Fibromyalgia: recent advances in diagnosis, classification, pharmacotherapy and alternative remedies

ME Maffei - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a syndrome that does not present a well-defined underlying organic
disease. FM is a condition which has been associated with diseases such as infections …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic challenges and management of fibromyalgia

AG Qureshi, SK Jha, J Iskander, C Avanthika, S Jhaveri… - Cureus, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The World Health Organization regards chronic pain to be a public health concern.
In clinical medicine, fibromyalgia (FM) is the most prevalent chronic widespread pain …

The role of neuro-immune interaction in chronic pain conditions; functional somatic syndrome, neurogenic inflammation, and peripheral neuropathy

E Meade, M Garvey - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Functional somatic syndromes are increasingly diagnosed in chronically ill patients
presenting with an array of symptoms not attributed to physical ailments. Conditions such as …

[HTML][HTML] The evolution of fibromyalgia, its concepts, and criteria

F Wolfe, JJ Rasker - Cureus, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Fibromyalgia developed in the 1950s from a substrate of difficult to explain regional and
widespread pain mixed with symptoms of psychosocial distress. Controversies regarding …

Intimate partner violence and the risk of developing fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome

JS Chandan, T Thomas, K Raza… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global public health issue with a variety of ill health
consequences associated with exposure. Due to the stimulation of chronic stress and …

Implication of the nociplastic features for clinical diagnosis of fibromyalgia: development of the preliminary Nociplastic‐Based Fibromyalgia Features (NFF) tool

B Ghavidel‐Parsa, A Bidari… - ACR open …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Nociplastic concept incorporates a broad continuum of pain phenotypes shared
with clinical peculiarity. This study aimed to develop and validate a diagnostic tool, the …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing the efficacy and safety of duloxetine and amitriptyline in the treatment of fibromyalgia: overview of systematic reviews

ÁD Farias, L Eberle, TA Amador… - Advances in …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Background: Duloxetine and amitriptyline are antidepressants used in the treatment of
fibromyalgia. In published systematic reviews, there is no agreement about which drug is …

Nociplastic pain concept, a mechanistic basis for pragmatic approach to fibromyalgia

A Bidari, B Ghavidel-Parsa - Clinical Rheumatology, 2022 - Springer
Nociplastic pain (NP), as a mechanistic term, denotes pain arising from altered nociception
without clear evidence of tissue or somatosensory damage. Fibromyalgia (FM), a …

Rapid biomarker-based diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome and related rheumatologic disorders by portable FT-IR spectroscopic techniques

S Yao, H Bao, SM Nuguri, L Yu, Z Mikulik… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FM), one of the most common illnesses that cause chronic
widespread pain, continues to present significant diagnostic challenges. The objective of …

Experiences of patients with fibromyalgia at a Finnish Health Centre: A qualitative study

A Varinen, T Vuorio, E Kosunen… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Fibromyalgia is a functional syndrome. Despite recent findings, there is still
considerable uncertainty about its diagnostic process. Objectives This study aimed to …