Symptom: Muscle pain

Introduction: Muscle pain

Muscle pain: Aches or pains affecting the muscles. See free access online books about Muscle pain below. See detailed information below for a list of 449 causes of Muscle pain, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Muscle pain:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Muscle pain. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Excessive exercise (see Exercise symptoms)
• Unaccustomed exertion
• Muscle cramp
• Muscle injury
• Muscle strain
• Infection - many infections cause muscle aches and pains.
  • Virus
  • Bacterial infection
• Fibromyalgia - causing multiple muscle tender points.
• Dermatomyositis - cause multiple muscle cramps
• Polymyositis - cramps in many muscles
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Thyroid disease
• Arthritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Diabetes - may cause muscle cramps if undiagnosed or poorly controlled
• Diabetic ketoacidosis - muscle breakdown may cause muscle cramps
• Muscle metabolism disorders
• Circulatory disorders
• Intermittent claudication - usually causing calf muscle pain
• Tetanus
• Certain medications
• See also causes of muscle cramps and muscle aches
• Stress
• Strain
• Injury
• Muscle disorders
• Fatigue
• Unhappiness (see Depressive symptoms)
• Anxiety

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Causes of Types of Muscle pain:

Review the causes of these more specific types of Muscle pain:

• Muscle cramps (141 causes)
• Myalgia (109 causes)
• Back muscle pain
• Generalised musculoskeletal pain (12 causes)
• Vague muscle aches
• Hand cramps (1 cause)

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Muscle pain: Multiple Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Muscle pain, as listed in our database. Visit the Multiple Symptoms Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Multiple Symptom Checker Combinations

• Muscle pain and Pain (360 causes)
• Muscle pain and Muscle symptoms (350 causes)
• Muscle pain and Muscle aches (347 causes)
• Muscle pain and Nerve symptoms (342 causes)
• Muscle pain and Sensations (340 causes)
• Muscle pain and Aches (307 causes)
• Muscle pain and Muscle weakness (234 causes)
• Muscle pain and Head symptoms (221 causes)
• Muscle pain and Weakness (209 causes)
• Muscle pain and Digestive symptoms (201 causes)
• Muscle pain and Fatigue (194 causes)
• Muscle pain and Fever (180 causes)
• Muscle pain and Temperature symptoms (178 causes)
• Muscle pain and Headache (153 causes)
• Muscle pain and Respiratory symptoms (153 causes)
• Muscle pain and Skin symptoms (151 causes)
• Muscle pain and Abdominal symptoms (149 causes)
• Muscle pain and Behavioral symptoms (143 causes)
• Muscle pain and Movement symptoms (132 causes)
• Muscle pain and Cramps (121 causes)

See full list of 1819 Multiple Symptom Checker combinations related to Muscle pain

Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Pain (3014 causes)
• Muscle symptoms (2574 causes)
• Muscle aches (365 causes)
• Sensations (3186 causes)
• Aches (326 causes)
• Nerve symptoms (3495 causes)
• Common symptoms (4555 causes)

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Muscle pain

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Muscle pain:

• Muscle spasms (1139 causes)
• Muscle symptoms (2574 causes)
• Bone pain (186 causes)
• Pain (3014 causes)
• Joint pain (500 causes)

Diagnostic Guides for Muscle pain

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Misdiagnosis and Muscle pain

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Diagnostic tests for Muscle pain:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Muscle pain. Some of these are listed below :

• Physical examination
  • Inspect muscles involved for muscle wasting which may indicate a primary muscle disease, wasting due to disuse or pathology of the nerve supplying the muscle
  • Feel muscles involved to help determine if pain is originating from the muscles or actually from deeper structures such as bone
  • Peripheral nervous system examination including muscular tone, power, reflexes and coordination
  • Feel the pulses in the legs - if reduced or absent should suggest arterial embolism, peripheral atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) or obstruction of the abdominal aorta and its branches by.

See full list of 23 diagnostic tests for Muscle pain

Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Muscle pain. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

• How long have you had muscle pains? - to determine if acute or chronic.
• Which muscles in the body are painful? - to determine if focal or generalized.
• Are the muscle pains transient or persistent? - If transient, may be due to fever, injury, fatigue, anxiety or after extensive physical work-outs.
• History of injury or trauma? - may suggest muscular strain or sprain as cause for muscle pain.
• Exercise history? - excessive physical work-outs or unaccustomed exercise may commonly cause muscle pains.

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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Muscle pain) may include:

• Fever? - muscle pains with a fever may suggest Dengue fever, poliomyelitis, Bornholm disease, acute trichinosis, viral influenza or meningitis. Almost any other febrile illness may cause muscle pains.
• Muscle weakness or paralysis? - Focal weakness or paralysis may suggest poliomyelitis. Generalised weakness or paralysis may suggest porphyria, polyneuritis, Guillain-Barre syndrome or dermatomyositis.
• Symptoms of fibromyalgia? - e.g. a history of widespread pain (from neck to lower back), poor sleep pattern, fatigue. May be associated with anxiety, depression, tension headache, irritable bowel syndrome.
• Symptoms of polymyositis and dermatomyositis? - e.g. muscle weakness, especially in thighs and upper arms, muscle aches and pains, joint pain, Raynaud's phenomenon, difficulty with swallowing. Dermatomyositis also features a characteristic violet colored rash over the eyelids, forehead, cheeks, hands, knees and elbows.
• Symptoms of chronic peripheral vascular disease? - e.g. pain in buttock, thigh and calf, especially when walking up hills and stairs; persistent fatigue over the whole lower limb; impotence is possible. If severe, pain may occur at rest especially at night.

See Diagnosis Checklist for Muscle pain (18 listings)

Stories from Users for Muscle pain

Real-life user stories relating to Muscle pain:

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Symptom specific forums: The following patient stories in our interactive forums and message boards relate to Muscle pain or relevant symptoms:

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  • Fibromyalgia
  • Joint swelling, stiffness, severe foot pain
  • Muscle twitches/spasms
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• Neurological (Nerves) (357)
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Causes of Muscle pain listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Muscle pain as a symptom include:

• 5-Azacytidine
• Aluminium (dialysis related) toxicity
• Amphotericin B
• Arsenic trioxide
• Arsenicals
• Atorvastatin
• Blood transfusion and complications
• Bornholm disease
• Brucellosis
• Campylobacter jejuni
• Cholesterol embolism
• Ciprofloxacin
• Endocarditis
• Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome
• Glycogenosis type 5
• Glycogenosis type 7
• Granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor
• Haff syndrome
• Hibernian fever, familial
• Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

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Medications or substances causing Muscle pain:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Muscle pain as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

• Certain diuretics
• Certain high blood pressure medications
• Certain cholesterol lowering medications
• Carboprost Tromethamine
• Hemabate

See full list of 318 medications causing Muscle pain

Drug interactions causing Muscle pain:

When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react causing Muscle pain as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

• Erythromycin and statin cholesterol-lowering drug interaction interaction
• A/T/S and statin cholesterol-lowering drug interaction interaction
• Akne-mycin and statin cholesterol-lowering drug interaction interaction
• Benzamycin and statin cholesterol-lowering drug interaction interaction
• Del-Mycin and statin cholesterol-lowering drug interaction interaction

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Article Excerpts about Muscle pain

Muscle pain can range from an aching muscle, spasm, or strain, to the severe spasticity that accompanies paralysis. Another disabling syndrome is fibromyalgia, a disorder characterized by fatigue, stiffness, joint tenderness, and widespread muscle pain. Polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and inclusion body myositis are painful disorders characterized by muscle inflammation. They may be caused by infection or autoimmune dysfunction and are sometimes associated with connective tissue disorders, such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. (Source: excerpt from Pain - Hope Through Research: NINDS)

Muscle pain can range from an aching muscle, spasm, or strain, to the severe spasticity that accompanies paralysis. Another disabling syndrome is fibromyalgia, a disorder characterized by fatigue, stiffness, joint tenderness, and widespread muscle pain. Polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and inclusion body myositis are painful disorders characterized by muscle inflammation. They may be caused by infection or autoimmune dysfunction and are sometimes associated with connective tissue disorders, such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. (Source: excerpt from Pain - Hope Through Research: NINDS)

Definitions of Muscle pain:

Myalgia: Pain or aching in a muscle or muscles.
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Organs affected by Muscle pain:

The list of organs typically affected by Muscle pain may include, but is not limited to:

• Muscle

Detailed list of causes of Muscle pain

The list below shows some of the causes of Muscle pain mentioned in various sources:

• 5-Azacytidine
• Acanthosis nigricans muscle cramps acral enlargement - muscle cramps
• Acid-Base Imbalance - muscle cramps
• Acute brachial neuritis
• Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment - myalgia

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How Common are these Causes of Muscle pain?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Muscle pain. Of the 449 causes of Muscle pain that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 16 causes are "very common" diseases
• 14 causes are "common" diseases
• 8 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 3 causes are "rare" diseases
• 49 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 378 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 449 causes of Muscle pain

Conditions listing symptoms: Muscle pain:

The following list of conditions have 'Muscle pain' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Causes of Muscle pain Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Muscle pain based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient: