep and memory. People with fibromyalgia are 20% more likely to also have depression or chronic anxiety. That’s why it’s important to use complementary therapies and seek professional help to manage emotional symptoms. ~ <a href="https://www.arthritis.org/diseases/fibromyalgia" target="_blank">Arthritis Foundation </a> </span></span></li></ul><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #212322;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Fibromyalgia is a long-term condition that causes pain and tenderness all over your body. Unlike arthritis, this isn’t because you have problems with your joints, bones or muscles. It’s thought to be caused by your nervous system in your brain and spine not being able to control or process pain signals from other parts of your body. ~ </span></span><a href="https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/fibromyalgia/" target="_blank">Versus Arthritis</a></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Fibromyalgia is a neurologic chronic health condition that causes pain all over the body and other symptoms. Other symptoms of fibromyalgia that patients most often have are: Tenderness to touch or pressure affecting muscles and sometimes joints or even the skin. Severe fatigue. Sleep problems (waking up unrefreshed). Problems with memory or thinking clearly ~ <a href="https://www.rheumatology.org/I-Am-A/Patient-Caregiver/Diseases-Conditions/Fibromyalgia" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" target="_blank">American College of Rheumatology</a></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">People with fibromyalgia often describe their symptoms as a flu-like infection that doesn’t go away. It leaves you exhausted and unable to think or find the right words (symptoms of fibro fog). ~ <a href="https://www.fmnetnews.com/fibro-basics" target="_blank">Fibromyalgia Network</a></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Most Common Symptoms of fibromyalgia are Pain and stiffness all over the body, Fatigue and tiredness, Depression and anxiety, Sleep problems, Problems with thinking, memory, and concentration, Headaches, including migraines and Environmental sensitivities. ~ OMF <a href="https://www.omf.ngo/what-is-fibromyalgia/" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.16px; text-align: center;" target="_blank">Open Medicine Foundation</a></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Other Symptoms of fibromyalgia according to<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="letter-spacing: 0.16px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.omf.ngo/what-is-fibromyalgia/" target="_blank">Open Medicine Foundation</a> are </span></span></span>Tingling or numbness in hands and feet, Pain in the face or jaw, including disorders of the jaw known as temporomandibular joint syndrome (also known as TMJ), Digestive problems, such as abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, and Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;">You will find that you don’t have the same capacity for
activity as you once did. It is essential that you manage your
energy levels. You will need to pace your activities so that
you can be as active as you are able without aggravating
your symptoms. Listen to your body and respect what it is
telling you. Plan ahead, know your limits, stop before you
reach them. Do not push yourself. ~ <a href="http://www.mefmaction.com/images/stories/Resources/FM-InfoSheet.pdf" target="_blank">National ME/FM Action Network</a></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;">What Causes Fibromyalgia? Abnormal pain processing has been demonstrated in brain
scans. The systems involved are complex which may explain
the individualized response to medication and other
treatments. ~ <a href="http://www.mefmaction.com/images/stories/Resources/FM-InfoSheet.pdf" target="_blank">National ME/FM Action Network</a></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;">Fibromyalgia is a
soft-tissue pain syndrome that is classified as non-articular rheumatism in the World Health
Organization’s International Classification of Diseases. As in other medical conditions, the
severity of FMS varies from mild to severe and it can be debilitating. ~ <a href="http://www.mefmaction.com/images/stories/Support/TEACH-ME2edition.pdf" target="_blank">The TEACH-ME Task Force </a></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Fibromyalgia is common and an enormous clinical burden for both patients and society. It is a very complex disease with a variety of symptoms in addition to the defining symptom – chronic widespread pain. These include fatigue, non-restorative sleep, morning stiffness, irritable bowel and bladder, restless legs, depression, anxiety and cognitive dysfunction often referred to as “fibro fog”. All of these symptoms cause serious limitations in patients’ ability to perform ordinary daily chores and work and severely affect their quality of life. ~ </span></span>European Network of Fibromyalgia Associations <a href="https://www.enfa-europe.eu/" target="_blank">(ENFA)</a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-QCkNinwXZYuMUoSrBwE5ILEqn5pgPpTolFTB2cRQPATo4XBwMkgMZwZl0ZC_GNWvGEVFZAhwS8NKde16hplhT3_vYaNx1dvivynRRV9_TmWkfu5Tz6pwhccQFmj5ImC0DbQZ_3q_c69/s1500/Fibromyalgia+explained+by+the+experts.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fibromyalgia explained by the experts (what 12 organisations say)" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-QCkNinwXZYuMUoSrBwE5ILEqn5pgPpTolFTB2cRQPATo4XBwMkgMZwZl0ZC_GNWvGEVFZAhwS8NKde16hplhT3_vYaNx1dvivynRRV9_TmWkfu5Tz6pwhccQFmj5ImC0DbQZ_3q_c69/w426-h640/Fibromyalgia+explained+by+the+experts.png" title="Fibromyalgia explained by the experts" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><p></p><p></p>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-18840498899757590882021-06-25T23:36:00.010-07:002021-09-13T00:01:44.421-07:00My doctor dilemma when living with chronic illness<p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-l8eNiY5-nO8hb3wDj1r4yKTjZKTAe5GLsjTWRZBcHVkYT2jvRIO5z5onpFUUeRKZWiJpP9BlatIzufUOFXKh59ZsaZSXlWFFtbP7BB7sOrfg7aaUUgk_fkNAxiEE40wFNq6402CyraJ/s752/doctor+dilemma.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="752" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-l8eNiY5-nO8hb3wDj1r4yKTjZKTAe5GLsjTWRZBcHVkYT2jvRIO5z5onpFUUeRKZWiJpP9BlatIzufUOFXKh59ZsaZSXlWFFtbP7BB7sOrfg7aaUUgk_fkNAxiEE40wFNq6402CyraJ/w400-h266/doctor+dilemma.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Something that has been coming up for me recently has been why my GP does not give me the support that I need. Here I am exploring my feelings about it as I believe it may be something that helps other people living with chronic illness. <span><a name='more'></a></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I have been thinking about this because I had an appointment with a new medical centre. I asked my GP for a print out of the last few specialist appointments I had attended and was shocked. <span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Shocked because my GP had not told me what these specialists had said.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Shocked because my GP had not done the follow ups that multiple specialists had requested. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>I understand that my medical situation is complex but n</span><span>ow on top of everything else do I need to change GPs?! This is a bit of a big ask when you live with chronic illness and have a huge file that goes back many years. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.throughthefibrofog.com/advocating-medical-appointments/" target="_blank">Claire</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #424242;"> at 'Through the Fibro Fog' explains how I feel about it:</span></span></span></p><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #424242;"><i>Switching medical care can be daunting. It takes a lot of mental strength I find, to realise that a situation isn’t for you and to move on. Let’s face it, it’s a big hassle and can feel a bit awkward at times. Finding a better doctor, getting a referral (depending upon your health system) and then organising all the right paperwork too is a lot to deal with. But switching things up can lead to better care. And we all deserve the best care possible. </i></span></span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Sarah has written an article about her GP not taking her seriously even though she has five separate diagnosed conditions including myalgic encephalomyelitis: </span></p><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: Lato, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To this day my GPs still refer to my symptoms as nothing to be concerned about. My conditions as low level diseases, and any query I have about them is quickly dismissed. I have even had GPs disregard what specialists have told me claiming it isn’t as bad as it has been painted. If this wasn’t enough, they ignore my constant irregular blood results and fail to monitor me on my medication – but why? ~ </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sarah at <a href="https://memysefandchronicillness.home.blog/2021/06/18/why-hasnt-receiving-a-diagnosis-changed-my-doctors-opinion-on-my-health/" rel="home" style="box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Me, Myself and Chronic Illness Blog</span></a></span></span></blockquote><p></p></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">What Sarah says got me thinking about how much we have to advocate for ourselves when we live with chronic illness. I am constantly having to ask my doctor to address different symptoms I have and not just dismiss them. If somebody without chronic illness went to their GP with one of these symptoms I feel they would be listened to and taken more seriously than I am. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><span face="Lato, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #424242;"><i>How to advocate for yourself when you live with chronic illness – boy, this is something I wish I had known how to do at the beginning of my health journey! When I first became unwell it happened without warning. One day I was pretty fine, the next I was thrust into my healthcare system trying to work out what was wrong. To begin with I was naive. I went along with whatever the doctor told me, but that didn’t always go well . . . </i>From Claire at <a href="https://www.throughthefibrofog.com/advocate-yourself-chronic-illness/?" target="_blank">Through the Fibro Fog</a></span> </span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">My recent situation with my doctor was a big let down and it made me feel quite naive in that I actually believed my GP was there to support me. It also made me sad and angry. I can no longer trust him in the way that I did. He is not helping me with my ongoing issues. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXV370kvCIDXIAJwE9LZiQ1pWgEgGlBQs4b8R0dBb3wc_yUKUPKA6ubzTM75QSlk2I_KUERUjiTrsb6v1CBtjnh2gkVLxgtKG9ShYG-YqumGwlrT-7Hwi09fJReNNQaUUq3Tsf1mUPv7QQ/s891/sad+and+angry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="891" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXV370kvCIDXIAJwE9LZiQ1pWgEgGlBQs4b8R0dBb3wc_yUKUPKA6ubzTM75QSlk2I_KUERUjiTrsb6v1CBtjnh2gkVLxgtKG9ShYG-YqumGwlrT-7Hwi09fJReNNQaUUq3Tsf1mUPv7QQ/w400-h225/sad+and+angry.jpg" title="living with chronic illness" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">I have given it some thought and think, that I was suffering under the illusion that my doctor was my health advocate and person who had an overview on my situation.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">In defence of m</span></span><span style="background-color: white;">y doctor my health issues are complex. </span>I have multiple diagnoses and see multiple doctors in different fields. The problem is that this is also the exact reason I need a good doctor's support. </span></p><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif;"><i>I feel the key to having the ideal set up for treating chronic pain (besides having open-minded, kind doctors who have chronic pain education) is that all the doctors in your life have communication. Having a team of doctors (much like I used to be a part of a team of students/teachers) can bring the missing piece of collaboration to address the whole of the person. ~ </i><a href="https://painfullyliving.com/2020/09/24/the-ideal-medical-configuration-for-chronic-pain-treatment/?fbclid=IwAR3RbovWnkycTRgWGnhSBu4XpjhZS_l7aDANX9euKei7XUE94PoGhHRVTrs" target="_blank">Katie at PainFULLY Living</a></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: large;">I agree with Katie and this is what should happen in an ideal world, but unfortunately in my case it is not. The specialists think this is happening. They write recommendations to my GP and probably believe that he is following up on these things. There is a massive communication breakdown. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">When I ask my GP about what the specialist has said he does comment but has in the past never given me the letters, treating them like priveleged information for his eyes only. After all the letters are written to him and in medical language, not layman's language. They are not addressed to me BUT they are about me AND about things that my GP is meant to keep an eye on. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I have now realised that I can ask for a copy of these specialist's letters and will make it my norm when attending my GP. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">As far as what I expect from my GP, or any medical professional, I am on the same page as <a href="https://invisiblyme.com/2018/04/08/make-the-most-of-medical-appointments/" target="_blank">Caz, from Invisibly Me</a>, who says this about doctors:</span></p><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Manrope; text-align: justify;"><i>"They are there to do a job; they are being paid to see to your health and wellbeing; "</i> and <i>"</i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Manrope; text-align: justify;"><i>You deserve to be treated with respect, to be taken seriously and to be listened to."</i></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: large;"> But more than this I expect <span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">more from my GP than quick episodic care for acute illnesses. I expect that my blood pressure will be taken and that anything mentioned by a specialist, that I have attended, will be followed up and discussed with me. I need to ask my GP why this has not been happening. Even if I do not have this difficult conversation I will be asking for each and every copy of a letter after I attend a specialist and also asking for my blood pressure to be taken on a regular basis. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZiqEyXdrlfMA3q7Nsiy9Lq-e0UcThxKjtIj0rzPSB1Kk0Uhos-8DWf7nlvDc-KnHRh5xGppQyBZoXlwP9-i5ETbIduWW4lDn_4UrxNk2BGIZhSDxt6pxQVE4F5OUnVKMoaarTwozOrT_/s750/blood+pressure.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZiqEyXdrlfMA3q7Nsiy9Lq-e0UcThxKjtIj0rzPSB1Kk0Uhos-8DWf7nlvDc-KnHRh5xGppQyBZoXlwP9-i5ETbIduWW4lDn_4UrxNk2BGIZhSDxt6pxQVE4F5OUnVKMoaarTwozOrT_/w400-h266/blood+pressure.jpg" title="blood pressure" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I started this post I had decided I was going to maintain but improve my relationship with my GP and be even more of an advocate for my own health. I have now decided that I will be changing GP's. The more I consider it, the more I realise just how lazy my GP is. He has not even followed up on requested blood tests from my specialists. He is not helping me, he is hindering me. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm sure I will be updating you on my experiences on changing to a new GP. Do you have any advice on how to go about this? I would love to hear your suggestions. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>SOME HELPFUL RESOURCES:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><h1 class="entry-title" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-weight: 400; hyphens: auto; line-height: 1.225; margin: 0px 0px 1.05em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: large;">Becoming Your Own Health Advocate. <a href="https://photobaugh.com/2018/09/29/becoming-your-own-health-advocate/" target="_blank">Cynthia has 5 tips</a> </span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">How to advocate for yourself when you live with chronic illness. <a href="https://www.throughthefibrofog.com/advocate-yourself-chronic-illness/" style="font-family: "Playfair Display";" target="_blank">Claire has 10 tips.</a><span style="font-family: "Playfair Display";"> </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: large;">When you hit a wall with medical professionals. <a href="https://invisiblyme.com/2019/05/14/hitawall-medicalprofessionals/" target="_blank">Suggestions from Caz.</a> </span></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This sent me in search of both information and help about migraine relief and I have found some wonderful resources that I wanted to share for anyone experiencing migraines.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Fh-uM68-lXToKE99qm-P4tiXeJwdF-yZYd2ocak_O6JejxvkEdvnbi28MKXMBG4qNpC-xbigssfHhxuBRJzBtEMJrI66UXH-i-3YZYat_0CEAFsYT6UiseWahoHv1HfSm50KkIcyOVyc/s640/nik-shuliahin-BuNWp1bL0nc-unsplash+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="treating fibromyalgia migraines" border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="640" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Fh-uM68-lXToKE99qm-P4tiXeJwdF-yZYd2ocak_O6JejxvkEdvnbi28MKXMBG4qNpC-xbigssfHhxuBRJzBtEMJrI66UXH-i-3YZYat_0CEAFsYT6UiseWahoHv1HfSm50KkIcyOVyc/w400-h260/nik-shuliahin-BuNWp1bL0nc-unsplash+%25281%2529.jpg" title="Fibro and migraines" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Image thanks to to <a href="https://unsplash.com/@tjump" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-size: 15px; outline: none; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">Nik Shuliahin</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span><span><a name='more'></a></span><b><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">What is a migraine? </span></b><span style="font-size: medium;">(scientifically speaking)</span></span><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Migraine is a genetically determined recurrent
pain syndrome accompanied by neurological and
gastrointestinal features, involving interaction of external
triggers and internal pathophysiology. Migraine is currently
considered a complex interplay of different processes
such as an alteration of pain and sensory input, increased
sensitivity of the cortex leading to aura phenomena,
central pain facilitation, neurogenic inflammation and
brainstem nociceptor sensitisation. ~ </span>Menken M, Munsat TL, Toole JF.</span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Migraine affects mainly
the brainstem and diencephalon4 and is considered an abnormal amplification and sensitisation of pain pathways
in these areas of the brain. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Fibromyalgia and migraines </b>(the statistics)</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Migraines are common in people with fibromyalgia. The frequency of migraine in patients with FM ranges from 45% to 80%. However, no explanations have been provided for the rate of co-occurrence.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #373a3c;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">According to the <a href="https://www.rheumatologynetwork.com/view/fibromyalgia-tied-chronic-migraines" target="_blank">Rheumatology Network</a> the frequency of fibromyalgia is significantly higher among patients who have chronic migraine headaches than in patients who have chronic tension-type headaches. Also patients with chronic migraines experience more severe symptoms of fibromyalgia.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #373a3c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What fibro migraineurs want?</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #373a3c; font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #373a3c; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">People living with both fibromyalgia and migraines are living with severe and chronic pain. They do not particularly want explanations of migraines, or more research into the connection, or a bunch of statistics, unless it brings solutions to the problems they are living with. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #373a3c; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">As a person living with these conditions, somedays I can barely take in any information let alone complex scientific diagrams and information. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #373a3c; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Processing is a part of the problem of FMS and having a migraine, however low grade makes it even more difficult. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #373a3c; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">So what do I, and countless others want? We want simple easy to understand information told to us by someone we trust... someone who has done the research and found out what can help relieve our migraines symptoms. we want this information told to us by a person because this is the best way we can process information... hearing it from the lips of another person. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #373a3c; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If that cannot happen then we would like it written in simple to understand language, preferably in large font. That's why I am so pleased to present the information from The Migraine Trust. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">For over 50 years The Migraine Trust has been championing migraine research and supporting everyone affected by the condition. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They have wonderful, helpful and thorough resources including:</span></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.025em;"><a href="https://www.migrainetrust.org/living-with-migraine/seeking-medical-advice/" target="_blank"><b>Seeking medical advice</b></a>: </span><span style="background-color: white;">From diagnosis, to follow-up GP appointments and being referred to a specialist</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Treatments: There are numerous migraine treatment options available from conventional medicines to supplements, herbs and other options.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.migrainetrust.org/living-with-migraine/coping-managing/" target="_blank"><b>Coping and managing</b></a>: Information on coping and managing with migraine.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Best of all you can listen to expert doctors telling you <a href="https://youtu.be/eb5v-mlWdug" target="_blank">ways to manage your migraines here </a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://youtu.be/eb5v-mlWdug" target="_blank"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eb5v-mlWdug" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I hope you find <a href="https://www.migrainetrust.org/" target="_blank"><b>their site </b></a>and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWpXsqN8fo0No2rjC1ZFfuwHeEDzY7QSn" target="_blank"><b>their videos</b></a> as helpful as I have. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigCDwK2676sgxy8hTuqiNcZO8NRx5FcpLuJsihDNCKdkTczevj2Ol4U_JtaKovJGLtTNwOTYsyxX3K0TPXWBgoZa63CdLRCIwK8BbKZHuBdAjheFdtvubAZlSOqkfJ8wsExDyc8tAIrRBj/s1500/treating+fibro+migraines+Pinterest+Graphic.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fibromyalgia and migraines" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigCDwK2676sgxy8hTuqiNcZO8NRx5FcpLuJsihDNCKdkTczevj2Ol4U_JtaKovJGLtTNwOTYsyxX3K0TPXWBgoZa63CdLRCIwK8BbKZHuBdAjheFdtvubAZlSOqkfJ8wsExDyc8tAIrRBj/w266-h400/treating+fibro+migraines+Pinterest+Graphic.png" title="Treating Fibromyalgia migraines" width="266" /></a></div></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">RESOURCES</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Menken M, Munsat TL, Toole JF. The global burden of disease study: implications for neurology. Arch Neurol 2000;57:418–20.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jacques Joubert
MRCP, MD, FRACP, consultant neurologist,
Epworth and Royal
Melbourne Hospitals,
Victoria, Australia. Migraine
Diagnosis and treatment. <a href="https://www.racgp.org.au/afpbackissues/2005/200508/200508joubert2.pdf" target="_blank">PDF </a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529;">Penn I-W, Chuang E, Chuang T-Y, Lin CL, Kao CH. Bidirectional association between migraine and fibromyalgia: retrospective cohort analyses of two populations [published online April 8, 2019]. </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529;">BMJ Open.</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529;"> doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026581.</span></span></p>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-86513221188057294192021-03-26T22:59:00.005-07:002021-09-13T00:14:37.245-07:00What is the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ)<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire <span>is something that I encounter a lot when reviewing research into fibromyalgia as it is often used in studies to see how something affects a person's fibromyalgia symptoms. This explains what it is, what it scores and how it is measured and you can also get a copy. </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTOt8SJGSrsDFKloGoDo0NCqI5vrc2YV6lrJgNXDlDmRvZU5ZqeNtbup_P7SUs0yh55Ajs0hr2aAWFxwDoMdASEkECZDWI25gcTJkTIhWkMF8LOyvHbx_xdzNMUEF0fBMCOqvYlGef2u-U/s1698/What+is+the+Fibromyalgia+Impact+Questionnaire+%2528FIQ%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="What is the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ)" border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="1698" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTOt8SJGSrsDFKloGoDo0NCqI5vrc2YV6lrJgNXDlDmRvZU5ZqeNtbup_P7SUs0yh55Ajs0hr2aAWFxwDoMdASEkECZDWI25gcTJkTIhWkMF8LOyvHbx_xdzNMUEF0fBMCOqvYlGef2u-U/w400-h266/What+is+the+Fibromyalgia+Impact+Questionnaire+%2528FIQ%2529.jpg" title="What is the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>The Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) is an assessment and evaluation tool developed to measure fibromyalgia (FM) patient status,
progress and outcomes. It has been designed to measure the areas of health that are believed
to be most affected by FM. It is in the form of a two page questionaire with a further two pages of description and scoring. It is designed for the FM patient to fill out themself.</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">HOW THE FIQ WAS DEVELOPED.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The FIQ was developed for adults with fibromyalgia. Doctors used patient reports, functional status instruments, and clinical observations to create it. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background-color: white;">The original </span><a href="http://fiqrinfo.ipage.com/Original%20FIQ.pdf" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire</a><span style="background-color: white;"> was developed in the late 1980s by Drs. Carol Burckhardt, Sharon Clark and Robert Bennett at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon USA. At that time the clinical features of fibromyalgia were just being described, and the FIQ was an attempt to capture the total spectrum of problems related to fibromyalgia and the responses to therapy. The FIQ was first published in 1991 and since that time has been extensively used as an index of disease activity and therapeutic efficacy. Its development is described in separate reviews by </span><a href="http://www.myalgia.com/BURCKHARDT%20REVIEW.htm" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Dr. Burckhardt</a><span style="background-color: white;"> and </span><a href="http://www.myalgia.com/Bennett%20FIQ%20review%202005.pdf" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Dr. Bennett</a><span style="background-color: white;">. Several issues regarding ethocultural usage, symptom relevance and arcane scoring became apparent and these issues have been addressed in the revised version </span><a href="http://fiqrinfo.ipage.com/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">FIQR</a><span style="background-color: white;">. <span style="font-family: inherit;">~ </span></span></i></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.rheumatology.org/I-Am-A/Rheumatologist/Research/Clinician-Researchers/Fibromyalgia-Impact-Questionnaire-FIQ" target="_blank">American College of Rheumatology</a></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">WHAT THE FIQ MEASURES</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span>It measures physical functioning, work difficulty, including housework, morning tiredness, pain, stiffness, fatigue, and well-being including </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">depression and anxiety, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">over the past week.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOtq08RLoeOOKhav0I2pw6pQG9Y-AhRZJoq5Vy0TfjzMwEo0Rlku8kkAGVOD7D55AQSE-SRA_l6tNBna4qAyVM6z8kTJrmQVy9a-O7Fi3SCuhyphenhyphenF8Ji4wsMKItA403zsI7hmir0IqwxQeB/s639/FIQ_1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="FIQ" border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="494" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOtq08RLoeOOKhav0I2pw6pQG9Y-AhRZJoq5Vy0TfjzMwEo0Rlku8kkAGVOD7D55AQSE-SRA_l6tNBna4qAyVM6z8kTJrmQVy9a-O7Fi3SCuhyphenhyphenF8Ji4wsMKItA403zsI7hmir0IqwxQeB/w309-h400/FIQ_1.png" title="Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ)" width="309" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">HOW THE FIQ IS SCORED</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">There are 20 questions in total. The first 11 relate to physical functioning and are rated on a 4 point scale. Most of the other questions use a horizontal linear scales marked in 10 increments on which the patient rates how they felt overall.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The FIQ is scored in such a way that a higher score indicates a greater impact of the syndrome on the
person. Each of the 10 items has a maximum possible score of 10. Thus the maximum possible score is 100.
The average FM patient scores about 50, severely afflicted patients are usually 70 plus.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/0715/afp20070715p247-of1.pdf" rel="nofollow"><span style="background-color: white;">Get the </span>Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) pdf.</a></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The FIQ is a useful measure of disease impact in patients with fibromyalgia. It has shown good responsiveness to change in clinical studies. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>It</i></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> is a useful instrument for measuring the changes in groups of patients in treatment programs and clinical trials. Whether it is beneficial for helping individuals and their health care providers plot changes as a result of individual treatment has not been formally tested but many clinicians use it for that purpose. ~</span> </i></span></span><span><span style="background-color: white;">Dr. Carol Burckhardt.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2eJcONlUfDmgM4tY2poWBMhyphenhyphen1psWd_28b_xxf1iF_6U2B5seXRzYKO53j39ilXCWTtH7Xl2tYMS4qPENIUSZil9E7sqt17KK-1d4o2UdCj5-WxMh1EtY_WbcR8qljkof2KSWUXFsNA_P/s1500/FIQ.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2eJcONlUfDmgM4tY2poWBMhyphenhyphen1psWd_28b_xxf1iF_6U2B5seXRzYKO53j39ilXCWTtH7Xl2tYMS4qPENIUSZil9E7sqt17KK-1d4o2UdCj5-WxMh1EtY_WbcR8qljkof2KSWUXFsNA_P/w266-h400/FIQ.png" title="What is the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ)" width="266" /></span></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2f498e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 17.388px;">Learn <a href="https://fibrofiles.blogspot.com/search/label/facing%20fibro" target="_blank">more about fibromyalgia</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2f498e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 17.388px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2f498e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 17.388px;">Join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1953366574685173" style="color: #2f498e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">friendly private facebook group</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2f498e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 17.388px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2f498e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 17.388px;">Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/FibroBloggers" style="color: #2f498e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">on twitter for fibro humor and information.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2f498e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 17.388px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2f498e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 17.388px;">Follow <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FibroFiles" target="_blank">Fibro Files on facebook</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2f498e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 17.388px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2f498e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 17.388px;">Follow <a href="https://www.pinterest.com.au/leeroygood/_saved/" target="_blank">me on pinterest</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2f498e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 17.388px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #2f498e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 17.388px;">Follow me <a href="https://fbdirectory.tumblr.com/" style="color: #2f498e; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">on tumblr.</a></div></span><p></p>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-28757342214621469622021-03-23T18:42:00.006-07:002021-10-29T17:45:50.704-07:00Can fibromyalgia affect your hand skills?<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">Many people mention that they have reduced hand skills and more hand pain when they have fibromyalgia. This includes skills such as handwriting, chopping vegetables, opening cans and using keys to open the door. It includes pain in the joints, nerves and muscles of the hand and wrist. Find out more from this summary on a study done into fibro and hand skills. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMENIUTmHRAE6vF5TgqzJn-IxOJ5_s8ZePIgr2L79Bjsun5v-79mHwanfkc6ARDnLm4Sx0ySuoFu_RTbmDlj7r5RPU1dLnmQ-KePNV9qvfY4ig-S_t8Dg1nXbqekB2fUJ_2zVfWiAc1bQ/s500/pexels-photo-851213.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="fibromyalgia and hand skills" border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMENIUTmHRAE6vF5TgqzJn-IxOJ5_s8ZePIgr2L79Bjsun5v-79mHwanfkc6ARDnLm4Sx0ySuoFu_RTbmDlj7r5RPU1dLnmQ-KePNV9qvfY4ig-S_t8Dg1nXbqekB2fUJ_2zVfWiAc1bQ/w400-h266/pexels-photo-851213.jpeg" title="Can fibromyalgia affect your hand skills?" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Fibromyalgia can affect your hand skills due to reduced fine motor and gross motor control, increased levels of pain and peripheral neuropathy. Fibromyalgia hand pain can arise from hand use or even when not using the hands. </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: medium;">Here I have summarised the results of some research done into the hand function of 40 patients with fibromyalgia. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The authors of this 2018 research acknowledged that fibromyalgia is a potentially debilitating chronic pain syndrome. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">They aimed to compare the hand function of fibromyalgia (FM) patients and healthy individuals and to demonstrate the relationship between hand disability and FM. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Patients and methods</b> </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The study included 40 female patients with FM and 30 healthy people who did not have FM (control group). </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">All participants were evaluated for pain threshold measurements, handgrip strength, and pinch strength. </span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Functional states, hand disability, hand skills and coordination were evaluated using the <a href="https://fibrofiles.blogspot.com/2021/03/what-is-fibromyalgia-impact.html" target="_blank">Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) form</a>, the Disability of Arm–Shoulder–Hand (DASH) questionnaire and the Purdue Pegboard Test, respectively.</span></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOmckkJFu19gAfOAXtYkn7NbIxN28zSaFxpgftGUV7yQHADVDjQf1zT_Pjz8tkZDXtO3tCZ14hR0qHTk7zCK7pf780Xrx8eHIKjgNLvrlAE2dxrCwcj_I2CDUurq-ZYWgIXyttDoTQKyg/s910/key-door-opening-door-lock.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="fibromyalgia and hand skills" border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="910" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOmckkJFu19gAfOAXtYkn7NbIxN28zSaFxpgftGUV7yQHADVDjQf1zT_Pjz8tkZDXtO3tCZ14hR0qHTk7zCK7pf780Xrx8eHIKjgNLvrlAE2dxrCwcj_I2CDUurq-ZYWgIXyttDoTQKyg/w400-h266/key-door-opening-door-lock.jpg" title="Can fibromyalgia affect your hand skills?" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">Results</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></b><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Handgrip strength values, DASH score, lateral pinch strength test, Pegboard placement time, and Pegboard collection time of the patient group were significantly lower than those of the control group. </span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A negative correlation was found between FIQ score and handgrip strength, two-point pinch strength test, three-point pinch strength test, and lateral pinch strength test in patients with moderate FM.</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A correlation was observed between DASH score and handgrip strength, lateral pinch strength test, Purdue Pegboard placement time, and Purdue Pegboard collection time in patients with moderate FM. </span></li></ul><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Conclusions</b> </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The results show that hand function was decreased in patients with FM compared to the control group. Decreasing hand function was influenced by the FIQ score. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><i>"As a result, the evaluation of hand function should be taken into consideration in the management of FM."</i></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"><b>My experience</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;">It certainly is true for me that I have many hand concerns. Scrapbooking and jewelry making used to be my hobbies but they require specific fine motor hands skills that I no longer have. I find chopping vegetables causes pain each and every day. Putting the key in the lock and turning it, to get in my front door, is difficult. Carrying shopping, in bags, causes wrist and hand pain the next day. Some days with fibromyalgia, even holding my cup of tea can hurt. I love sharing things online but some days my fingers just hurt too much when I type. I share all this so others will understand. What about you? Please share your experiences of fibromyalgia and how it affects your hand skills below and thank you to those who do. </span></p><h1 class="nova-e-text nova-e-text--size-xl nova-e-text--family-sans-serif nova-e-text--spacing-none nova-e-text--color-grey-900 research-detail-header-section__title" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Research: Assessment of hand function and disability in fibromyalgia</span></h1><h1 class="nova-e-text nova-e-text--size-xl nova-e-text--family-sans-serif nova-e-text--spacing-none nova-e-text--color-grey-900 research-detail-header-section__title" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><li class="nova-e-list__item" style="color: inherit; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; margin-bottom: 0.5em;">October 2018 </li><li class="nova-e-list__item" style="color: inherit; display: inline; line-height: 1.3;"><a class="nova-e-link nova-e-link--color-inherit nova-e-link--theme-decorated" href="https://www.researchgate.net/journal/Zeitschrift-fuer-Rheumatologie-1435-1250" style="background: none; border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;">Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie</a> 78(43)</li></span></h1><div class="research-detail-header-section__metadata" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; padding-top: 15px;"><div class="nova-e-text nova-e-text--size-m nova-e-text--family-sans-serif nova-e-text--spacing-xxs nova-e-text--color-grey-700" style="color: #555555; line-height: 1.3; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">DOI: <a class="nova-e-link nova-e-link--color-inherit nova-e-link--theme-decorated" href="https://www.researchgate.net/deref/http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1007%2Fs00393-018-0558-7" rel="noopener" style="background: none; border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;" target="_blank">10.1007/s00393-018-0558-7</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcuV9Yw5NZKGEsjIwYoVwYydTvYYqObaLKFoyZ6S2qBrofIrEVDC1yrK08Vy_cGB4oGEMlxrbA6hRBwIv2C1VMid2NN0TMKo3I1-poIwVFZj-QQ_iLdKpQ2ZXNYGvcQMo9nTgRmRjfJ03/s1500/fibro+hand+skills.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="fibromyalgia and hand skills" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcuV9Yw5NZKGEsjIwYoVwYydTvYYqObaLKFoyZ6S2qBrofIrEVDC1yrK08Vy_cGB4oGEMlxrbA6hRBwIv2C1VMid2NN0TMKo3I1-poIwVFZj-QQ_iLdKpQ2ZXNYGvcQMo9nTgRmRjfJ03/w426-h640/fibro+hand+skills.png" title="Can fibromyalgia affect your hand skills?" width="426" /></a></div></div>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-79002245245079801822021-02-28T13:55:00.006-08:002021-09-13T00:21:09.463-07:00Does CBD help fibromyalgia?<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Lately I have notice many people talking about the benefits of CBD for fibro. Most of it is from a personal perspective and it is difficult to know if what works for one person with fibromyalgia will work for you to reduce symptoms. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> I was pleased to find a large </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-size: large;">survey of cannabidiol (CBD) use among 2701 participants with fibromyalgia. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Here I have summarised the results</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1PpUNnT66Hr9g7RSqywx6s-tD6dtHkrd8Y-4NBgVphPIYy0UAW8WTqH6dsPxdQ7UhL7cmnJTZD7rlvDwf8WRQaRvq3tJLCDnC2SvI-YMHtf-tyQThJNiyuHf1dMRxzgiGb_eXmqEsYxML/s626/man-visiting-doctor_151013-6405.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="CBD and fibromyalgia" border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="626" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1PpUNnT66Hr9g7RSqywx6s-tD6dtHkrd8Y-4NBgVphPIYy0UAW8WTqH6dsPxdQ7UhL7cmnJTZD7rlvDwf8WRQaRvq3tJLCDnC2SvI-YMHtf-tyQThJNiyuHf1dMRxzgiGb_eXmqEsYxML/w400-h133/man-visiting-doctor_151013-6405.jpg" title="Does CBD help fibromyalgia?" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050;"><b>CBD, or cannabidiol, has been shown to reduce fibromyalgia symptoms by 30 to 40 percent in this 2020 University of Michigan survey of over 2,700 people with the condition. </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050;"><b>IMPORTANT SURVEY POINTS</b></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Around 32% of participants currently used CBD, mostly for pain, anxiety, and sleep.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Around 30 to 40% reported relief across symptom domains:</span></li></ul><div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">30.5% for pain. </span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">40.1% for insomnia/sleep problems. </span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">40.0% for anxiety. </span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">20.0% for fatigue. </span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">32.3% for depression.</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">21.9% for memory/mental clarity. </span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">43.2% for <a href="https://fibrofiles.blogspot.com/p/fibromyalgia-symptoms.html" target="_blank">other symptoms.</a></span></div></blockquote></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Participants typically tried CBD due to inadequate relief from other medications.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Two-thirds of participants disclosed CBD use to their doctor.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Only 33% asked for doctor advice on using CBD.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Around half of participants reported side effects, which were typically minor.</span></li></ul><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This article indicates that CBD use is common among people with fibromyalgia.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The results suggest that many people with fibromyalgia get benefits from using CBD across multiple symptoms domains. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The survey researchers recommend that doctors should discuss CBD use with their fibromyalgia patients.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #505050;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><h1 class="article-header__title smaller" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 300; line-height: 2.25rem; margin: 0px 0px 22px; min-height: 72px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">SOURCE: Cannabidiol Use for Fibromyalgia: Prevalence of Use and Perceptions of Effectiveness in a Large Online Survey</span></span></h1><span class="article-header__sub-title" face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: -9px;"></span><ul class="rlist loa inline-bullet-list ellipsis-dot" data-number-of-author="6" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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Williams">David A. Williams</a> </span><span class="article-header__publish-date bulleted" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span class="article-header__publish-date__label" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 5px;">Published:</span><span class="article-header__publish-date__value" style="box-sizing: border-box;">January 02, 2021</span></span><span class="article-header__doi bulleted" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span class="article-header__doi__label" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 5px;">DOI:</span><a class="article-header__doi__value" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2020.12.001" style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2); box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2020.12.001</a></span></div></li><li class="loa__item author" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqKf6ZK0AC-jssLO9-Qs0tWm5AiF5wBg6uAdBmLIR0wmcgtk-YQ3CxeF0e1HQ5AX2McbztdTVBXjolLIJ6TmtiMJWM6NqGlS7IuiiFv84a-wxNMB41YtEHP5ez4NwTnJhHioohDq-XNGo/s1500/CBD+for+fibromyalgia_.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="CBD for fibromyalgia survey results" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqKf6ZK0AC-jssLO9-Qs0tWm5AiF5wBg6uAdBmLIR0wmcgtk-YQ3CxeF0e1HQ5AX2McbztdTVBXjolLIJ6TmtiMJWM6NqGlS7IuiiFv84a-wxNMB41YtEHP5ez4NwTnJhHioohDq-XNGo/w266-h400/CBD+for+fibromyalgia_.png" title="Does CBD help fibromyalgia?" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="dropBlock article-header__info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin-top: 0px; position: relative;"><br /></div></li><li class="loa__item author" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex;"><div class="dropBlock article-header__info" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin-top: 0px; position: relative;"><br /></div></li></ul>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-45259302265122188822021-02-02T04:37:00.008-08:002021-02-06T23:23:38.650-08:00Tinnitus and fibromyalgia <p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, is something I have lived with for over 20 years but never realized it was connected to fibromyalgia. In this post I share how tinnitus feels to me and what I have discovered about tinnitus in fibromyalgia. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ePCUXz6uOyFnChEMo807L0DQcH8-PlueXAcjKOC_rOKZLlrQhdPki4lzvoVRitWZCvDs2DfylDs0Pf9veFW7ce03MAUPHbmPAj72Xe5CCg_h6JWPvZMBAd3cxRq6FcaZN9RGKj2UNeWr/s1024/symptoms+%25282%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="are fibromyalgia and tinnitus connected?" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ePCUXz6uOyFnChEMo807L0DQcH8-PlueXAcjKOC_rOKZLlrQhdPki4lzvoVRitWZCvDs2DfylDs0Pf9veFW7ce03MAUPHbmPAj72Xe5CCg_h6JWPvZMBAd3cxRq6FcaZN9RGKj2UNeWr/w400-h200/symptoms+%25282%2529.png" title="are tinnitus and fibromyalgia connected" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>What is Tinnitus?</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span></span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span></span><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #202124;">Tinnitus</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124;"> isn't a condition itself — it's a symptom of an underlying condition, such as age-related hearing loss, ear injury or a circulatory system disorder. <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tinnitus/symptoms-causes/syc-20350156#:~:text=Tinnitus%20is%20the%20perception%20of,or%20a%20circulatory%20system%20disorder." target="_blank">MAYO CLINIC</a></span></span></p></blockquote><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Tinnitus Symptoms</span></h2><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Tinnitus involves the sensation of hearing sound when no external sound is present. Tinnitus symptoms may include these types of phantom noises in your ears:</span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #111111; margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; padding: 0px 0px 24px;"><li style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Ringing</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Buzzing</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Roaring</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Clicking</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Hissing</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Humming</span></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; color: #111111; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The phantom noise may vary in pitch from a low roar to a high squeal, and you may hear it in one or both ears. In some cases, the sound can be so loud it can interfere with your ability to concentrate or hear external sound. Tinnitus may be present all the time, or it may come and go.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>My Experience With Tinnitus. </b>(originally written in 2009)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Listen! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">There are a thousand chirping birds in my head most nights. In the day they reduce to a high pitched group of crickets singing in unison. I am a nature lover but this is ridiculous.</span></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Some people might think it would be lovely to listen to these constant companions but I wish they would get out of my head and leave me in peace and quiet. They are sometimes so loud it is difficult to hear other things like what the children are trying to say to me.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I think people who have tinnitus may become lip readers without really knowing it. I noticed this when a new doctor was speaking and I had to work really hard to listen as I could not read her lips - she had a strong accent which makes lip reading difficult to the novice. I have only had tinnitus constantly for 6 years now. It is just added to my list of symptoms and no doctor (in the many that I see) has ever investigated it further.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To tell the truth it is only really annoying on those nights when I <a href="http://notmydisease.blogspot.com/2009/04/oh-night-divine.html" style="color: #225588;">cannot get to sleep</a> easily and I lie there listening to the sound of a thousand chirping birds...</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #262626;">What I have found over the years is that the tinnitus is not getting worse. At first it seemed loud but my brain adjusted to it. Apparently I had “habituated” to it. My brain had decided to stop monitoring the sound. It was still there but it did not come to the foreground often. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #262626;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #262626;">Over the years I have noticed that certains foods make the tinnitus get louder for a period of about one day and then go back to it's "normal' level. For me those foods are salt, MSG and salicylates. I have always had food allergies though and the last two are part of those. This would not be the same for all people who have tinnitus. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #262626;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #262626;">I have also found that wearing headphones or earplugs is not pleasant as it make me focus on the ringing sound. Also loud music is an annoyance. This seems contradictory, as you would expect that someone with tinnitus does not hear loud music as clearly as someone without it but many people with tinnitus, including musicians, have remarked on this same experience. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>What I have found out about Tinnitus and Fibromyalgia.</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="color: #030303; letter-spacing: 0.8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">People with fibromyalgia are 4.5 more likely to suffer from hearing loss than other people, according to a Norwegian study.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="color: #030303; letter-spacing: 0.8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #030303; letter-spacing: 0.8px;"><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10067-013-2287-2" target="_blank"><b>A 2013 study</b></a> tried to work out </span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white;">how fibromyalgia and ear problems are related. </span><span style="background-color: white;">The researchers came to the conclusion that </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span>onset of ear fullness may be associated not with abnormal findings in the middle and inner ear function tests but with other causes, such as central desensitization. </span><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is when you have </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;">an overly sensitive nervous system.</span><span style="color: #444444;"> This nervous system is never truly at rest both in tinnitus and fibromyalgia. This maybe why fatigue is reported in people with both conditions. </span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUCHTUsJ5YMRTSaxz5tbv_bbcxS2VYx0S6iWXAsAMp2mMM9zU-aDOCD_Eh4AWfXAfjPdUOq5v62_Vq4jtNhHgQ-9N7hj0UZkcJbDNmL6rwg2Q-g5f1E8HMlYDV5pQlr4QJt3Ld6PNbU_T/s750/tinnitus-attention-neurosciencenws-public.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUCHTUsJ5YMRTSaxz5tbv_bbcxS2VYx0S6iWXAsAMp2mMM9zU-aDOCD_Eh4AWfXAfjPdUOq5v62_Vq4jtNhHgQ-9N7hj0UZkcJbDNmL6rwg2Q-g5f1E8HMlYDV5pQlr4QJt3Ld6PNbU_T/w400-h320/tinnitus-attention-neurosciencenws-public.jpg" title="The inner ear" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #030303; letter-spacing: 0.8px;"><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32881903/" rel="nofollow"><b>A 2020 study</b> </a>found</span><span style="color: #212121;"> that fibromyalgia influences hearing loss and is in line with the hypothesis that the FM mechanism is related to a central nervous system abnormality in sensory processing. Due to these findings doctors should be screening for the risk of hearing loss in people with fibro.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #212121;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The ear has 20,000-30,000 hair cells, the nerve endings responsible for carrying the electrical impulses through the auditory nerve to the brain. This is a complex system. </span></span>There is much that the world of science has yet to discover about the inner ear and it's connection to the nervous system, tinnitus and also fibromyalgia. </span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: large;"><b>Recommendations for those with tinnitus.</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: large;">Do not presume that your tinnitus is caused by fibromyalgia as there are so many other reasons that you could have ringing in your ears. I</span><span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> highly recommended that you visit an Otologist (ear doctor) or Audiologist (hearing specialist) to make sure it is not the result of a serious medical problem.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #262626;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwNMkccT54OVh7dgBhlrrNOpoCC3xRj2AqASoeTxK5Xcq-UZXa2qlypecHr1TuA0GEHAtCT4Kzsx71Rvi6Eh7MOb4HCFTDfvtNSCF_FIT8c9Q0lKfavVWAv8FxcXXPrSa6T7L4OfQt_wr/s352/956.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="272" data-original-width="352" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwNMkccT54OVh7dgBhlrrNOpoCC3xRj2AqASoeTxK5Xcq-UZXa2qlypecHr1TuA0GEHAtCT4Kzsx71Rvi6Eh7MOb4HCFTDfvtNSCF_FIT8c9Q0lKfavVWAv8FxcXXPrSa6T7L4OfQt_wr/w400-h309/956.jpg" title="some causes of tinnitus" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/This_is_an_earful_that_nobody_wants" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">THANKS TO HARVARD HEALTH</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #212121;">Here is the recommendations from the very thorough <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00106-019-0633-7" target="_blank">2019 </a></span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333;"><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00106-019-0633-7" target="_blank">European guideline for tinnitus: diagnostics, assessment, and treatment</a> </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333;">Criteria for assessment and treatment of tinnitus.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKoj_HNqRTbrppcgiB9heusT18BO_tIk2JL6bwA_1smUzMrx5phnD4YQbPT7CCBUaQU3lRdd8a7O10xp_OZndIEs6k_zs8IQ3nVdCHG5aDSTr9s-nrMcXvKT3121fZeX-W09Fk3hjufFF7/s882/106_2019_633_Fig5_HTML.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="685" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKoj_HNqRTbrppcgiB9heusT18BO_tIk2JL6bwA_1smUzMrx5phnD4YQbPT7CCBUaQU3lRdd8a7O10xp_OZndIEs6k_zs8IQ3nVdCHG5aDSTr9s-nrMcXvKT3121fZeX-W09Fk3hjufFF7/w498-h640/106_2019_633_Fig5_HTML.png" title="Criteria for assessment and treatment of tinnitus." width="498" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px;">Do you have tinnitus? Do you know the cause of yours? I would love to hear from you! </span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px;">Also if you have a different kind of tinnitus with a whoosing sound you need to check out Katie's post about pulsatile tinnitus <b><a href="https://painfullyliving.com/2021/02/04/tinnitus-awareness-what-is-pulsatile-tinnitus/#respond" target="_blank">here</a>.</b> </span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFw8y5DIZRii7csEyP3omy1BdLW8zOo9jIW9dEaJGZ7uWnbFfEGJOUIC-hO1pycw1AwFncFw-XyrVXX4V1VaEXhUlKzdHaUP9Zd-zXjNWnJCQ4TWfmABce1i_Y3UpxK0M6990220XZzwl/s1102/tinnitus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="fibromyalgia and tinnitus" border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="735" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFw8y5DIZRii7csEyP3omy1BdLW8zOo9jIW9dEaJGZ7uWnbFfEGJOUIC-hO1pycw1AwFncFw-XyrVXX4V1VaEXhUlKzdHaUP9Zd-zXjNWnJCQ4TWfmABce1i_Y3UpxK0M6990220XZzwl/w426-h640/tinnitus.png" title="tinnitus and fibromyalgia" width="426" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-48767578689179169412021-01-07T19:05:00.007-08:002021-06-27T20:44:12.562-07:00The reality of fibromyalgia and other chronic pain conditions<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghlX5aRtFq4jdTFis81T1ynuaQ7Un-lcB6bf8MCDNV2-cmn0Jrbh7EApKnQLYKN32FI0XLcf-f9v6n9efS5Vfdjcaop4A6Hhup9lKIbEomYRke7X4X79PmEiXA2cdmEiyUe3U2PqJy92AD/s940/THE+reality+of+fibromyalgia.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The reality of fibromyalgia" border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghlX5aRtFq4jdTFis81T1ynuaQ7Un-lcB6bf8MCDNV2-cmn0Jrbh7EApKnQLYKN32FI0XLcf-f9v6n9efS5Vfdjcaop4A6Hhup9lKIbEomYRke7X4X79PmEiXA2cdmEiyUe3U2PqJy92AD/w400-h335/THE+reality+of+fibromyalgia.png" title="The reality of fibromyalgia and other chronic pain conditions" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br />Sometimes<span data-offset-key="c21as-1-0" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"> my body tells me not to do something, so I listen. But sometimes this is difficult... like when I am at the beach, with my grandsons, and the pain just hits me and I know I will be overdoing it just to drive home. <span><a name='more'></a></span></span></span><p></p><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="dn30g" data-offset-key="fs6hp-0-0" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fs6hp-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span data-offset-key="fs6hp-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">So what happens then? </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fs6hp-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span data-offset-key="fs6hp-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">My whole body, which only had minor aches and pains, goes into a three day flare. Most people do not understand this. </span></span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="dn30g" data-offset-key="8o10j-0-0" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8o10j-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span data-offset-key="8o10j-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">People with fibromyalgia understand that to just cope if we do one thing today we need to rest tomorrow. We are not lazy... we are living with an ongoing condition. </span></span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="dn30g" data-offset-key="cfe5f-0-0" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cfe5f-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span data-offset-key="cfe5f-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">What comes to mind is a sick animal, licking it's wounds. In nature this is an accepted thing. We humans need to understand this too. We live, day in and day out with chronic illness. Fibromyalgia is enough but many of us also have other chronic pain conditions. </span></span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="dn30g" data-offset-key="edu1f-0-0" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="edu1f-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span data-offset-key="edu1f-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">We need to look after ourselves and understand that many people, even the ones we live with, will just not ever understand. After all they cannot see the everything we feel on a daily basis. Fibromyalgia is after all a mostly invisible illness. Many illnesses are.</span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="edu1f-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span data-offset-key="edu1f-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="edu1f-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span data-offset-key="edu1f-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UAhyphenhyphenDYsXh3CRSfbKwaVN4qzjywdFY-1-mgxtr0e9GJRo6OqC2X3fDO7lsqXN0nQbVP23rjveF3LZsziVrP02mJtBevEguyy_R3O21MohqRVUgmsGUICxg15oC4lYeXoTK9mQP8rlNtRS/s1600/Fibro+Files+Twitter+Post.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Fibromyalgia is a mostly invisible illness." border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UAhyphenhyphenDYsXh3CRSfbKwaVN4qzjywdFY-1-mgxtr0e9GJRo6OqC2X3fDO7lsqXN0nQbVP23rjveF3LZsziVrP02mJtBevEguyy_R3O21MohqRVUgmsGUICxg15oC4lYeXoTK9mQP8rlNtRS/w400-h225/Fibro+Files+Twitter+Post.png" title="Fibromyalgia is after all a mostly invisible illness. Many illnesses are." width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="dn30g" data-offset-key="fp9er-0-0" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fp9er-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span data-offset-key="fp9er-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>So what can we do?</b> </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fp9er-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span data-offset-key="fp9er-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Practice compassion for ourselves, look after ourselves, set boundaries and don't feel guilty on the days we need to recover to our normal. Also realise that our normal is us working hard... our bodies and brains are getting a constant workout. No wonder we are beyond tired!</span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fp9er-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span data-offset-key="fp9er-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fp9er-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span data-offset-key="fp9er-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXI7N-R6TdPkHP5ORvX0CMbtZB6W5e216AWRp2rX9HFlAs7ovlqshEsIgxT60_L9-BDf9ox22FcfLT04ybHgHxzabgm6Bsdek97VY_u9u37GhpBMzjz8TxRDqUkKHPYmgDJzH1NgwGu_Z/s1600/Fibro+Files+Twitter+Post+%25281%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXI7N-R6TdPkHP5ORvX0CMbtZB6W5e216AWRp2rX9HFlAs7ovlqshEsIgxT60_L9-BDf9ox22FcfLT04ybHgHxzabgm6Bsdek97VY_u9u37GhpBMzjz8TxRDqUkKHPYmgDJzH1NgwGu_Z/w400-h225/Fibro+Files+Twitter+Post+%25281%2529.png" title="what can you do when you have to keep going in this world of people expecting us to be normal" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="dn30g" data-offset-key="d9j81-0-0" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d9j81-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span data-offset-key="d9j81-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>So what can you do</b> when you have to keep going in this world of people expecting us to be normal?</span></span></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="dn30g" data-offset-key="f4n0h-0-0" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f4n0h-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><ul style="color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li><span data-offset-key="f4n0h-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Schedule rest days or if this is not possible rest hours.</span></span></li></ul><ul style="color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Stock the pantry and freezer with foods that everyone in your house can easily prepare.</span></li></ul><ul style="color: #050505; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Turn off your phone.</span></li></ul></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="dn30g" data-offset-key="9qihh-0-0" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9qihh-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span data-offset-key="9qihh-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Put a do not disturb sign on the room of your door.</span></span></li></ul></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9qihh-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span data-offset-key="9qihh-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">If you have children create a backpack or box that only comes out on these special rest times, stocked with activities that your child can do on their own such as an age appropriate puzzle, art equipment, game, treat food and book. Tell the children that it is rest time and they can either have a nap or play quietly with these activities. </span></span></li></ul></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="dn30g" data-offset-key="cmm37-0-0" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cmm37-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span data-offset-key="cmm37-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Create your own rest day kit</b>: mine includes:</span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cmm37-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span data-offset-key="cmm37-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> a quiet clean room</span></span></li><li><span data-offset-key="cmm37-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a good book </span></span></li><li><span data-offset-key="cmm37-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08C21NYC3/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B08C21NYC3&linkCode=as2&tag=cowbochron-20&linkId=638dcd409cc35c5b9710cdb6a4ddf286" target="_blank"> silk eye mask </a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="//ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=cowbochron-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B08C21NYC3" style="border: none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /></b></span></span></li><li><span data-offset-key="cmm37-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a note pad and pen </span></span></li><li><span data-offset-key="cmm37-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a suduko book </span></span></li><li><span data-offset-key="cmm37-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://fibrofiles.blogspot.com/2020/02/my-experience-with-dandelion-coffee-to.html" target="_blank">my favourite drinks</a> </b></span></span></li><li><span data-offset-key="cmm37-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">tissues </span></span></li><li><span data-offset-key="cmm37-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a comfy pillow </span></span></li><li><span data-offset-key="cmm37-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">soft pj's and an even softer blanket. </span></span></li></ul></div></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" data-block="true" data-editor="dn30g" data-offset-key="3sg1i-0-0" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3sg1i-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><span data-offset-key="3sg1i-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Create your own first aid kit</b>: mine includes: </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3sg1i-0-0" style="animation-name: none; direction: ltr; position: relative; transition-property: none;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span data-offset-key="3sg1i-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a person I can ring or hug, </span></span></li><li><span data-offset-key="3sg1i-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">some strong pain killers, </span></span></li><li><span data-offset-key="3sg1i-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a heat pack, </span></span></li><li><span data-offset-key="3sg1i-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a cold pack, </span></span></li><li><span data-offset-key="3sg1i-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">some Rescue Remedy, </span></span></li><li><span data-offset-key="3sg1i-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Arnica cream for bumps and bruises</span></span></li><li><span data-offset-key="3sg1i-0-0" style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">a darkened room.</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I would love to know what else you would put in your rest day or first aid kit? Please let me know in the comments. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Since writing this post I have created a toolkit of sorts inside an amazon store where I have listed many of the things that help me cope with fibromyalgia. <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/shop/fibrobloggerdirectory?" target="_blank">Please visit my store here</a></b>. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi404ZVYcuQPb5-8OHXZHoEttSQa42GRezwVA1E_6Pv-lHju73t_u6nk-3jNab62ceOV6o8UfVlNDDf8Vi_PKeM5PUTrRe4dPQfg33DJ5Dj5JQu6L_eQOou6teVxFNtrz9QLCnN5biQyAkh/s1500/reality+of+fibromylgia.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><img alt="The reality of fibromyalgia" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi404ZVYcuQPb5-8OHXZHoEttSQa42GRezwVA1E_6Pv-lHju73t_u6nk-3jNab62ceOV6o8UfVlNDDf8Vi_PKeM5PUTrRe4dPQfg33DJ5Dj5JQu6L_eQOou6teVxFNtrz9QLCnN5biQyAkh/w426-h640/reality+of+fibromylgia.png" title="The reality of fibromyalgia and other chronic pain conditions" width="426" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-82383549669818558202020-11-27T23:48:00.013-08:002021-02-07T00:35:27.048-08:00Dry skin brushing<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHxdg1fAYZ6QuroCsAf0KaafaaJp_mkqv8SDR-PsLZ9agBe3qtY5Q5b-vuJTekDAGfK7Yms2UDzZXTTB0B9e2ne7CoBp6LGscbaRtsDKjzEcUEOb-pVe5EB9zmeie9IzyU2LX6EUxcJA/s1024/504fff625c13ef36b07fe10aa123a896.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="how to dry skin brush" border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHxdg1fAYZ6QuroCsAf0KaafaaJp_mkqv8SDR-PsLZ9agBe3qtY5Q5b-vuJTekDAGfK7Yms2UDzZXTTB0B9e2ne7CoBp6LGscbaRtsDKjzEcUEOb-pVe5EB9zmeie9IzyU2LX6EUxcJA/w400-h266/504fff625c13ef36b07fe10aa123a896.jpg" title="dry skin brushing technique" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white;">This article is about the ancient technique of skin brushing, how to do it and one of it's little know benefits</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">. <span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white;">So many of us with chronic illness have talked about</span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white;"> </span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; transition-property: none;"><span style="animation-name: none; font-weight: 600; transition-property: none;">ITCHINESS </span><span style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;">lately on our social media platforms</span></span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="background-color: white;">. We often put on creams and lotions to stop this issue but the thing that has helped me the most is skin brushing. For those who aren’t familiar with the technique, it involves daily body brushing with a dry, stiff-bristled brush.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwGXg3MOueWi1l9yXN0yqsIzpw7XW9u0t6zhYT_tMZO5FmoOTo8Dlj9kjwIDGHMSfFTjq96Rtod_nfUE1Bkp9gXzeCTEDDLspskiXVE3Tr74zhAYCecD1RTaeRsTizGdCHeF1x57Xzfrp/s768/Dry_brushing-798x418-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="dry skin brushing" border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="768" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwGXg3MOueWi1l9yXN0yqsIzpw7XW9u0t6zhYT_tMZO5FmoOTo8Dlj9kjwIDGHMSfFTjq96Rtod_nfUE1Bkp9gXzeCTEDDLspskiXVE3Tr74zhAYCecD1RTaeRsTizGdCHeF1x57Xzfrp/w400-h210/Dry_brushing-798x418-1.jpg" title="why and how of dry skin brushing" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left;">According to the Cleveland Clinic it </span><span style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left; transition-property: none;"><i style="animation-name: none; transition-property: none;"><b>"is wonderful for exfoliating dry winter skin. It also helps detoxify by increasing blood circulation and promoting lymph flow/drainage. Dry brushing unclogs pores in the exfoliation process. It also stimulates your nervous system, which can make you feel invigorated afterward."</b></i></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It also is the best thing for me in reducing itchiness and that's why it is my Product Of The Month!</span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I use a natural stiff-bristled brush with a long handle. The stiffness of the bristles is essential.</span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Also I do have peripheral neuropathy in my feet and find the skin brushing does NOT aggravate it. This obviously is something you would have to try for yourself and see how it goes. </span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHaxvajxjrbseNMBpc5HSQF4nc_Gs7HGJcaOp6wPQI_7Kw2wHHmCekOnlB4Unr86N_nHILcemBUXfecmb2U5BA-3-kv5cNv11zNZ_pGJajWe42coU2uwomXpJonQxyUn7q_-5VsirwruQ/s659/DryBrushChick.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="how to dry skin brush" border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="361" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHaxvajxjrbseNMBpc5HSQF4nc_Gs7HGJcaOp6wPQI_7Kw2wHHmCekOnlB4Unr86N_nHILcemBUXfecmb2U5BA-3-kv5cNv11zNZ_pGJajWe42coU2uwomXpJonQxyUn7q_-5VsirwruQ/w350-h640/DryBrushChick.png" title="dry skin brushing directions" width="350" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">When you live with chronic illness.</span></b></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For a variety of reasons including muscle weakness and muscle pain in the wrists or arms you may want to start slowly. By this I mean<b> just choose one area of the body to start to try skin brushing instead of doing the whole body</b>. This is how I started, just with the arms, and it was still beneficial. It reduced the itchiness on my arms, exfoliated the dead skin and got the pores breathing better, reduced the lumps and bumps, on my upper arms, and eventually even made my skin less dry. Over about 2 months I went from someone who would never show their upper arms in public to happily wearing singlet style tops. This was a big thing for me!</span></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Here is my morning skin brushing technique.</span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Use a <b>dry</b> brush on<b> dry</b> skin.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Avoid any broken skin areas or varicose veins.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Stroke moving towards the heart. Quick strokes are energizing. </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Repetition over the same area is fine. </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Start at the feet. Stroke on the bottom of the feet from the toes to the heel. Then on top of the feet and up the legs to the knees. Then long strokes from the knees up the thighs.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then work up the butt, on one side, to the small of your back and then the other side. </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then up the stomach area.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Start with the hands and do the same as moving up your legs ie strokes up the hands to the elbows and then from the elbows to the shoulders. Use very light pressure on the underarms. Some people suggest circular motions on the underarms. </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Be gentle with your neck and chest area. Start with the jaw and move<b> down </b>to the heart area. </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Now the back area - first using the brush in one hand, to reach as far as you can and then with the brush in the other hand.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Take a shower as usual but do NOT use body exfoliates because skin brushing has done that for you.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is a great short video that shows a mini version of my technique as it only does some areas of the body and does not show the back. For me the back and the arms are the most important areas to reduce itchiness. It is difficult to do the back yourself but the long handle of the brush really helps and the technique turns into just trying to reach all the areas of your back the best you can.</span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JJfFe18L7pQ" width="560"></iframe> </span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>How often should you brush?</b></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I brush every second day but some people suggest to do it every day. It's really up to you.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">In </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">Ayurvedic medicine, </span><em style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;">garshana or </em><span style="color: #333333;">dry brushing </span><span style="color: #333333;">is prescribed every morning to stimulate blood circulation,<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #454545;">refresh the skin and revive the mind</span><span style="color: #333333;">.</span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>How to clean your brush. </b></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">I wash my brush, once a week, in warm soapy water, and rinse it till all the soap is gone and then put it in the sun to dry completely. </span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Where to purchase a brush.</b></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">You can buy them at The Body Shop, some chemists/drugstores or on Amazon (where I am an affiliate) </span></span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" color="var(--primary-text)" style="animation-name: none; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QKH9GYV/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=cowbochron-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B07QKH9GYV&linkId=64a689157a5515bc55c95b2832720af8" target="_blank">Here is my affiliate link</a> to my favourite brush at the moment. B</span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">eing an affiliate means I would receive a tiny percentage if you purchase through this link <b>at no extra cost to you</b>. </span></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="bi6gxh9e" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; margin-bottom: 8px; transition-property: none;"><br /></div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QKH9GYV/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B07QKH9GYV&linkCode=as2&tag=cowbochron-20&linkId=632330a57816a3692bc9dc081c898bad" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=B07QKH9GYV&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL250_&tag=cowbochron-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="//ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=cowbochron-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B07QKH9GYV" style="border: none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I hope you will try skin brushing and that you find it an enjoyable part of your health routine. I would love to hear from you about your experiences. <div><br /><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApvGl0ABvCUDTHgSqkmQ9o_HLhuADwUQdVjwcWqkvD5TVgXQVWeq6ZOsW8R8JN-8WPa1O0VVMnBeGuJKGI0vSOy3xgaRWpbKa6koZjYotFvkQnfEIx20uELqctP4rzCRut2uiCwitMLA/s1500/skin+brushing+%25281%2529.png" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="skin brushing for health" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApvGl0ABvCUDTHgSqkmQ9o_HLhuADwUQdVjwcWqkvD5TVgXQVWeq6ZOsW8R8JN-8WPa1O0VVMnBeGuJKGI0vSOy3xgaRWpbKa6koZjYotFvkQnfEIx20uELqctP4rzCRut2uiCwitMLA/w426-h640/skin+brushing+%25281%2529.png" title="Dry skin brushing" width="426" /></a></div><div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div>Lee Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911261310514786271noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-46518245390381486022020-10-29T13:56:00.012-07:002021-09-13T00:26:54.143-07:00Fibromyalgia clinical trials 2020<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsbjzXA_O4LXe__FoG7RhMDdiWvTKNBlqI-p0vUe1zJab9PQANRh_77VAKNEr4XK2QBm0PinLV8S3oohb1RAmy3e6Txb5vwzwdOy95xiE62WIQjvLHu0kUPtrvWUUHWe8hK6A0sIgP7wa/s400/fibromyalgia+clinical+trials.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="fibromyalgia clinical trials from 2020" border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="400" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsbjzXA_O4LXe__FoG7RhMDdiWvTKNBlqI-p0vUe1zJab9PQANRh_77VAKNEr4XK2QBm0PinLV8S3oohb1RAmy3e6Txb5vwzwdOy95xiE62WIQjvLHu0kUPtrvWUUHWe8hK6A0sIgP7wa/w400-h225/fibromyalgia+clinical+trials.png" title="fibromyalgia clinical trials" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #646668; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Fibromyalgia medical research is being actively performed throughout the world. It gives us hope that we see new fibromyalgia clinical trials every few months because they are the first step in getting new evidence based treatments and even a possible understanding of what causes fibromyalgia. </span></div><div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #444444; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="wpb_wrapper" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #646668; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">This is the current list of clinical trials into <span style="background-color: transparent;">fibromyalgia</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">at <a href="http://ClinicalTrials.gov.">ClinicalTrials.gov.</a> which </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black;">is a resource provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.</span></span></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #646668; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #646668; line-height: 2; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">To add a fibromyalgia clinical trial to this list, please leave a comment below.</span></span></p><div class="feedzy-rss feedzy-f103ce2fc800f3a998c4095d957bfd58" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><ul style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #646668; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04603274?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=01%2F03%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Efficacy of Electroacupuncture in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome</a></span></span><div class="rss_content" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><small style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: block; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></small><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Conditions: Carpal Tunnel; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Pain; Pain Syndrome; Pain Syndrome Myofascial Interventions: Procedure: 8 sessions of electroacupuncture to the upper limb with carpal tunnel syndrome and 8 sessions of electroacupuncture to the healthy upper limb. Sponsors: Aretaieion University Hospital; University of West Attica; Lilian Voudouri Foundation. Recruiting</span></p></div></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04598243?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=01%2F03%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Treatment of Fibromyalgia and CFS With Ribose, Ashwagandha, Rhodiola, Licorice, Schisandra and Green Tea Extract</a></span></span><div class="rss_content" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><small style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: block; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></small><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Conditions: Fibromyalgia; CFSIntervention: Dietary Supplement: Smart Energy System. Sponsor: Practitioners Alliance Network. Recruiting</span></p></div></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04599348?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=01%2F03%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Treatment of CFS and Fibromyalgia With HRG 80 Red Ginseng</a></span></span><div class="rss_content" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><small style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: block; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></small><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Conditions: Fibromyalgia; CFSIntervention: Dietary Supplement: HRG 80 Red Ginseng Sponsor: Practitioners Alliance Network. Recruiting</span></p></div></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04571853?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=01%2F03%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">New Educational Tool for FM</span></a></span><div class="rss_content" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><small style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: block; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></small><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Condition: Fibromyalgia Interventions: Behavioral: PNE-explained group; Behavioral: PNE-read group; Behavioral: TAU groupSponsors: Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute; University of South Australia Recruiting</span></p></div></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04571528?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=01%2F03%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Effectiveness of VIRTUAL FIBROWALK STUDY</span></a></span><div class="rss_content" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><small style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: block; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></small><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Condition: FibromyalgiaInterventions: Behavioral: TAU + multicomponent treatment VIRTUAL FIBROWALK; Behavioral: Treatment as Usual (TAU); Behavioral: TAU + Physiotherapy part of VIRTUAL FIBROWALKSponsor: Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute. Recruiting</span></p></div></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04569968?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=01%2F03%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Expiratory Muscle Training in Stroke</span></a></span><div class="rss_content" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><small style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: block; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></small><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Conditions: Stroke; Mastication Disorder; Temporomandibular Disorders; Dysphagia; Stomatognathic Diseases Intervention: Other: Expiratory muscle trainingSponsor: Abant Izzet Baysal University. Recruiting</span></p></div></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04568798?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=01%2F03%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Efficacy of Sana Treatment in Fibromyalgia</span></a></span><div class="rss_content" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><small style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: block; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></small><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Condition: Fibromyalgia Intervention: Device: Sana Sham DeviceSponsors: Sana Health; Duke University. Recruiting</span></p></div></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04559906?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=01%2F03%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Spray Stretch Technique Versus Sustain Pressure for Trapezius Triggers</span></a></span><div class="rss_content" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><small style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: block; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></small><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Conditions: Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial; Mechanical Neck Pain Interventions: Combination Product: Spray and Stretch technique (Ethyl chloride); Other: Sustain pressure release. Sponsor: Riphah International University. Recruiting</span></p></div></li><li class="rss_item" style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; list-style: none; margin: 14.5px 14.5px 8px; padding: 15px 0px 25px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="title" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04554784?recrs=a&amp;cond=Fibromyalgia&amp;lupd_s=01%2F03%2F2020&amp;lupd_d=300" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #135a7d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Effectiveness of Bowen Therapy for Pain Management in Patients With Fibromyalgia</span></a></span><div class="rss_content" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><small style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: block; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></small><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Condition: Fibromyalgia Interventions: Other: Conventional; Procedure: Bowen Sponsors: Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital; Chinese University of Hong Kong. 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A Crossover, Controlled and Randomized Trial.</span></a></span><div class="rss_content" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><small style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: block; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></small><p style="background: transparent; border: 0px; line-height: 2; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Conditions: Myofascial Trigger Point Pain; Myofascial Pain; Myofascial Pain Syndrome; Neck PainInterventions: Other: Pressure Release technique; Other: Ischemic pressure technique. Sponsor: Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 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When you see or read a joke that relates to what you are experiencing, or have experienced, it makes you feel connected to a wider community as you see that others understand and are going through the same things.<br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Humor is a great tool for dealing with life's ups and downs. Being able to see the lighter side of things is a great skill for helping us overcome problems and research has shown that it can actually support both emotional and physical health.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Fibromyalgia (FM) is one of the most common musculoskeletal pain conditions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Although the cause of FM is still unknown, mitochondrial dysfunction and the overproduction of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI) are common characteristics in its development. ROI's play diverse roles in inflammation</span></div>
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<span style="color: #717171; font-family: inherit;"><i>Mitochondria are the “energy factory” of our body. Mitochondrial diseases are long-term, genetic, often inherited disorders that occur when mitochondria fail to produce enough energy for the body to function properly. <a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15612-mitochondrial-diseases" target="_blank">CLEVELAND CLINIC </a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The reserpine experimental model can induce FM-related symptoms in rodents by depleting biogenic amines. However, it is unclear whether reserpine causes other processes associated with the disease characteristics of FM. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So far, no one has investigated the relevance of mitochondrial dysfunction in the reserpine-induced experimental FM model using protection- and insult-based mitochondrial modulators. </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mitochondria are the “energy factory” of our body. Several thousand mitochondria are in nearly every cell in the body. Their job is to process oxygen and convert substances from the foods we eat into energy. Mitochondria produce 90% of the energy our body needs to function.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Reserpine (1 mg/kg) was subcutaneously injected once daily for three consecutive days in male Swiss mice. We carried out analyses of reserpine-induced FM-related symptoms, and their modulation by using mitochondrial insult on ATP synthesis (oligomycin; 1 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) or mitochondrial protection (coenzyme Q10; 150 mg/kg/5 days, orally). We also evaluated the effect of reserpine on mitochondrial function using high-resolution respirometry and oxidative status. </span></div>
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These symptoms were consistent with the clinical symptoms of FM. They did not induce body weight and temperature alterations or motor impairment.<br />
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Reserpine-induced FM-related symptoms were increased by oligomycin and <b>reduced by <a href="https://jmckenziend.wordpress.com/2018/09/28/coq10-a-tested-solution-for-fibro-fatigue/" target="_blank">coenzyme Q10 treatment</a>. </b></div>
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Reserpine caused mitochondrial dysfunction by negatively modulating the electron transport system and mitochondrial respiration (ATP synthesis) mainly in oxidative muscles and the spinal cord. </div>
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These results support the role of mitochondria in mediating oxidative stress and FM symptoms in this model. In this way, reserpine-inducing mitochondrial dysfunction and increased production of ROI contribute to the development and maintenance of nociceptive, fatigue, and depressive-like behaviours.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/934041" target="_blank">Chronic Pain May Be Effectively Treated Using Placebo Effect</a>: </b>60 patients with osteoarthritis and 79 patients with fibromyalgia as well as 98 healthy individuals were given an inert cream to be applied on their forehand. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 25.008px;">Pavankumar Kamat, </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">“Our interest lies in examining and comparing the risk of self-harm in specific rheumatological conditions (ankylosing spondylitis, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis),” James A. Prior, BSc, MSc, PhD, of Keele University, in Staffordshire, UK.</span></span></h2>
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Goodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327466039696984294noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375867318899850.post-70083607629523617202020-06-09T01:29:00.000-07:002020-06-09T14:33:13.687-07:00Basic Body Awareness Therapy for patients with fibromyalgia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The non-pharmacological management of Fibromyalgia (FM) has been the focus in many studies recently and seems to have a stronger impact on symptoms and quality of life than pharmacologic treatment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />New psychological support therapy showing promising results in FM includes virtual Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT). <br />BBAT is a movement awareness training programme that teaches patients how to correctly move, increasing awareness of body coordination. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">They are everyday movements such as sitting, standing, walking, and lying down and standing up. The movements are simple, small and soft, and are meant to foster more functional movement quality and habits.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">IMAGE thanks to <a href="https://amberlifeclinic.eu/basic-body-awareness-therapy/" target="_blank">Amber Life Clinic </a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In a randomised study, 20 FM patients assigned to BBAT and followed-up for 24 weeks showed a significant reduction in pain and anxiety scale scores compared to 21 people in the control group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">Introduction</b><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">: The aim of the study was to assess whether Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT) improves musculoskeletal pain, movement quality, psychological function, and quality of life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">Methods</b><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">: The effects of BBAT in addition to treatment as usual (TAU) were studied in a randomized controlled trial. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">Forty-one patients were randomly assigned to a control group (</span><i style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">n</i><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;"> = 21) and an intervention group (</span><i style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">n</i><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;"> = 20). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">Both groups received TAU including pharmacological therapy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">The intervention group took part in 10 BBAT sessions. Outcome variables were measured regarding pain, movement quality, psychological function, and quality of life. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">Outcome measures were assessed before intervention, in post test, and in follow-ups at 12 and 24 weeks. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">Results</b><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">: The BBAT group showed significant improvement in 'pain' after the testing </span><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">and in 'movement quality' from baseline to 24 weeks. </span><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">Within the group analysis showed significant improvements in the SF-36 body pain subscale at 12 and 24 weeks</span><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">, Hospital Anxiety Depression scale in anxiety subscale at 12 weeks</span><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory anxiety questionnaire at 12 and 24 weeks</span><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">, and STAI state at 12 and 24 weeks</span><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">Conclusion</b><span style="color: #212121; line-height: 24px; white-space: normal;">: This study showed that BBAT is an effective intervention in patients suffering from fibromyalgia in relation to pain, movement quality, and anxiety.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">BBAT has also shown significant effects in areas such as: </span></div>
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<li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><strong>Stroke</strong> (Lindvall, Anderzén, Carlsson, and Forsberg, 2016), </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><strong>Rheumatic diseases</strong> (Olsen and Skjaerven, 2016), </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><strong>Traumatized refugees</strong> (Madsen, Carlsson, Nordbrandt, and Jensen, 2016; Stade, Skammeritz, Hjortkaer, and Carlsson, 2015), </span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><strong>Major depression</strong> (Danielsson and Rosberg, 2015), </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><strong>Chronic whiplash associated disorders</strong> (Seferiadis, Ohlin, Billhult, and Gunnarsson, 2016), </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><strong>Eating disorders</strong> (Catalan- Matamoros, 2007; Catalan-Matamoros et al., 2011; Thörnborg and Mattsson, 2010), </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><strong>Borderline personality disorders</strong> (Skatteboe, Friis, Hope, and Vaglum, 1989), </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><strong>Chronic pelvic pain</strong> (Mattsson, Wikman, Dahlgren, and Mattsson, 2000; Mattsson et al., 1997, 1998; Olsen et al., 2017), </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><strong>Long-lasting chronic pain </strong>(Bergström, Ejelöva, Mattsson, and Stålnacke, 2014)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">FM RESEARCH SOURCE: BRAVO C, SKJAERVEN LH, ESPART A, GUITARD SEIN-ECHALUCE L, CATALAN-MATAMOROS D: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324926375_Basic_Body_Awareness_Therapy_in_patients_suffering_from_fibromyalgia_A_randomized_clinical_trial" target="_blank">Basic Body Awareness Therapy in patients suffering from fibromyalgia</a>: A randomized clinical trial. Physiotherapy Theory Pract. 2018.</span></div>
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<span class="in"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.iatbbat.com/basic-body-awareness-therap.html" target="_blank">International Association of Teachers in Basic Body Awareness Therapy</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://fysioterapeuten.no/Fag-og-vitenskap/Fagartikler/Basic-Body-Awareness-Therapy-BBAT-Movement-Awareness-Everyday-Movements-and-Health-Promotion-in-Physiotherapy" target="_blank">Fysioterapeuten</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;"><a href="https://www.clinexprheumatol.org/article.asp?a=13903" target="_blank">One year in review 2019:</a> fibromyalgia</span></div>
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