What research is being done on FM?
The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases sponsor research to help understand FM and find better ways to diagnose, treat, and prevent it. Researchers are studying: • Why people with FM have are highly sensitive to pain • The role of stress hormones in the body • Medicines and behavioral treatments • Whether there is a gene or genes that make a person more likely to have FM.
