Skin temperature and nitric oxide in premenopausal and postmenopausal women with fibromyalgia.

IF 2.9 4区医学 Q1 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY Climacteric Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI:10.1080/13697137.2025.2465294

Alma Rus, Bárbara Coca-Guzmán, Antonio Casas-Barragán, Francisco Molina, María Correa-Rodríguez, María Encarnación Aguilar-Ferrándiz

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Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to investigate skin temperature, indicative of peripheral vascular blood flow, core body temperature and nitric oxide (NO) levels in premenopausal and postmenopausal women with fibromyalgia (FM) and controls.

Method: A case-control study was carried out in 32 healthy premenopausal and 52 healthy postmenopausal women and in 17 premenopausal and 53 postmenopausal women with FM. Hand skin temperature was measured using infrared thermography, tympanic and axillary temperature with an infrared thermometer, and serum NO levels using an ozone chemiluminescence-based method.

Results: Tympanic temperature was higher in postmenopausal women with FM than in postmenopausal controls. Significant differences were found in all of the temperatures recorded in both hands between healthy premenopausal women and premenopausal women with FM and between postmenopausal controls and postmenopausal women with FM. No differences were found in hand temperature, axillary or tympanic temperature, or NO levels between healthy premenopausal and postmenopausal women or between premenopausal and postmenopausal women with FM.

Conclusion: The association between menopause and FM could be responsible for the higher tympanic temperature observed in women with FM. FM, but not menopause, may increase hand skin temperature, which could be indicative of excessive peripheral vasodilation. Menopause may not alter body temperature or NO levels in either patients with FM or healthy women.

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Climacteric 医学-妇产科学

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1 months

期刊介绍： Climacteric is the official journal of the International Menopause Society (IMS). As an international peer-reviewed journal it publishes original research and reviews of all aspects of aging in women. Climacteric was founded by the IMS in 1998 and today has become a leading journal in the publication of peer-reviewed papers on the menopause, climacteric and mid-life health. Topics covered include endocrine changes, symptoms attributed to the menopause and their treatment, hormone replacement and alternative therapies, lifestyles, and the counselling and education of peri- and postmenopausal women. Climacteric, published bimonthly, also features regular invited reviews, editorials and commentaries on recent developments. The editorial review board of Climacteric includes leading scientific and clinical experts in the field of midlife medicine and research and is headed by its Editor-in-Chief, Professor Rod Baber of Australia. He and his team of Associate Editors act independently to set a clear editorial policy, co-ordinate peer review, and ensure a rapid response to submitted papers.

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