Credit: Cognitive and Affective Control Laboratory / University of Colorado Boulder.

Can we measure the brain’s exaggerated response to pain and sensory input?

Studies have found that patients with Lyme disease (LD) experience “exaggerated responses to pain and non-painful stimuli” despite antibiotic treatment. [1, 2] Lopez-Sola and colleagues describe those same responses in patients with fibromyalgia (FM), a condition associated with widespread musculoskeletal pain and tenderness accompanied by fatigue, cognitive, emotional and sleep-related symptoms. [3] “In addition to […]

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