Title: Anger Increases Pain in Women Category: Health News Created: 9/25/2010 6:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 9/27/2010

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Negative emotions such as anger and sadness increase pain both in women who suffer from Fibromyalgia and in those who don’t, according to a new study.

Researchers from Utrecht University who studied the effect of negative emotions on pain perception in women with and without fibromyalgia found that anger and sadness amplified pain equally in both groups. Full findings are now online and will publish in the October print issue of Arthritis Care Research, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology. Fibromyalgia (FM), a chronic pain ...

This syndrome is often accompanied by fatigue, bowel disturbances, and urinary difficulty. Fibromyalgia can affect your daily activity, your sleep, and even your thinking when you're worn out and experiencing brain fog. That's a term used by Henri Roca, MD, Medical Director at Greenwich Hospital's Center for Integrative Medicine in Cos Cob, Connecticut. Some people live with a low level of ...