Fibromyalgia/Chronic Pain Flashcards
1
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Chronic pain definitons
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Long time pain, healing last longer then six months
2
Q
Fibromyalgia
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characterized as achy pain, tenderness and stiffness of muscles, pain around areas of tendon insertion and adjacent soft tissue structures, chronic health issue
3
Q
Is it more common in men or women
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women
4
Q
cause is
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unknown
5
Q
HPA stands for
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hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
6
Q
HPA does what in the body
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modulates pain, sleep, mood, energy, circulation
7
Q
RHA
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reproductive hormone axis
8
Q
RHA consist of which hormones
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Estrogen, progesterone, testosterone