Is Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Actually Small Fiber Polyneuropathy?
Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM) produce so many symptoms that diagnosing them can be difficult for uninformed doctors. While we know that small fiber polyneuropathy (SFPN) (or small fiber neuropathy (SFN) commonly occurs in both these diseases,...
More is Not Better: Increased Small Nerve Fiber Problems in Fibromyalgia Spell Trouble
Some studies a field waits for – and this is one. The past nerve fiber studies in fibromyalgia (FM) have tended to be small and use different methods and criteria – making it difficult to be clear about the extent of the problem. When a field gets to a...
Is the Brain Causing the Small Fiber Neuropathy in Fibromyalgia (and ME/CFS?)
It seemed ever so clear. The reduction in the number of small nerves in the skin and eyes of roughly forty percent or so of the people with fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) must bring the body – as opposed to the brain – into play....
2018 Dysautonomia International Conference I: Small Fiber Neuropathy, POTS, MCAS and Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Surprises Off all the cities I drove through on the Vegas to Florida to D.C. to Nashville to Birmingham to Tuscaloosa to St Louis, Kansas City and then on to Denver, Nashville was the biggest surprise. It’s not a big city, but cranes are everywhere lifting new,...
An Easy Way to Tell if You Have Small-Fiber Neuropathy? The Fibromyalgia Symptom Study
Dr. Anne Oaklander didn’t just discover the small nerve fiber problems in fibromyalgia, she’s literally trying to build the small nerve fiber field from the bottom up. We can thank the NIH for that: it awarded her with a big ROI grant a couple of years ago...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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