Myalgia - symptoms

Myalgia is a disease that is very annoying pain in the muscles. Actually, the word "myalgia" is translated as "muscle pain". This disease, like others, is growing younger, and today it affects not only adults, but also adolescents. In addition, the insidiousness of myalgia lies in the fact that even the most healthy person can suddenly feel its symptoms, for example, unnecessarily loading oneself with physical exercises.

Causes of myalgia

The causes of myalgia of rheumatic and non-rheumatic genesis are mainly:

• physical overvoltage;
• stress;
• supercooling;
• pathology and spine disease (for example, sciatica );
• Infectious diseases (eg, influenza);
• hypertension of muscles;
• injuries (bruises, sprains).

However, it is worthwhile to dwell on several types of myalgia that arise for other reasons:

1. Intercostal myalgia - arises from the squeezing of nerve trunks.
2. Epidemic myalgia (Bornholm disease) - the cause is the Coxsackie B virus or Coxsackie A-9.
3. The syndrome of eosinophilia myalgia - occurs after the adoption of the Japanese drug "Tryptophan", which because of this impact is no longer produced.

The types and symptoms of myalgia

Modern medicine distinguishes three types of myalgia, each of which manifests itself in its own way. Consider these types of diseases in more detail:

Fibromyalgia

This species is characterized by pain in the muscles, ligaments, tendons. The pain is acute and especially noticeable during palpation. Basically, patients feel it in one of the areas:

• small of the back;
• neck;
• shoulders;
• the back of the head.

Myalgia of the neck

Cervical myalgia is most common among all the listed species. With this disease, dull pain in the neck.

Myositis

In this case, there is pain arising from movement. Hurt mainly:

• limbs;
• trunk.

Especially common is intercostal myalgia, the symptoms of which are manifested by pain in the ribs or between them.

Poliomyositis

This is perhaps the worst kind of myositis, in which not only the pain and weakness in the muscles (neck and face) is felt, but it is also possible dystrophy. In the absence of treatment, pain can extend the range of action to the pelvis and even lower limbs.

In addition, there are common symptoms for all three types of myalgia:

• impaired permeability of cell membranes;
• edema;
• inflammation in the muscles;
• nausea and vomiting ;
• headache;
• stiffness and tension in the joints;
• increased body temperature;
• hyperthermia - excessive accumulation of heat in the body and, as a result, an increase in body temperature.

Treatment of myalgia

The main task of treating this disease is to eliminate the main cause of its occurrence. However, if this cause can not be eliminated, then proceed directly to treating the symptoms of the myalgia itself. For this purpose, courses of medications with anti-inflammatory action are prescribed. These can be tablets, ointments or injections.

In addition to drug treatment, a mandatory condition for full recovery is the implementation of a special set of exercises and the conduct of physio-procedures. Massage is an excellent influence. With the help of a good specialist, the patient can get rid of the pain in the shortest time.

In addition to the basic treatment and support procedures, it would also be nice to spend some time after recovering in a sanatorium, as this will help the body to fully recover and gain strength.

Prevention of myalgia

As a prevention of myalgia, regular moderate physical training of muscles, keeping a calm and measured lifestyle, and proper nutrition, supplying the body tissues with all necessary substances, can be considered.