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A member asked:
How is fibromyalgia pain measured; scale of 1-10? recent dx. does weather affect pain level?thanks.
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Yes and yes: We do use various self reporting pain scales like 1 - 10 to measure pain even though the diffuse pain from fibromyalgia may be vague and hard to put a number on it. Changes in barometric pressure and extreme cold may affect pain levels. Maybe cold isn't the problem for you in Texas though. Good luck.
Answered 5/23/2015
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Yes: Weather does affect fibromyalgia pain. Low pressure fronts enable the sausage package of the body to expand; thereby causing joints to loosen; placing increased bio-mechanical strain on ligaments of joints increasingly loosened. Ligaments are highly imbued with pain transducers stimulated by stretch.
Answered 11/2/2014
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