Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarthritis (OA), and fibromyalgia (FM) are common disabling and distressing conditions illustrating the production, amplification, and maintenance of pain by inflammation, altered joint structure, and central pain mechanisms. Addressing joint pathology might not alone resolve...
Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia Medically Reviewed by David Zelman, MD on April 23, 2025 Written by Sharon Liao What's the Link? Getting the Right Diagnosis Treatment Options 4 min read Your joints are swollen and stiff. Your muscles also ache, and you're exhausted. Are these symptoms...
Disease activity, resilience and health-related quality of life in Chinese patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a multi-center, cross-sectional study. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2017Jul24;15(1):149. Disclosure of Interests None declaredAccess through your organization Check access to the full text ...
Alternative medicine and supplements may help in some cases, but what makes physiotherapy and alternative medicine so attractive is that it may help in both rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia. Treatment approach to fibromyalgia In fibromyalgia, both medications and non-pharmacological treatments have equ...
Are rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia different conditions? Yes, they are very different. RA is an autoimmune condition primarily affecting the joints. Fibromyalgia (FMS), on the other hand, is not a joint disease. Although patients with FMS experience significantmusculoskeletal pain, the pain is...
s physical manifestations and symptoms.23,24,25,26,27X-rays and laboratory tests can assist in the diagnosis or exclusion of some similar disorders, viz. lupus erythematosus, psoriatic arthritis, and fibromyalgia.28,29,30,31,32,33Since RA is incurable, it burdens individuals and society.34,35...
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population. However, whenMelo and Da-Silva (2012)compared patterns of cognitive decline in three chronic pain diseases: RA,fibromyalgia, and systemic lupus, although individuals with RA presented with impaired phonemic fluency and executive deficits where rather characteristic for patients with fibromyalgia...
OBJECTIVE: To compare the DAS28 (Disease Activity Score including a 28-joint count) values of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and fibromyalgia (FM) patients, and to establish whether high pain levels and impaired mood influence DAS28 values. METHODS: DAS28 values were calculated in 62 consecutive pati...
Past research suggests that there is a positive relationship between pain and depression in those with fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis, and negative relationship between depression and family health. However, these relationships have not been examined together using hierarchical linear modeling. Particip...