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Daily headaches, tender points on neck an concentration problems. doctor diagnosed fibromyalgia? what are the causes for this?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Cause unknown: The cause of fibromyalgia is unknown even though one doctor on his forum misinforms people by telling them it is due to loose-jointedness. It is a neurologic disorder in which there is an exaggerated response to pain.

Answered 2/11/2015

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Dr. Laurence Badgley answered

Specializes in General Practice

Multifactorial: Fibromyalgia multifactorial; sufferers incur via variety of insults. Female-inherited hypermobility begets pelvic injury; especially w. childbirths. Injured male joints cause sedentariness, disuse & deconditioning. In both sexes prolonged inactivity begets soft tissue atrophy & spasm, & ischemic tender points. Chronic pain begets non-restorative sleep then depression, daytime fatigue & fibro-fog.

Answered 2/23/2015

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