A little complicated to read, especially w/Fog, but some of the key interesting points are that they think there's a genetic disorder causing problems with this protein; that they've treated people with this protein; and that they've found a little fibrous nodules in the muscle, which I know many of us have to different degrees.
Summary:
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
FMOnline vol. 8, no. 9
A recent study published in the Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain looked at deficiency in the protein alpha-1 antitrypsin in people with fibromyalgia in 10 countries around the world. Severe deficiency was found in all 10 countries, with very high frequencies in Denmark and Sweden. Patients from the United States showed this deficiency at intermediate frequencies: one in 11 people, or 478,681 people.
The lead author on this study is Ignacio Blanco, MD, of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Hospital Valle del Nalón in Langreo, Spain. Dr. Blanco wrote a piece on alpha-1 antitrypsin and fibromyalgia for vol. 16 of Fibromyalgia AWARE.
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Here is the full article, from the Fibromyalgia Aware Magazine May-July 2008 issue.
http://www.fmaware.org/site/DocServer/ALPHA1-AT.pdf?docID=1261
and a Google Books link to the research as well:
New Research on Fibromyalgia
I knew I wanted to visit Spain!
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