A Closer Look At Three Causes Of Fibromyalgia Disorder
The central nervous system disorder known as Fibromyalgia is quite common and it happens to many people quite a lot. This is a painful condition, something that has been subjected to intensive and extensive study and research throughout the years in a bid to understand its causes. For the most part, that work has been fruitful, and as of today, the medical community has a reasonably good understanding of the disease's causes. We are referring here to the underlying causes of the disease and the more shallow triggers that spur the attacks. This condition will become more manageable and finding a cure would be easier provided we know what we are up against and what is causing the disease. We do have to mention that there are other causes of this disease, besides the three that we are just about to look at. We refer to these as the diseases 'three major causes' because, going by the available data, these seem to be behind most incidences of the condition.
It may come as a surprise, but stress is the first major cause of fibromyalgia. Many instances of fibromyalgia episodes are spurred on and stirred by stress. It has also been postulated that childhood stress may be an underlying cause for (at least) some of the disease's cases. It is worth noting, for instance, that people who happen to have other illnesses known to bring about stress (such as depression) tend to have the disease we are focusing on as well. Fibromyalgia becomes more prevalent in children who suffered through depression or been subjected to some sort of abuse by others.
Hormonal imbalance and changes in the brain's biochemistry also cause fibromyalgia. To be more specific, imbalance in one's growth hormone's is pinpointed to be the cause. Some authorities in the medical field would, however, argue that rather than causing fibromyalgia, growth hormone deficiency is actually a result of fibromyalgia. Turning to changes in brain biochemistry, the names of the usual suspects - serotonin and dopamine - come up. Too little serotonin would be responsible for fibromyalgia happening. Fibromyalgia also exists if the brain does not have enough hypodopaminergia, which is another name for dopamine. Too much stress would cause these neurotransmitters to have abnormalities when it comes to their amounts in the brain. But there is always the challenge of figuring out whether it is neurotransmitter abnormality that is causing the stress, or whether the stress is causing the neurotransmitter abnormality. Neurotransmitter abnormalities generally are experienced by everyone who is suffering from the condition fibromyalgia. But if patients wish to correct these neurotransmitter abnormalities, there are certain medications available to them.
Lack of sleep is also blamed to be another major cause of fibromyalgia. You will find several studies giving proof of how poor sleep can lead to this disease. Lack of sleep or poor quality of sleep will also cause fibromyalgia in pretty much the same manner as stress or abnormalities in neurotransmitters in the brain also do, and sometimes in tandem with both. However, there are also certain cases where lack of sleep alone can lead to this disease.
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