Ongoing Fibromyalgia Research
Fibromyalgia continues to be controversial. Some healthcare providers still do not recognize it as a legitimate diagnosis. However, this continues to change as more research comes out. In addition, over the past several years we have seen more evidence that a multidisciplinary approach is best in order to obtain positive treatment outcomes. One such series of research studies by the National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA) can be found on our website on the News and Research Archive page, titled New Fibromyalgia Research.
Today I ran across new research showing patients with fibromyalgia experience a nervous system disorder. You can find this at http://www.sciencedaily.com and look for American Pain Society (2008, May 31). Fibromyalgia Pain Linked With Central Nervous System Disorder. Science Daily. I’m putting some highlights from this research below.
Consistent with prior research, the fibromyalgia subjects in the study showed greater sensitivity to auditory tones and reported higher sensitivity to daily sounds. Further, significant associations were observed between the auditory and pressure responses and support the claim that such abnormalities maybe related to a common pathophysiological mechanism. They also noted that fibromyalgia subjects perceived auditory stimuli to be of the same intensity as felt by control subjects, even though their actual intensity levels were lower.
The authors concluded their findings show that fibromyalgia is associated with a central nervous deficit in sensory processing. Further research is needed to examine mechanisms governing these perceptual abnormalities.
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