Fibromyalgia Risk Greater in Sleepless Women

by healthypages on 02/12/2011 - 10:01 am |

Tag: News

There is a triple sized higher risk of developing fibromyalgia in women who have sleep disorders. That is the verdict from researchers in Norway who carried out a study on the effects of sleeplessness and fibromyalgia.

Although the researchers stress that disturbed sleep does not automatically result in the development of the condition, there is certainly a clear connection between insomnia and disturbed sleep and the risk of suffering from fibromyalgia inside of 10 years. In the US there are over 5 million people above 18 years of age who suffer from this painful condition.

There have been a series of past studies that have made a connection between greater inflammation in the body leading to a reduction in the capability of the body to deal with the pain and the inadequate sleeping habits of the people concerned.

From the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Researcher and co-author of the study Paul J. Mork, Ph.D said, “Sleep problems are just one factor that may contribute to the development of fibromyalgia." He went on to add that “Fibromyalgia is a complex pain syndrome and there are numerous other factors that may contribute to the development of this illness.”

Over 90% of the sufferers of fibromyalgia are women and a large number of them have stated that they experience disturbed sleep and that the greater the disturbed sleep so the greater the pain they experience.
On behalf of the American College of Rheumatology, Wiley-Blackwell are to publish the study in their Arthritis and Rheumatism journal

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