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Health Encyclopedia: Fibromyalgia Risk Factors
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Risk Factors
As many as 6 million Americans have fibromyalgia. Some evidence suggests that several factors may make people more susceptible to fibromyalgia. These risk factors include being female, having had difficult experiences in childhood, having a psychological vulnerability to stress, and coming from a very stressful culture or environment.
Women
Nine out of 10 fibromyalgia patients are women. Women may be more prone to develop fibromyalgia during menopause.
Age
The disorder usually occurs in ...
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Expert & Community Posts
Improving Recognition and Care for Fibromyalgia
By Will Rowe , Health Expert...approved a third drug indicated for treatment of fibromyalgia. Milnacipran, made by Forest... Read more »
Preventing Fibromyalgia Pain
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...no foolproof way to prevent all pain when you have fibromyalgia. But understanding how the FM... Read more »
“The Fibromyalgia Circle of Care”
By Karen Lee Richards , Health ExpertFor many years fibromyalgia patients have lamented that too few doctors are knowledgeable about... Read more »
Fibromyalgia – Look How Far We've Come!
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...we’ve come. Ten years ago, when I told people I had fibromyalgia, their response was... Read more »
Fibromyalgia and the Courts: Here Comes the Judge
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert...as to whether there is such a thing as "secondary" fibromyalgia due to some sort of trauma. ... Read more »
Health Guide
Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
How do you tell whether you have fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome (also known as “Myalgic Encephalopathy” or “ME”) or both? Are they completely unrelated disorders, sister illnesses... Read more »Understanding Fibromyalgia
...mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} If you are reading this, someone close to you lives with and suffers from fibromyalgia (FM). Since FM is invisible, many find it hard to believe that it is... Read more »Water Exercise: Fibromyalgia Treatment
Every fibromyalgia expert will tell you that exercise is an essential component of any fibromyalgia treatment program. However, most fibromyalgia patients complain––with valid reason––that... Read more »Fibromyalgia Diagnosis
Fibromyalgia (FM) must be diagnosed by a qualified physician who is familiar with the illness and has experience diagnosing it. The specialists who most often diagnose and treat fibromyalgia are... Read more »Fibromyalgia Myth Busting
For many years fibromyalgia has been considered something of a mystery, confounding the doctors who are trying to treat it and the patients who have to live with it. Only recently has new... Read more »Images
Medications
...infection. It is also used to treat pain in people with fibromyalgia. It is also used with other... Read more »
...also used to treat pain caused by a condition called fibromyalgia that affects the muscles,... Read more »
Related News
Naltrexone may ease fibromyalgia
April 20, 2009Researchers have found that low doses of an inexpensive drug called naltrexone--already used for years to treat drug addiction--helped reduce pain... Read summary »
Clinical trial: Effects of Xyrem on fibromyalgia
October 02, 2008This is a study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Xyrem compared to placebo in treating fibromyalgia. This national study is currently... Read summary »
Cymbalta approved for fibromyalgia
October 03, 2008The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the antidepressant Cymbalta to treat fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia affects about two percent of the... Read summary »
Linking Fibromyalgia to the Brain
January 15, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Fibromyalgia patients may finally have some answers as to what causes their disease. Researchers in France used single photon... Read summary »
Antidepressants Help Fibromyalgia Patients
January 22, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Research shows that the use of antidepressants on patients with fibromyalgia, a disease defined by chronic pain, tenderness,... Read summary »
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