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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  • Chronic Pain - Cause

    01/20/09, Healthwise

    The cause of chronic pain is not clear. When you have an injury or illness, certain nerves send pain signals to your brain. With chronic pain, these pain signals continue for weeks, months, or even years after you recover. Chronic pai

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  • Chronic Pain - What Increases Your Risk

    01/20/09, Healthwise

    Factors that may increase the risk of chronic pain include:

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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—especially

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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 syste

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  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - What Increases Your Risk

    05/15/07, Healthwise

    People with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are generally 25 to 45 years of age. Women are more likely to have CFS.

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  • Neck Pain - Cause

    08/21/08, Healthwise

    Neck pain can be caused by an activity or injury that harms the neck or by another medical condition.

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  • Neck Pain - What Increases Your Risk

    08/21/08, Healthwise

    Risk factors for neck pain that you cannot control include:

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