Blunted sudomotor reactivity in fibromyalgia is associated with levels of depression

CONCLUSIONS: The greater prevalence of sudomotor dysfunction in fibromyalgia patients is consistent with the presence of neuropathy in subgroups of patients, and with the basic heterogeneity of the disorder. However, neuropathy does not appear helpful for determining the clinical features of the disorders, or the level of central sensitisation measured by pressure algometry. Future studies including patients with fibromyalgia suffering and not suffering from depression as well as patients with depression but free from chronic pain, are required to identify the role of depression in the observed low ESC levels.PMID:38372725 | DOI:10.55563/clinexprheumatol/opyt2o
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Authors: Source Type: research