To investigate cannabidiol (CBD) use in women with chronic pelvic pain and nociplastic pain, as represented by diagnosis of fibromyalgia, including impact on pain and associated symptoms, substitutions for other …
This study investigates whether data from people with endometriosis (n = 58) and fibromyalgia (n = 58) exhibit what is called "ergodicity," meaning that results from analyses of aggregated group …
Multimorbidity, meaning multiple long-term conditions impacting a person's health, has become a rising societal and public health issue. The article contributes to the sociological study of chronic illness and multimorbidity …
There is well-established epidemiologic evidence demonstrating variance in the pain disorders affecting women compared with men, although limited conclusive evidence exists regarding the pathophysiologic mechanisms to account for this difference. …
Over 60% of women with endometriosis experience abdominopelvic pain and broader pain manifestations, including chronic back pain, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, vulvodynia, and migraine. Although the imbalance of proinflammatory mediators, including …
Chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs) are a subset of chronic pain conditions commonly comorbid with one another and more prevalent in women and individuals assigned female at birth (AFAB). Pain …
Chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs), pain-related conditions that frequently occur together, may occur in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and could impact illness severity. This study aimed to …
Available therapeutic options are currently limited by their modest efficacy. As a result, novel pharmacotherapeutic treatments with different mechanisms have recently attracted empirical attention. Magnesium, a divalent cation, is postulated …