Acupuncture Treats Pediatric Fibromyalgia A new study concludes
that, "Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine modality
that can be used in pediatric patients with fibromyalgia.”
Fibromyalgia is a disorder involving widespread pain, increased
sensation of pain upon pressure and associated symptoms such as
exhaustion, insomnia and aching joints. The study followed
patients with a history of juvenile fibromyalgia for a period of
eight consecutive years. All patients had at least 11 weekly
acupuncture sessions and evaluations were conducted before and
after the acupuncture sessions. Evaluations measured
musculoskeletal pain, VAS (pain visual analog scale), myalgic
index and algometry. The result showed that acupuncture is
effective for reducing the number of pain sensitive areas,
improves the myalgic index and acupuncture demonstrated
improvements in the pain visual analog scale. Associated
symptoms of headaches, poor sleep and exhaustion also improved
in the patients receiving acupuncture. Based on this s