Pain Management: Causes & Risks

  • Fibromyalgia - What Increases Your Risk

    10/30/07, Healthwise

    Certain factors may increase your risk of developing fibromyalgia. Being female greatly increases your chance of developing this syndrome. It is possible that having a rheumatic disorder (such as rheumatoid arthritis), an infectio

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  • Fibromyalgia - Cause

    10/30/07, Healthwise

    Fibromyalgia is considered to be a syndrome—a set of symptoms that occur together but do not have a known cause. There are theories as to what may cause it, but there is not enough evidence to support any single theory. People

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  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Cause

    05/15/07, Healthwise

    Doctors do not know what causes chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Some people develop it after having a viral or bacterial infection, such as the flu, but there is no evidence to prove this link. Other theories point to the immune s

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