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BREAKING NEWS: Fibromyalgia Found to be a "Real Disease" Related to Blood Flow
posted:11/3/2008
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People with fibromyalgia have abnormal blood flow to particular areas in the brain, according to study results released today and reported at WebMD.com. Fibromyalgia symptoms include tiredness and widespread muscle pain. Diagnosis, treatment and insurance coverage are often elusive due to the condition's inability to be shown through blood tests or X-rays.
"Fibromyalgia may be related to a global dysfunction of cerebral pain-processing," study author Eric Guedj, M.D., of Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de la Timone, in Marseille, France, said in a news release reported on WebMD.com. "This study demonstrates that these patients exhibit modifications of brain perfusion [blood flow] not found in healthy subjects and reinforces the idea that fibromyalgia is a 'real disease/disorder.'"
Fibromyalgia is a common pain condition, according to a press release posted on www.massagemag.com, from FibroCenter.com. Studies indicate that at least 6 million Americans suffer from fibromyalgia, but estimates range as high as 10 to 12 million people. Between 80 and 90 percent of people diagnosed with fibromyalgia are women. Sufferers often turn to massage therapy to ease their pain, and
massage has been shown by research to decrease pain and improve sleep.
In this new study, 30 subjects20 women who had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and 10 healthy womenunderwent single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scans to measure blood flow.
"Fibromyalgia is frequently considered an 'invisible syndrome' since musculoskeletal imaging is negative," said Eric Guedj, M.D., and lead author of the study. "Past imaging studies of patients with the syndrome, however, have shown above-normal cerebral blood flow (brain perfusion) in some areas of the brain and below-normal in other areas. After performing whole-brain scans on the participants, we used a statistical analysis to study the relationship between functional activity in even the smallest area of the brain and various parameters related to pain, disability and anxiety/depression."
In their abstract, the researchers noted, "These results show that brain perfusion abnormalities in patients with fibromyalgia are correlated with the clinical severity of the disease."
Results of the study are published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
Karen Menehan, MASSAGE Magazine Editor in Chief
posted:11/3/2008
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People with fibromyalgia have abnormal blood flow to particular areas in the brain, according to study results released today and reported at WebMD.com. Fibromyalgia symptoms include tiredness and widespread muscle pain. Diagnosis, treatment and insurance coverage are often elusive due to the condition's inability to be shown through blood tests or X-rays.
"Fibromyalgia may be related to a global dysfunction of cerebral pain-processing," study author Eric Guedj, M.D., of Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de la Timone, in Marseille, France, said in a news release reported on WebMD.com. "This study demonstrates that these patients exhibit modifications of brain perfusion [blood flow] not found in healthy subjects and reinforces the idea that fibromyalgia is a 'real disease/disorder.'"
Fibromyalgia is a common pain condition, according to a press release posted on www.massagemag.com, from FibroCenter.com. Studies indicate that at least 6 million Americans suffer from fibromyalgia, but estimates range as high as 10 to 12 million people. Between 80 and 90 percent of people diagnosed with fibromyalgia are women. Sufferers often turn to massage therapy to ease their pain, and
massage has been shown by research to decrease pain and improve sleep.
In this new study, 30 subjects20 women who had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and 10 healthy womenunderwent single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scans to measure blood flow.
"Fibromyalgia is frequently considered an 'invisible syndrome' since musculoskeletal imaging is negative," said Eric Guedj, M.D., and lead author of the study. "Past imaging studies of patients with the syndrome, however, have shown above-normal cerebral blood flow (brain perfusion) in some areas of the brain and below-normal in other areas. After performing whole-brain scans on the participants, we used a statistical analysis to study the relationship between functional activity in even the smallest area of the brain and various parameters related to pain, disability and anxiety/depression."
In their abstract, the researchers noted, "These results show that brain perfusion abnormalities in patients with fibromyalgia are correlated with the clinical severity of the disease."
Results of the study are published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
Karen Menehan, MASSAGE Magazine Editor in Chief
I wish I knew just where all of any of these studies are being done. I would love to participate, and I dont care if I am being their guinea pig!! Someone, someday, somehow, has GOT TO FIND WHAT IS CAUSING THIS FOR SURE! Even if it was to cost me my life...to save at least just one other person from this pain and suffering...it would be worth it to me!!!!!!
Thanks again lady,
{{gentle hugs}}
Lori
the thing about us...if we do not touch an area because it is Sore, it actually becomes More sore, Tighter yet...that is why it is Instinctual within us to RUB a Sore Spot...we all do it...My Massage Therapist Holds Pressure on A Sore Spot...and I have applied this to self when doing self care at Home...instead of Rubbing Only, I Hold pressure to the spot, and within a short time I can Move that area with no stiffness...
I Know our Bodies must Process Pain Different...my MIL had a Toenail removed...kinda Hurt that night...she was Fine by the next day...it has Now been 4 days for me, yet my whole Foot is still on Fire...Bottom of Foot is Throbbing...to make the Throbbing GO AWAY, I have to Walk on it...applying Pressure to ALL Areas of my Foot...the Throbbing subsides, tho Temporarily...
Touch Thy self...Healthy self
I agree about the massages. Always feel better after one of those.