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Treatment for Q fever
What treatments are used for Q fever? In most cases, Q fever is treated with antibiotics that target Coxiella burnetii , the intracellular bacterium that causes the infection. Acute disease is usually managed with…
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Diagnosis of Q fever
Q fever is a bacterial infection caused by Coxiella burnetii , an organism that can infect humans after exposure to contaminated animal birth products, dust, soil, or aerosols from livestock environments. Because the illness…
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Causes of Q fever
Q fever is caused by infection with the bacterium Coxiella burnetii . In most cases, people develop the illness after inhaling contaminated particles from infected animals or their environment. The disease does not arise…
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What is Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder of pain processing in which the nervous system amplifies sensory signals that would normally be interpreted as mild or non-painful. It is not defined by destruction of a single…
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FAQ about Fibromyalgia
This FAQ article explains the most common questions people ask about fibromyalgia, a chronic condition best known for widespread pain but also associated with fatigue, sleep disturbance, and changes in how the nervous system…
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Prevention of Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia cannot currently be prevented with certainty, because its exact cause is not fully understood and it does not develop through a single predictable pathway. The condition appears to arise from an interaction between…
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Treatment for Fibromyalgia
The treatment of fibromyalgia uses a combination of medications, exercise-based therapy, psychological interventions, and long-term symptom management. There is no single curative treatment because fibromyalgia is not caused by a single localized injury or…