Day: September 18, 2026

in brain of Fibromyalgia patients inflammantory glail cells seen to be overly activated in study Brain glial activation in fibromyalgia – a multi-site positron emission tomography investigation Abstract Fibromyalgia (FM) is a poorly understood chronic condition characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and cognitive difficulties. While mounting evidence suggests a role for neuroinflammation, no study has directly provided evidence of brain glial activation in FM. In this study, we conducted a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) study using [11C]PBR28, which binds to the translocator protein (TSPO), a protein upregulated in activated…

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I Am So Sick of Being Sick With Fibromyalgia Being sick when you have fibro is worse than anything I’m dealing with some sort of upper respiratory infection that started yesterday when I woke up with a painfully sore throat. I’ve had the flu, strep, and my period all at once before and that was terrible, I’ve also had mono, and covid (which was definitely worse than this in terms of fatigue). This shit has my body protesting any sort of movement. If the sore throat wasn’t bad enough. My…

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