January 3, 2025 – fibromyalgia

Pain and Parenting with Fibromyalgia

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 admin

Are you a mother living with pain and trying to balance how to remain an effective parent? Many mothers, under normal circumstances, would agree that just being a mom is challenging enough in itself. A mother living with a chronic illness and pain may need every support system available. When the pain of fibromyalgia first set in I had no idea what was happening and where my life was headed. At first, my symptoms mimicked those of a normal mother — headaches, tired, overworked. Go figure. Mothering through pain was easier…

The Mitochondria Pt. 3: Could They be Causing the Pain in Fibromyalgia?

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 admin

The mitochondria have been featured more in and more post-infectious disease research. Health Rising’s first two overviews of recent mitochondrial findings featured long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Now we turn to fibromyalgia. Dysfunctional mitochondria can cause pain as well. The GIST Because we associate the mitochondria with extreme fatigue, exercise intolerance, and post-exertional malaise, we think of ME/CFS as the mitochondrial disease, not FM. The mitochondria do more than generate energy, though. Damaged mitochondria can also produce pain. Most people with heritable mitochondrial diseases suffer from chronic pain.…