Muscle Pain Causes!!!
Muscle pain has many indefinite causes.
The causes of muscle pain are something to be given a lot of importance.
The few common causes of muscle pain are tension, stress, overuse and minor injuries.
This type of muscle pain is generally localised.
It affects one or more than one part of the body.
However the systematic muscle pain which is felt throughout the body is different from other muscle pains.
It happens more often due to any infection or any illness for example fibromyalgia or polymyalgia rheumatic or
due to medication, such as a statin, and it should be evaluated by the doctor.
Following are the few causes of muscle pain:
Chronic exertion compartment syndrome is an uncommon, exercise-induced neuromuscular condition that causes pain,
swelling and sometimes even disability in affected muscles of your legs or arms.
Anyone can develop chronic exertion compartment syndrome, but it's more common in athletes who participate in
sports that involve repetitive movements, such as running, fast walking, biking and swimming.
Chronic exertion compartment syndrome is sometimes called chronic compartment syndrome or exercise-induced
compartment syndrome.
Conservative treatments typically don't help with chronic exertion compartment syndrome.
However, surgery is usually successful; allowing you - whether you're a recreational or serious athlete - to
return to your sport.
Chronic fatigue syndrome is a complicated disorder characterized by extreme fatigue that can't be explained by
any underlying medical condition.
The fatigue may worsen with physical or mental activity, but doesn't improve with rest.
The cause of chronic fatigue syndrome is unknown, although there are many theories - ranging from viral
infections to psychological stress.
Some experts believe chronic fatigue syndrome might be triggered by a combination of factors.
There's no single test to confirm a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome.
You may have to undergo a variety of medical tests to rule out other health problems that have similar
symptoms.
Treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome focuses on symptom relief.
Claudication is pain caused by too little blood flow, especially during exercise.
Sometimes called intermittent claudication, this condition generally affects the blood vessels in the legs, but
claudication can affect the arms too.
At first, you'll probably notice the pain only when you're exercising, but as claudication worsens, the pain may
affect you even when you're at rest.
Although it's sometimes considered a disease, claudication is technically a symptom of a disease.
Most often, claudication is a symptom of peripheral artery disease, a potentially serious but treatable
circulation problem.
Fortunately, with treatment, you may be able to maintain an active lifestyle without pain.
Staph infections are caused by staphylococcus bacteria, a type of germ commonly found on the skin or in the nose
of even healthy individuals.
Most of the time, these bacteria cause no problems or result in relatively minor skin infections.
But staph infections can turn deadly if the bacteria invade deeper into your body, entering your bloodstream,
joints, bones, lungs or heart.
In the past, a lethal staph infection might have occurred in a person who was hospitalized or had a chronic
illness or weakened immune system.
Now, a growing number of otherwise healthy people are developing life-threatening staph infections.
And many staph infections no longer respond to common antibiotics.
Polymyositis (pol-e-mi-o-si-tis) is a persistent inflammatory muscle disease that causes weakness of the
skeletal muscles, which control movement.
Medically, Polymyositis is classified as a chronic inflammatory myopathy - one of only three such diseases.
Polymyositis can occur at any age, but it mostly affects adults in their 30s, 40s or 50s.
It's more common in blacks than in whites, and women are affected more often than men are.
Polymyositis signs and symptoms usually develop gradually, over weeks or months.
Remissions - periods during which symptoms spontaneously disappear - are rare in Polymyositis.
However, treatment can improve your muscle strength and function.
Influenza is a viral infection that attacks your respiratory system - your nose, throat and lungs.
Influenza, commonly called the flu, is not the same as the stomach "flu" viruses that cause diarrhoea and
vomiting.
Influenza and its complications can be deadly.
People at higher risk of developing flu complications include:
* Young children
* Older adults
* Pregnant women
* People with weakened immune systems
* People who have chronic illnesses
Your best defence against influenza is to receive an annual vaccination.
A muscle cramp is a sudden and involuntary contraction of one or more of your muscles.
If you've ever been awakened in the night or stopped in your tracks by a sudden charley horse, you know that
muscle cramps can cause excruciating pain.
Though generally harmless, muscle cramps can make it temporarily impossible to use the affected muscle.
Long periods of exercise or physical labour, particularly in hot weather, may lead to muscle cramps.
Some medications and certain medical conditions also may cause muscle cramps.
You can usually treat muscle cramps at home with self-care measures.
Rhabdomyolysis, a potentially life-threatening condition in which muscle fibres break down and enter your
bloodstream - sometimes as a side effect of using statin drugs.
If proper prevention is taken against these causes of muscle pain, then muscle pain can be avoided.
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