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Fibromyalgia is a common condition that affects 160 million all over the world. It is characterised by widespread pain, unexplained fatigue, and brain fog. However, it has some uncommon symptoms that vary among individuals. Does fibromyalgia cause itching? Well, fibromyalgia can cause itching. Let’s get into the details of why fibromyalgia causes itching and how to stop it.
ANF Therapy®️ is the newest treatment for fibromyalgia and itching associated with fibromyalgia. It aims to activate your body’s own healing process.
Does Fibromyalgia Cause Itching?
Yes, fibromyalgia can cause itching. Although it is an uncommon symptom, 3.3% of people suffering from fibromyalgia experience itching.
Some people suffer from itching due to other skin conditions caused by fibromyalgia, such as skin lesions, inflammation, excessive sweating, and a burning or tingling sensation.
As fibromyalgia makes individuals more sensitive to pain and touch than normal individuals, minor skin problems such as skin dryness can also cause itching.
Patients may experience fibromyalgia itching all over the body, around breasts, ears, legs, and scalp. It can occur anytime but mostly occurs at night. However, the severity of itching depends on the stage of fibromyalgia.
Why does Fibromyalgia cause itching?
Several factors are responsible for itching in fibromyalgia patients. Let’s take a closer look at the contributing factors:
1- Increased Sensitivity to Pain Signals
In fibromyalgia, patients become over-sensitive to pain due to “central sensitisation”. It means they feel pain even at lower thresholds.
Fibromyalgia alters the perception of pain and touch. The sensations of itching and pain transmit the same signals. It means they share a common pathway that gives information to your brain. As the pain perception becomes overly sensitive in fibromyalgia, it also makes you sensitive to the sensation of itching.
Moreover, whenever a patient with fibromyalgia scratches his skin to relieve itching, it causes skin breakage and damage that leads to severe itching and pain. This is a vicious cycle of itching, scratching, pain, and severe itching.
2- Imbalanced Neurotransmitters
Fibromyalgia patients usually have altered sleep schedules, low mood, depression, and heightened sensitivity to pain. In response, the brain releases certain chemicals like serotonin, dopamine, and nor-epinephrine.
When the patient experiences pain, the brain releases serotonin to relieve the pain. High levels of serotonin cause itching, which activates pain receptors. This leads to severe itching and irritability.
3- Side Effects of Medications
Most people take antidepressants to treat fibromyalgia. These include duloxetine, pregabalin, and milnacipran. These antidepressants can cause dryness and itching in the skin.
To overcome these side effects, Dr. Mikel H-G Hoff invented an advanced therapy (ANF Therapy®️) to treat fibromyalgia itching without using any medications.
Can Fibromyalgia make you feel like your skin is crawling?
Fibromyalgia itching can give you a feeling like something is crawling on your skin. It occurs due to altered pain perception in your muscles. You may feel tingling or burning, numbness, and a crawling sensation, especially in your legs.
Moreover, restless leg syndrome also overlaps with fibromyalgia, which can cause a creepy and crawling sensation in your skin.
How to stop fibromyalgia itching?
ANF Therapy®️ (Amino neuro frequency therapy) is an advanced treatment for fibromyalgia itching. It is a drug and chemical-free therapy that works on Einstein’s ideation of frequency medicine.
This therapy uses frequency-charged, small, circular ANF Devices. These devices are applied to your body in certain areas. They aim to correct neurological imbalances and activate your body’s own healing process. Moreover, ANF Therapy®️ is meant to create a balanced environment in your nervous system and activate the body’s own natural healing process.
This treatment involves the following steps:
History
Your ANF Therapist will first take a detailed history. Comprehensive history-taking includes assessing pain severity, sleep disturbances, fatigue, and cognitive symptoms, as well as reviewing previous treatments and other medical conditions.
Physical Examination
In physical examination, your ANF Therapist will focus on detecting muscle tenderness, trigger points, nerve sensitivity, posture, and range of motion to understand the extent of fibromyalgia’s impact.
Application of ANF Devices
After history and neurological examination, your ANF Therapist will apply certain devices to your body. These devices include positive and negative anti-inflammatory devices, antioxidant devices (glutathione, melatonin, and carnosine), energy devices, nitric oxide devices, and many others designed to support all systems of your body.
You should drink at least 1-2 glasses of water per hour to stay adequately hydrated and detox your body.
Expected Outcome
According to Dr. Mikel H-G Hoff (founder of ANF Therapy®️), most patients experience significant pain reduction and symptom relief, often achieving around 50% improvement in the first session. However, individual responses may vary according to the severity of the disease.Follow-Up
Your ANF Therapists will conduct regular follow-ups to monitor progress, adjust treatment plans, and provide guidance on changing ANF Devices every 72 hours for optimal results. The treatment of fibromyalgia may take 2-6 months.
Start your journey with ANF Therapy®️:
ANF Therapy®️ is the newest treatment for managing fibromyalgia itching. If you have fibromyalgia, consult an ANF Practitioner or find an ANF Therapist at https://www.anftherapy.com/find-clinic/ to start your treatment with ANF Therapy®️ today!
If you’re a healthcare practitioner and want to enhance your clinical skills with frequency medicine, learn more about the ANF Therapy®️ and ANF Clinical education program by visiting www.anfacademy.com.
About ANF Therapy®️
ANF Therapy®️ uses circular ANF Devices, which are applied directly on the skin after palpation and assessment by a trained ANF Therapist following the ANF Therapy®️ Method, Patented Model no. U202030252, ES1259974.
The ANF Therapy®️ purpose is the alleviation of injury and pain within minutes.
Our aim is that the patient experiences a reduction of pain and swelling, an increase in range of motion, and an improvement in quality of life related to health. Non-transdermal, non-invasive device, NO needles or chemicals are used.
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