Myalgia

Myalgia means "musclepain" and is a symptom of many diseases and disorders. The most common cause for myalgia is either 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.

Causes

Diseases/Disorders

Avian influenza, Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Common cold, Community-acquired pneumonia, Coccidioidomycosis, Conn's syndrome, Devic's disease, Endemic typhus, Exercise intolerance, Familial Mediterranean fever, Fibromyalgia, HIV, Infectious mononucleosis, Lupus erythematosus, Lyme disease, Marburg virus, Mastocytosis, Meningitis, Monkeypox, Multiple sclerosis, Myositis, Peripheral neuropathy, Pharyngitis, Pneumonia, Psittacosis, Pyrazinamide, Q fever, Rift Valley fever, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Toxic shock syndrome, Trichinosis, Typhoid fever, Upper respiratory tract infection, Viral pneumonia

Medications

Acrylamide, Darbepoetin, Procainamide, Quinupristin-dalfopristin, Sumatriptan, Vardenafil

See also

• Myopathy
• Myelitis

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