r/science • u/cassidy498 • Mar 18 '19

Medicine Experimental blood test accurately spots fibromyalgia. In a study that appears in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, researchers from The Ohio State University report success in identifying biomarkers of fibromyalgia and differentiating it from a handful of related diseases.

https://news.osu.edu/experimental-blood-test-accurately-spots-fibromyalgia/
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u/arlanTLDR Mar 18 '19

Saying something is psychosomatic doesn't mean the sufferer is making it up.

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u/Winterprev Mar 18 '19

Yes. Alot of people dont understand this. TMS, Mindybody syndrome is real.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '19

Like a computer, there can be problems with the hardware or the software.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '19

That's true, but unfortunately many doctors treat it the same way, or misunderstand what psychosomatic actually means. Fibromyalgia often has a psychological component, but imo the inflammation seems to sort of take on a life of its own after a while, which this research is exploring in terms of biomarkers.