Fibromyalgia, Oxidative Stress and Activated Air
January 26th, 2009-
Last month researchers at Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine presented interesting results on fibromyalgia and oxidative stress. (1)
Because, as they put it, “Oxidative stress is thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of fibromyalgia” they investigated whether oxidative stress was higher in patients with fibromyalgia and if it was related to the severity of symptoms.
After evaluating 48 control patients with fibromyalgia and comparing them to 96 control subjects, they learned that the results were not entirely as expected. Oxidative stress was associated with fatigue, which is consistent with an earlier study on systemic lupus erythematosus. Additionally, fibromyalgia patients with significantly more fatigue had much higher levels of the oxidative stress marker. Other symptoms of fibromyalgia, however, were not correlated with the oxidative stress marker in this study.
Eng3’s Activated Air device is often used by people with fibromyalgia. Since better sleep is directly related to fatigue, it is not surprising that users are excited about Activated Air. As one enthusiastic customer puts it: “I have fibromyalgia and don’t have nearly the muscle pain I used to since using Activated Air. I am also sleeping better and am less tired.”
~Rose K., Ohio.(1) “Oxidative stress in fibromyalgia and its relationship to symptoms.” Clinical Rheumatology, Chung CP et. al. December 17, 2008.