神經科學家發現纖維肌痛的疼痛源
纖維肌痛是一種使人衰弱的慢性疼痛，從脖子到肩膀，再到腰部以下、臀部、膝蓋，影響全世界數百萬人，尤其是女性，不是科學家所發現的『想像的疾病』。
醫生相信，纖維肌痛是一種想像跟心理上的病，多過於實際身體上的病。
現在有突破性的研究顯示，這種病不是想像的，實際上是由血管中神經纖維過多所造成的。
纖維肌痛其實是發生在『結締組織與肌肉的疼痛』，患有這種疾病的人同時有很多種類的症狀：身體疼痛，頭痛，失眠，胃部不適和僵硬。
美國神經病學家在以針刺非感官個人的手所發現的，他們針對自稱受苦於纖維肌痛的病人重複以針刺他們，發現稱為『小動脈（AV）』的神經管線數量誇張。 在發現這個之前，科學家相信小動脈控制血液細胞中的血流量，但現在研究人員知道，神經末梢與廣泛的身體疼痛之間存在著直接的關聯。
這項研究也解釋了為什麼受苦於纖維肌痛的人，手和身體其他的地方會極其敏感。因為這項突破性的發現，科學家可望發展針對這個疾病的治療方式。
Fibromyalgia, a debilitating, chronic pain that runs from the neck to the shoulders to the lower back to the hips to the knees and affects millions of people world wide, especially women, is not an ‘imaginary illness’ scientists have discovered.
Doctors were convinced that Fibromyalgia was more an imaginary and psychological disorder than an actual physical ailment.
Breakthrough research shows that the illness is not imaginary and is actually caused by an excess of nerve fibers in the blood vessels.
Fibromyalgia actually means “pain in connective tissue and muscles” and people who suffer from the illness report a variety of symptoms that occur at the same time: body pain, headache, sleeplessness, stomach problems and stiffness.
The study also explains why people suffering from Fibromyalgia have extremely oversensitive hands and other tender areas on the body.
Thanks to the breakthrough discovery, scientists are now hopeful they can develop treatment and possibly a cure for the illness.
Source: Pain Medicine, May 20, 2013. By Phillip J. Albrecht PhD, Quanzhi Hou MD PhD, Charles E. Argoff MD, James R. Storey MD, James P. Wymer MD PhD, and Frank L. Rice PhD. Integrated Tissue Dynamics, LLC, Rensselaer, New York, USA; Center for Neuropharmacology & Neuroscience, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA.
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