From the April-July FibroAware magazine: " Around 50% of people with FM suffer from skin problems, according to Dr. Mark Pellegrino of CAnton, Ohio, who
has treated over 20,000 FM patients. 'Pateints report tingling, numbness, crawling sensations , and a burning or sunburn type feeling,' he reports.
'The main skind symptoms you will see on examination are areas of dry, flaky skin, non-specific red rashes, blotch or mottled skin, and bruising.'
'Easy bruising all over the body occurs often in women with fibromyalgia, and sometimes these bruises can be quite extensive and shocking,' says Claudia Marek, a specialized nurse and medical asistant who works with patiens in Marina del Rey, Calif. 'Other times they are faint, like a dusky ink stain, and you might try to scrub them off thinking they are a smudge of some kind. Minor scratching, especially in sensitive areas around the breasts, can cause capillaries to break and tiny red dots to appear, or very faint bruising under the skin.'
It is the nypersensitivity of nerve endings in the dermis that is primarily responsible for abnromal skin sensations in fibromyalgia. 'Studies show overactive skin pain receptors, 'explains Pellegrino. 'So the skin can indeed be painful and hurt at the lightest touch. The hyppersensitivity of the autonomic nerves results in the symptoms of itching, numbness, tingling, burning, and crawling sensations, as well as neurovascular changes leading to cold, dry, sweaty, or mottled skin.
A Swedish study published in 1997 in the Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology also suggests immune system involvement. They found that the biopsies from fibromyalgia patients had significantly higher values of immunoglobulin G deposits in the dermis and vlood vessl walls and a higher number of mast cells. Mast cells arew white blood cells that release histamine which is known to cause itching, allergies, and rashes. Increase mast cell activity indicates that the immune system is overactive and is likely to be adding to the oversensitivity of the skin nerve endings, increasing the overall dysfunction of the autonomic nervous systme responses.
Easy bruising could also result from nutritional deficiencies often associated with FM. Vitamin deficiencies, like vitamin C can also increase blod vessel friability, making the vessels more likely to collapse under pressure. It also reduces the ability of the skin to restore and repair itself, leading to an increase vulnerab ility to bruising.
Intense itching and rashes can also be a reaction to prescribed medications or yeast infections. Yeast infections can cuase rashes due to toxins released by the overgrowth of cndida in the intestines. These toxins circulate in the bloodstream and irritate the skin, probably due to the body trying to remove the toxins through the skin.
Prescribed medications such as antidepressants and anticonvulsants, can cause dry skin and increased sweating, and make people more sensitive to sunlight, leading to sunburn.
Vivid red rashes can also result from a reaction to one's own bodily secretions. All bodily secreations are acidic and cn burn. These rashes are common especially in the areas where your perspire such as on the forehead, under the arms or breasts, and behind the knees, especially if your wear nylon stockings.
Itching without a visible rash may be a sign of subcutaneous trigger points or dystunctional pressure-plate receptors- Merkel's discs- creating a sensation called sensory itch. 'Merkel's discs translate the tactile messages received by the skin to the brain, explains Dr. Devin Starlanyl in her book 'The Fibromyalgia Advocate'. Some itches specifically follow trigger point referral patterns in which case the trigger poin must be broken up. There is a maddening inner ear itch which is often on the masseter trigger point.
The most important thing is to treat your skin gently and use skin products with only a few ingredients, as there is less chance they will contain something that will irritate your skin. For very dry flaky skin, a preparation that contains lactic acid (often repressented as alpha hydroxyl on skin product labels) or urea is a good choice- for example, cocoa and shea butters. It is essential to keep you skin wll hydrated. It is helpful to apply skin lotion to achieve this straight after a warm bath."
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'Easy bruising all over the body occurs often in women with fibromyalgia, and sometimes these bruises can be quite extensive and shocking,' says Claudia Marek, a specialized nurse and medical asistant who works with patiens in Marina del Rey, Calif. 'Other times they are faint, like a dusky ink stain, and you might try to scrub them off thinking they are a smudge of some kind. Minor scratching, especially in sensitive areas around the breasts, can cause capillaries to break and tiny red dots to appear, or very faint bruising under the skin.'
It is the nypersensitivity of nerve endings in the dermis that is primarily responsible for abnromal skin sensations in fibromyalgia. 'Studies show overactive skin pain receptors, 'explains Pellegrino. 'So the skin can indeed be painful and hurt at the lightest touch. The hyppersensitivity of the autonomic nerves results in the symptoms of itching, numbness, tingling, burning, and crawling sensations, as well as neurovascular changes leading to cold, dry, sweaty, or mottled skin.
A Swedish study published in 1997 in the Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology also suggests immune system involvement. They found that the biopsies from fibromyalgia patients had significantly higher values of immunoglobulin G deposits in the dermis and vlood vessl walls and a higher number of mast cells. Mast cells arew white blood cells that release histamine which is known to cause itching, allergies, and rashes. Increase mast cell activity indicates that the immune system is overactive and is likely to be adding to the oversensitivity of the skin nerve endings, increasing the overall dysfunction of the autonomic nervous systme responses.
Easy bruising could also result from nutritional deficiencies often associated with FM. Vitamin deficiencies, like vitamin C can also increase blod vessel friability, making the vessels more likely to collapse under pressure. It also reduces the ability of the skin to restore and repair itself, leading to an increase vulnerab ility to bruising.
Intense itching and rashes can also be a reaction to prescribed medications or yeast infections. Yeast infections can cuase rashes due to toxins released by the overgrowth of cndida in the intestines. These toxins circulate in the bloodstream and irritate the skin, probably due to the body trying to remove the toxins through the skin.
Prescribed medications such as antidepressants and anticonvulsants, can cause dry skin and increased sweating, and make people more sensitive to sunlight, leading to sunburn.
Vivid red rashes can also result from a reaction to one's own bodily secretions. All bodily secreations are acidic and cn burn. These rashes are common especially in the areas where your perspire such as on the forehead, under the arms or breasts, and behind the knees, especially if your wear nylon stockings.
Itching without a visible rash may be a sign of subcutaneous trigger points or dystunctional pressure-plate receptors- Merkel's discs- creating a sensation called sensory itch. 'Merkel's discs translate the tactile messages received by the skin to the brain, explains Dr. Devin Starlanyl in her book 'The Fibromyalgia Advocate'. Some itches specifically follow trigger point referral patterns in which case the trigger poin must be broken up. There is a maddening inner ear itch which is often on the masseter trigger point.
The most important thing is to treat your skin gently and use skin products with only a few ingredients, as there is less chance they will contain something that will irritate your skin. For very dry flaky skin, a preparation that contains lactic acid (often repressented as alpha hydroxyl on skin product labels) or urea is a good choice- for example, cocoa and shea butters. It is essential to keep you skin wll hydrated. It is helpful to apply skin lotion to achieve this straight after a warm bath."
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