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A new study connects fibromyalgia and the microbiome. In the study, when gut microbes from fibromyalgia patients were transplanted into a mouse model, the mice began to exhibit changes that mimic fibromyalgia. Additionally, fibromyalgia patients who received microbiome transplant therapy had a reduction in pain symptoms.

There are alterations in the bacteria in the gastrointestinal tracts of people with fibromyalgia, report researchers.