Personality & Physiology in Fibromyalgia: A New Discovery

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Personality & Physiology in Fibromyalgia: A New Discovery

By Adrienne Dellwo,March 19, 2012

Fibromyalgia has long been tied to certain personality traits, both by

the medical community and by some in the patient community. However,

this observation has always been controversial, with many objecting

that such stereotyping was erroneous and blamed non-physiological

traits for a physiological illness.

Now, new research may resolve the controversy by tying both

fibromyalgia AND a personality trait to a physiological root.

Researchers from Duke University Medical Center studied 3,176

neurology patients, looking at information from a genetic analysis,

psychological work up, medical history and physical examinations. They

found that a particular genetic expression, called alpha-1-antitrypsin

(A1AT) polymorphism, was associated with a personality trait called

" intense creative energy " (ICE) and also with fibromyalgia and

multiple other illnesses.

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