Diagnosis and Treatment Archive
Body Aches/Myalgia
 
What is myalgia?

Note: This is one of the many signs/symptoms that you may find to be so common and applicable to so many different ailments as not to be a useful differentiator.

Myalgia is body or muscle aches. It may vary in severity from dull aches to severe pain.

 

How can you tell if a patient has myalgia?

Patients may complain of aches or pains in any part of their bodies.

 

Possible Causes/Diagnosis

The most common causes of myalgia are overuse, injury of stress to a muscle. Other causes may be associated with medications or illness like Influenza or a viral infection.

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