Myalgia or muscle pain is not a medical disorder but is a symptom of an existing underlying condition. Almost everybody has experienced discomfort in their muscles at some point. Because there is muscle tissue in nearly all parts of the body, this type of pain can be felt practically anywhere.
CAUSES:
The most common cause is stress or tension that results from excessive use of the muscles that are affected or from an injury. The myalgia can be localized and involve just one or more muscles. It can also develop as a consequence of some disorder or disease that could be in existence in a person that suffers from myalgia. Some of the disorders and diseases that can cause myalgia include:
Chronic fatigue syndrome –
this disorder is marked by extreme fatigue and of the eight official symptoms of this disorder, muscle pain is one of them, Chronic exertional compartment syndrome – this is a syndrome that causes muscle and nerve pain that is induced by an exertion of exercise and Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome – this is a rare autoimmune and inflammatory disease that causes inflammation and pain of your nerves, blood vessels, skin, muscles, and lungs.
Other causes such as any kind of injury to the muscle can cause mild to severe muscle aching. Overuse or overstretching of muscles, Polio, Malaria, Myopathy (a disease of muscles in which there is aching of muscles along with weakness), Hyperthyroidism , Rabies, Arthritis,Tetanus, Dengue fever, Typhoid fever and Muscular abscess (pain along with inflammation and collection of pus) are some of the other cause of the muscle pain.
SYMPTOMS OF MYALGIA
There are many different symptoms but what they will be depends on the area that is being affected.
The most common symptom of myalgia is the pain that is often severe. The onset of pain is usually sudden and will linger for a few days to many weeks. It all depends on the cause and intensity of the pain. The pain is often associated with spasms and stiffness. The pain can also be continual.
For chronic cases of myalgia it is usually marked with stiffness and pain after periods of being inactive. After reasonable exercise the pain will usually ease up.
When it affects your cervical manifest with heaviness of your head accompanied with an occipital headache
Cervical myalgia can also manifest with problems swallowing, numbness of your face, and vision impairment,
When the chest muscles are involved in myalgia it could cause difficulty in breathing in and out.
When the myalgia involved your heart you could experience irregular heartbeats and is also a potential for cardiac arrest.
You may also notice the affected area is tender to the touch.
Other symptoms that you might notice can include:
Vomiting and nausea
Fever
Depression and anxiety
Stiffness
Tingling and numbness in your arms and other parts of your body
Vertigo
The following can be a sign of a medical emergency. Get to the hospital as soon as possible if you experience any of the following along with aching muscles:
a sudden onset of water retention or a reduction in urine volume
difficulty swallowing
vomiting or running a fever
trouble catching your breath
stiffness in your neck area
muscles that are weak
inability to move the affected area of the body
HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT
Homeopathic treatment helps you not only for chronic diseases but also efficient in acute conditions. Homeopathic treatment helps you in the conditions of muscular aches and pains that do not respond to the traditional medicines. Nothing in the world exist without a cause and the aim of homoeopathic treatment is to find out the underlying cause of the pain and the treatment will be based on that. Prescription will be made on a detailed study of the case. Medicines are safer and has no side effects.