Fibromyalgia and Pain Sensitivity
A few days ago, I shared a quote on my Dr. Fibro page having said that , "People with fibromyalgia are not just sensitive to pain; they also find loud noises, powerful odours, and bright lights aversive." 265 of you liked it and 292 of you shared it with your acquaintances and family! WOW!
The acclaim for that post convinced me to pen something to provide some additional information on this subject.
Muhammad Yunus of the University of Illinois School of Medicine noticed that fibromyalgia and other diseases have something in common - Central Sensitization (CS). Central Sensitization refers to an unusual and heightened sensitivity to discomfort occurring throughout the central nervous network. Even more than this , according to a FMS study printed back in Feb by the Book of Pain, "The more delicate you are to pressure felt on your body, the likelier you are also responsive to other stuff like sound."
As Yunus explains further, one big benefit to having the ability to give a name to this is that we can eventually lift fibromyalgia out of the dualistic, "in the body" or "in the head" mess because CS represents a FUNCTIONAL pathology.
It's NOT all in your head!!
When I say a functional pathology, I mean that your nerve system when mixed with CS, is working in a way that causes you to suffer. You can experience so much agony that you are disabled. This is an issue that shows TRUE Pain Sensitiveness and it isn't an emotional problem. We can be assured in this as a result of a NEW physiological measure of the degree of pain which is happening which does NOT depend on a verbal report from the patient. When using this measure, it becomes extraordinarily apparent that the sensitization to pain (CS) is more prevalent in a few people more than in others.
These contributors help doctors better understand fibromyalgia and other invisible sicknesses and honestly, most doctors need a wake-up call! Fibromyalgia is real and you are not making up your discomfort or your agony sensitivities!
The acclaim for that post convinced me to pen something to provide some additional information on this subject.
Muhammad Yunus of the University of Illinois School of Medicine noticed that fibromyalgia and other diseases have something in common - Central Sensitization (CS). Central Sensitization refers to an unusual and heightened sensitivity to discomfort occurring throughout the central nervous network. Even more than this , according to a FMS study printed back in Feb by the Book of Pain, "The more delicate you are to pressure felt on your body, the likelier you are also responsive to other stuff like sound."
As Yunus explains further, one big benefit to having the ability to give a name to this is that we can eventually lift fibromyalgia out of the dualistic, "in the body" or "in the head" mess because CS represents a FUNCTIONAL pathology.
It's NOT all in your head!!
When I say a functional pathology, I mean that your nerve system when mixed with CS, is working in a way that causes you to suffer. You can experience so much agony that you are disabled. This is an issue that shows TRUE Pain Sensitiveness and it isn't an emotional problem. We can be assured in this as a result of a NEW physiological measure of the degree of pain which is happening which does NOT depend on a verbal report from the patient. When using this measure, it becomes extraordinarily apparent that the sensitization to pain (CS) is more prevalent in a few people more than in others.
These contributors help doctors better understand fibromyalgia and other invisible sicknesses and honestly, most doctors need a wake-up call! Fibromyalgia is real and you are not making up your discomfort or your agony sensitivities!
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Dr. Steven Yen has been treating fibromyalgia naturally, without the use of drugs or surgery for patients in his private practice since 2002.Natural Fibromyalgia Treatment blogMore about Dr. Yen
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