Fibromyalgia

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Fibromyalgia

General Information

NEWS:

'I Hurt All Over'

ARTICLES:

An Epidemic of Pain?

Could You Have Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia among friends.

Fibromyalgia: Real or Imagined?

Fibromyalgia: Summaries of Research

Fibromyalgia: the answer is blowin' in the wind.

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

A link between irritable bowel syndrome and fibromyalgia may be related to findings on lactulose breath testing. (Ann Rheum Dis)

Basal circadian and pulsatile ACTH and cortisol secretion in patients with fibromyalgia and/or chronic fatigue syndrome. (Brain Behav Immun)

Benefit of ribose in a patient with fibromyalgia. (Pharmacotherapy)

Body pain area and pain-related negative affect predict clinical pain intensity in patients with fibromyalgia. (J Pain)

[Chronic widespread pain and tender points in low back pain: a population-based study] (Z Rheumatol)

Collagen and muscle pathology in fibromyalgia patients. (Rheumatology (Oxford))

Comorbidity of fibromyalgia and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in a community sample of women. (Pain Med)

Cortisol and hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis hormones in follicular-phase women with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome and effect of depressive symptoms on these hormones. (Arthritis Res Ther)

Cyclic alternating pattern: a new marker of sleep alteration in patients with fibromyalgia? (J Rheumatol)

Effectiveness of exercise in management of fibromyalgia. (Curr Opin Rheumatol)

Evidence for spinal cord hypersensitivity in chronic pain after whiplash injury and in fibromyalgia. (Pain)

Evidence of augmented central pain processing in idiopathic chronic low back pain. (Arthritis Rheum)

Family study of fibromyalgia. (Arthritis Rheum)

[Fibromyalgia] (Schmerz)

Fibromyalgia as a sympathetically maintained pain syndrome. (Curr Pain Headache Rep)

Fibromyalgia in men: comparison of psychological features with women. (J Rheumatol)

Fibromyalgia pain: do we know the source? (Curr Opin Rheumatol)

Fibromyalgia syndrome in women. (Nurs Clin North Am)

[Fibromyalgia syndrome--pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment problems] (Pol Merkuriusz Lek)

Fibromyalgia: present to future. (Curr Pain Headache Rep)

Fibromyalgia syndrome: review of clinical presentation, pathogenesis, outcome measures, and treatment. (J Rheumatol Suppl. 2005)

Fibromyalgia: the gastrointestinal link. (Curr Pain Headache Rep)

[Functional somatic pain syndromes: summary of hypotheses of their overlap and etiology] (Schmerz)

History of fibromyalgia: past to present. (Curr Pain Headache Rep)

Hypervigilance to pain in fibromyalgia: the mediating role of pain intensity and catastrophic thinking about pain. (Clin J Pain)

Inspiratory airflow dynamics during sleep in women with fibromyalgia. (Sleep)

Is female predominance in irritable bowel syndrome related to fibromyalgia? (Rheumatol Int)

Management of fibromyalgia syndrome. (JAMA)

Menstrual cycle influences on pain and emotion in women with fibromyalgia. (J Psychosom Res)

Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy With Lactic Acidosis and Strokelike Episodes (MELAS): A Mitochondrial Disorder Presents as Fibromyalgia (South Med J)

Pain catastrophizing and neural responses to pain among persons with fibromyalgia. (Brain)

Pain, psychological variables, sleep quality, and natural killer cell activity in midlife women with and without fibromyalgia. (Brain Behav Immun)

Peripheral effects of needle stimulation (acupuncture) on skin and muscle blood flow in fibromyalgia. (Eur J Pain)

Post-traumatic stress disorder among patients with chronic pain and chronic fatigue. (Psychol Med)

Prevalence of fear of pain and activity in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome. (J Pain)

Pressure pain thresholds of tender point sites in patients with fibromyalgia and in healthy controls. (Eur J Pain)

Psychological stress and fibromyalgia: a review of the evidence suggesting a neuroendocrine link. (Arthritis Res Ther)

Recovery from fibromyalgia - previous patients' own experiences. (Disabil Rehabil)

[Stress and autonomic dysregulation in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome] (Schmerz)

The Prevalence and Clinical Impact of Reported Cognitive Difficulties (Fibrofog) in Patients With Rheumatic Disease With and Without Fibromyalgia (JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology)

The relationship of temporomandibular disorders and fibromyalgia: implications for diagnosis and treatment. (Curr Pain Headache Rep)

Vitamin D: importance in the prevention of cancers, type 1 diabetes, heart disease, and osteoporosis. (Am J Clin Nutr)

INTERNET SITES:

NIH-Fibromyalgia

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NIH-Medical Encyclopedia Fibromyalgia

NIH-NIAMS Questions and Answers About Fibromyalgia

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