Maybe it is all in your head – but in a very real way
November 24, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
People with fibromyalgia often have to fight a battle for recognition, recognition that they’re sick and recognition that their illness – fibromyalgia – is a true illness.
Thankfully, researchers aren’t giving up and are working hard at identifying the causes of fibromyalgia and trying to find different characteristics of the disorder so they can work on finding a cure.
According to the results of a small study published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, French researchers have found a pattern of abnormal blood flow in the brain of patients who have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Although they don’t know what it means in reality, the differences were clearly seen between 20 patients with fibromyalgia and 10 control subjects, people who didn’t have the disorder.
We still have a long way to go, but any breakthrough is hopeful.
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