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Either physical or emotional trauma trigger fibromyalgia, which is occasionally genetically influenced. Symptoms are: decreased blood to brain areas, heightened substance P, low nerve growth, low somatomedin C hormones, low levels of over four neurochemicals, and low levels of at least two muscle-cell chemicals.
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A fibromyalgia flare (or flare-up) is a temporary increase in the number and/or intensity of symptoms. Worsening pain and fatigue are generally the first two symptoms noticed in a fibro-flare. But other symtpoms like poor sleep, increased cognitive dysfunction and digestive disturbances are often experienced as well. Some…
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