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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
Two Studies Look at Treatments for Fibromyalgia Subsets
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The NY Times Fibromyalgia Article: Reviewing the Controversy
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Paula Abdul, Chronic Pain, and Bad Jokes
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Health Guide
The Difference Between Tender Points and Tigger Points
When people talk about fibromyalgia, they sometimes use the terms tender points and trigger points interchangeably. In actuality, they have quite different meanings. All accurately diagnosed FM... Read more »Fibromyalgia: Introduction
Fibromyalgia is a syndrome of unknown causes that results in lasting, sometimes debilitating, muscle pain and fatigue. Fibromyalgia is also known as fibrositis or fibromyositis.General... Read more »Fibromyalgia: References
...Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Durability of Effect Study of Pregabalin for Pain Associated With Fibromyalgia. American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting, Presentation # L44.Harris RE and... Read more »Fibromyalgia: Highlights
Risk Factors:As many as 6 million Americans have fibromyalgia. Risk factors include being female, having had difficult experiences in childhood, having a psychological vulnerability to... Read more »Fibromyalgia: Causes
CausesFibromyalgia is grouped into two categories:Primary (idiopathic) fibromyalgia -- the causes are not known.Secondary fibromyalgia -- the causes can be identified.Primary fibromyalgia is the most... Read more »Images
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