Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue
Impact of Polypharmacy on Candidate Biomarker miRNomes for the Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Striking back on Treatments
... To locate experimental work aimed at studying miRNA profiles in FM or ME/CFS, a bibliographic search following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta- Analyses criteria (PRISMA)[58] was performed ...
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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
... than fibromyalgia or CFS was ...cause fatigue; alcohol or other substance abuse within 2 years prior to onset of the chronic fatigue and any time afterward; and a body mass index ...
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The link between idiopathic intracranial hypertension, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome: exploration of a shared pathophysiology
... patients. Papilledema is caused by forced filling of the optic nerve sheath with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Other common but underappreciated symptoms of IICH are neck pain, back pain, and radicular pain in the arms and ...
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Assessment of Value of Fatigue Severity and Symptoms in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia
... of fatigue and to differentiate CFS/ME patients from healthy ...controls. Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) which was originally developed for multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus patients [15] is ...
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Gross and fine motor function in fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome
... Statistical analyses were performed in SPSS (Version 22; IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY, USA). Data were inspected for normal distribution by graphical inspection of residuals in P-P and Q-Q plots and for skewness and ...
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Cytokines across the Night in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with and without Fibromyalgia
... Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a medically unexplained illness lasting at least 6 months and characterized by severe fatigue that produces a substantial reduction in activity accom- panied by at ...
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Functional impairment in chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and multiple chemical sensitivity
... government-funded, academically affiliated clinic in Ontario that is provincially mandated to provide assess- ment of patients with complex, chronic environmentally linked conditions. Patients are referred by ...
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Sleep structure and sleepiness in chronic fatigue syndrome with or without coexisting fibromyalgia
... Subsequently, each research subject underwent a complete medical history and physical examination, including a tender point evaluation, and a psychiatric diagnostic interview (Quick Diagnostic Interview Schedule, Q-DIS), ...
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Lack of evidence for retroviral infections formerly related to chronic fatigue in Spanish Fibromyalgia patients
... a chronic fatigue condition, both of which are currently retracted, some other groups of researchers have also reported positive amplification of murine gamma retrovirus sequences in human ...
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Perfectionism and maladaptive coping styles in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome and fibromyalgia/arthritis and in healthy controls.
... in chronic fatigue syndrome: Is there a distinction between adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism? Psychiatry Res ...with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Relationship with severity of ...in ...
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Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia in diagnosed sleep disorders: a further test of the ‘unitary’ hypothesis
... The second discussion point has to do with the issue of ruling out underlying SDB as a possible, but unappreci- ated, cause of apparent chronic fatigue syndrome. Current guidelines do not recommend a formal ...
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Psychosocial perspectives in the treatment of pediatric chronic pain
... explain chronic painful conditions that present in the pediatric population, which are often referred to as med- ically unexplained syndromes (MUS) ...juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome (JFMS), chronic ...
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Lifestyle-oriented non-pharmacological treatments for fibromyalgia: a clinical overview and applications with home-based technologies
... Abstract: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a persistent and disabling widespread pain condition often accompanied by chronic fatigue, cognitive problems, sleep disturbance, depression, anxiety, and ...
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Developments in the scientific and clinical understanding of fibromyalgia
... Viral agents, including hepatitis C and HIV, have been associated with FM on epidemiological and clinical grounds [33,34]. In particular cases, such as Lyme disease and HIV, obvious overlap of clinical manifestations can ...
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A test of the adaptive network explanation of functional disorders using a machine learning analysis of symptoms
... The adaptive network theory has been used to explain diseases[38,39] and the functional disorders which are the focus of this paper, in particular, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia ...
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<p>Psychological impact of fibromyalgia: current perspectives</p>
... may antecede the development of FMS and other chronic conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome. Early stress in human development could alter stress mechanisms, leading to increased vulnerability to ...
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The Effectiveness of the Mitchell Method Relaxation Technique for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia Symptoms: A Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial
... The age of participants ranged from 37 to 69 years. Participants were predominantly Caucasian (90%) and female (93.7%). The demographic characteristics are presented in Table 1. Frequencies of co-morbidities and gender ...
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Migraine headaches in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): Comparison of two prospective cross-sectional studies
... Methods: Subjects in Cohort 1 (HC = 368; CFS = 203) completed questionnaires about many diverse symptoms by giving nominal (yes/no) answers. Cohort 2 (HC = 21; CFS = 67) had more focused evaluations. They scored symptom ...
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Resistance exercise improves physical fatigue in women with fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial
... However, fatigue is a complex symptom that interacts with several other common FM ...general fatigue in patients with FM, especially in non-pharmacological studies [15, ...16]. Fatigue has been shown ...
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Fatigue in fibromyalgia: a conceptual model informed by patient interviews
... their fatigue. Men and women described the fatigue experience and its impact in much the same ...although fatigue was frequently and spontaneously reported in all three countries, US participants ...
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