Medical

Medical related terms of interest to people suffering from Fibromyalgia and/or Chronic Pain.

Fibromyalgia Medical Terms and Definitions

Anhedonia

Loss of the capacity to experience pleasure. The inability to gain pleasure from normally pleasurable experiences.

Ovarian remnant syndrome

Pelvic pain due to leftover ovarian tissue after removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes. Ovarian remnant syndrome can cause cyclic pain and pressure on the vagina, rectum, bladder, and ureter.

Insomnia

The perception or complaint of inadequate or poor-quality sleep due to a number of factors, such as difficulty falling asleep, waking up frequently during the night with difficulty returning to sleep,

Pathogenetic

Pertaining to genetic cause of a disease or condition. For example, BRCA 1 and BRCA2 are genes that, when mutated, are responsible for many cases of cancer of the breast.

Heart disease, rheumatic

Heart damage caused by rheumatic fever. Treatment is by preventing reinfection with strep and by treating with heart drugs as needed.

Disease, rheumatic heart

Heart damage caused by rheumatic fever. Treatment is by preventing reinfection with strep and by treating with heart drugs as needed.

Fever, rheumatic

An illness that occurs following a streptococcus infection (such as a "strep throat") or scarlet fever and predominantly affects children.

Fever, scarlet

A skin condition that is due to a streptococcal sore throat or any other streptococcal infection.

Scarlet fever

A skin condition that is due to a streptococcal sore throat or any other streptococcal infection.

Ginseng

An herb that has been used to stimulate the adrenal gland and thereby increase energy. It also may have some beneficial effect on reducing blood sugar in patients with diabetes mellitus.

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