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Can FMS cause AVM

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12/10/08
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Topics:Fibromyalgia

I had brain surgery for AVM and they said usually caused by a hit on the head. I don't recall any fall or accident that would cause such trauma. What else?

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Karen Lee Richards
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

No, fibromyalgia cannot cause arteriovenous malformation (AVM).  It is generally a congenital disorder.  You've probably had it since birth but it was just not discovered until you developed symptoms or had other problems that revealed it.

 

Here are a couple of references with more information about AVM:


http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/avms/avms.htm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000779.htm

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