Fibromyalgia's main features, widespread pain, and insomnia in the paintings of Remedios Varo

Brenda J Caro-Cocotle; Lucía Peñalosa; María-Fernanda Mejía-Ávila; Angélica Vargas-Guerrero; Manuel Martínez-Lavín

doi:10.1016/j.reumae.2023.07.002

Fibromyalgia's main features, widespread pain, and insomnia in the paintings of Remedios Varo

Reumatol Clin (Engl Ed). 2023 Oct;19(8):409-411. doi: 10.1016/j.reumae.2023.07.002. Epub 2023 Jul 15.

Authors

Brenda J Caro-Cocotle¹, Lucía Peñalosa¹, María-Fernanda Mejía-Ávila², Angélica Vargas-Guerrero², Manuel Martínez-Lavín³

Affiliations

¹ Museo de Arte Moderno de la Ciudad de México, INBAL/Secretaría de Cultura, Mexico City, Mexico.
² Departamento de Reumatología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico.
³ Departamento de Reumatología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 37460361
DOI: 10.1016/j.reumae.2023.07.002

Abstract

The sensitivity of plastic artists to human suffering has been expressed in different ways. This article recounts the circumstances that led the Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter, Remedios Varo, to depict in an original way the two cardinal manifestations of fibromyalgia; widespread pain and insomnia.

Keywords: Dolor; Fibromialgia; Fibromyalgia; Insomnia; Insomnio; Pain; Parestesias; Paresthesias; Remedios Varo.

MeSH terms

Fibromyalgia*
Humans
Mexico
Pain
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders* / etiology