Recent research has uncovered interesting findings linking gut health and fibromyalgia.
What is fibromyalgia?
This common but poorly understood condition is a collection of symptoms.
You might have a burning or sensitive painful feeling in various locations around the body, often accompanied by digestive issues like IBS, brain fog, trouble sleeping, allergies, headaches or flu-like symptoms.
It can be different for each individual. Some people have constant symptoms and pain, for others it can come and go.
We don’t yet know what causes fibromyalgia. There is increasing evidence it can often be linked to a trauma like an accident, traumatic emotional event, or virus. People with fibromyalgia also commonly experience poor sleep, and nervous system disruption.
Both of these factors make us feel more pain.
Fibromyalgia & Gut Health – The connection
A recent study showed a link between gut bacteria as well.
This study was on humans looking at differences in stool bacteria between people diagnosed with fibromyalgia and controls who didn’t have it.
The gut microbiome of fibromyalgia patients showed significant differences when compared to that of controls.
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