Myalgia

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Myalgia
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 M79.1
ICD-9 729.1
DiseasesDB 22895

Myalgia means "muscle pain" and is a symptom of many diseases and disorders. The most common causes are overuse or over-stretching of a muscle or group of muscles. Myalgia without a traumatic history is often due to viral infections. Longer-term myalgias may be indicative of a metabolic myopathy, some nutritional deficiencies or chronic fatigue syndrome.

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[edit] Causes

The most common causes of myalgia are overuse, injury or stress.[1] However, myalgia can also be caused by diseases, disorders, medications, as a response to vaccination and withdrawal syndromes.[citation needed]

[edit] Overuse

Overuse of a muscle is using it too much, too soon and/or too often.[1] Examples are:

[edit] Injury

The most common causes of myalgia by injury are: sprains and strain (injury).[1]

[edit] Diseases/Disorders

[edit] Infectious

Trichinosis, Typhoid fever, Upper respiratory tract infection, Viral pneumonia, Influenza, Common cold, Community-acquired pneumonia, Coccidioidomycosis, Dengue, Endemic typhus, HIV, Infectious mononucleosis, Legionellosis, Leptospirosis, Lyme disease, African Tick Bite Fever, Malaria, Marburg virus, Meningitis, Monkeypox, Pharyngitis, Pneumonia, Prostatitis, Psittacosis, Q fever, Rabies, Rift Valley fever, Ross River Fever, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Toxic shock syndrome, West Nile virus, Chikungunya, Dengue fever, Bronchitis

[edit] Autoimmune

Multiple sclerosis, Myositis, Lupus erythematosus, Familial Mediterranean fever, Polyarteritis nodosa, Devic's disease, Morphea

[edit] Metabolic defect

Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency, Conn's syndrome, Adrenal insufficiency

[edit] Other

Chronic fatigue syndrome, Hypokalemia, Exercise intolerance, Mastocytosis, Peripheral neuropathy, Eosinophilia myalgia syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Barcoo Fever, Delayed onset muscle soreness

[edit] Medications

Aldara, Acrylamide, Darbepoetin, Isotretinoin, Procainamide, Quinupristin/dalfopristin, Spiriva, Sumatriptan, Vardenafil, Statins, Zetia, Zomig, Bonivapegetron

[edit] Withdrawal Syndromes

Sudden cessation of opioids, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, or alcohol can induce myalgia.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c MedlinePlus

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