Fibromyalgia

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Fibromyalgia is a musculoskeletal pain and fatigueoccurred in areas of the brain known to be
disorder for which the cause is widely debated.associated with pain and fibromyalgia patients
It’s estimated 2–4 percent of the U.Sreported pain at half the level of pressure that
population has fibromyalgia, with 9 out of 10caused the same feelings of pain amongst the
sufferers being women. Fibromyalgia is mainlyhealthy control group.
characterized by symptoms including pain, fatigue,These studies reveal there must be something
sleep disorders, depression, allergies and irritablewrong with the way the central nervous system
bowel syndrome.processes painful stimuli in people with fibromyalgia.
Even though fibromyalgia affects several millions ofMany fibromyalgia sufferers also have other diseases
people each year, the cause is unclear causing muchlike chronic fatigue syndrome or rheumatoid arthritis
controversy over the disorder. Many sufferers havewhere several systems of the body are affected like
done the rounds of doctors, specialists and testsimmune, nervous and muscular. Because of these
with nothing to show for it. To add insult to injurycomplexities medical management and treatment of
they have been dismissed with “it’s allfibromyalgia consist mainly of relief of discomfort,
in your head”.and improvement of quality of sleep, exercise and
But a new study should put to rest this controversy.emotional balance. However, the role of nutrition is
Fibromyalgia is a real and debilitating illness. Peopleoften overlooked.
who suffer from it often report pain all over theirResearch in the area of glycobiology which studies
bodies and the exhaustion is like dragging yourselfthe importance of a group of saccharides, called
through treacle. I know, because I suffered with itglyconutrients, which are essential to the health of
for 10 years.bodily systems is creating curiosity. Cells communicate
In this study researchers evaluated 20 womenutilizing 8 glyconutrients in various combinations. If a
diagnosed with fibromyalgia and 10 healthy womenperson is missing any of these important
without the condition.glyconutrients then cells cannot communicate
Researchers performed brain imaging called singleeffectively which leads to malfunctions in our bodily
photon emission computed tomography, or SPECT.systems.
They found women with the syndrome showedToday, scientific research has shown that optimized
blood flow abnormalities in their brains. Thenutrition has a beneficial effect on many disease
abnormalities were directly correlated with theconditions like fibromyalgia. In 2001 a study revealed
severity of disease symptoms and an increase infibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome patients
blood flow was found in the brain region known towho had consumed glyconutritional products for
discriminate pain intensity.nearly 3 years had the same functional level as
A similar study conducted several years ago hadhealthy persons for a variety of day-to-day activities.
nearly identical results. In this study fibromyalgiaI am proof of this study. Until 2005 I suffered with
patients underwent a brain scan known as functionalfibromyalgia for 10 years. I was unable to function
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while aneven with normal day-to-day activities spending the
instrument intermittently applied different levels ofmajority of my day in bed racked with pain. I started
pressure to their thumbnail.taking glyconutrients and within 8 weeks I was
All study participants received the same level ofsymptom free and have led a normal healthy life
pressure but blood flow increased much more in theever since.
brains of patients with fibromyalgia than those in the