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Fibromyalgia Accurately Spotted In Experimental Blood Test

Wednesday 17 April 2019

 

From US newspaper the Norwalk Reflector:

 

Didem Peren Aykas
Graduate student Didem Peren Aykas uses the
experimental diagnostic tool, which measures metabolic
activity in the blood, distinguishing fibromyalgia from other
chronic pain conditions with near 100 percent accuracy.
 

Fibromyalgia accurately spotted in experimental blood test

By Misti Crane
April 16, 2019
Copyright © 2019 Norwalk Reflector.

For the first time, researchers have evidence that fibromyalgia can be reliably detected in blood samples — work they hope will pave the way for a simple, fast diagnosis.

In a study that appears in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, researchers from The Ohio State University report success in identifying biomarkers of fibromyalgia and differentiating it from a handful of other related diseases.

The discovery could be an important turning point in care of patients with a disease that is frequently misdiagnosed or undiagnosed, leaving them without proper care and advice on managing their chronic pain and fatigue, said lead researcher Kevin Hackshaw, an associate professor in Ohio State’s College of Medicine and a rheumatologist at the university’s Wexner Medical Center.

Identification of biomarkers of the disease — a “metabolic fingerprint” like that discovered in the new study — could also open up the possibility of targeted treatments, he said.

 

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