ME/CFS South Australia Inc supports the needs of sufferers of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and related illnesses. We do this by providing services and information to members. Disclaimer ME/CFS South Australia Inc aims to keep members informed of various research projects, diets, medications, therapies, news items, etc. All communication, both verbal and written, is merely to disseminate information and not to make recommendations or directives. Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed on this Web site are not necessarily the official views of the Society or its Committee and are not simply an endorsement of products or services. |
|
|||||||||||
Small-Fiber Polyneuropathy Could Be The Answer Some Fibromyalgia Patients Are SeekingSunday 1 April 2018
Small-Fiber Polyneuropathy Could be the Answer Some Fibromyalgia Patients are Seeking We’ve all been told fibromyalgia is a diagnosis of exclusion, but how thorough was your doctor in ruling out other conditions that mimic fibromyalgia? I’m sure we were all tested for rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, hypothyroidism, anemia and maybe Lyme disease, if we were lucky. But I bet there’s one test most of our doctors skipped: a skin biopsy for small-fiber polyneuropathy (SFPN). SFPN is a neurological condition that causes chronic widespread pain and affects autonomic functions in the body, such as heart rate, blood pressure and sweating. Multiple studies have confirmed SFPN is extremely common in fibromyalgia patients. But Anne Louise Oaklander, associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and director of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Nerve Unit, doesn’t think SFPN is just a comorbidity of fibromyalgia; her research suggests SFPN may actually be the cause of fibromyalgia in some patients.
blog comments powered by Disqus |
||||||||||||
|
Registered Charity 3104
Email:
sacfs@sacfs.asn.au
Mailing address:
PO Box 322,
Modbury North,
South Australia 5092
Phone:
1300 128 339
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday,
10am - 4pm
(phone)