Many are familiar with the condition when unpleasant pulling sensations arise in the muscles, the temperature rises slightly, pain occurs in the back of the head. If you find the time and consult a doctor, he can make a diagnosis - myalgia. Symptoms of the disease depend on its type.
Despite the fact that myalgia is an inflammation of the muscles and tendons, the disease can be divided into two types.
Fibromyalgia - pain in muscles, ligaments, and other structures consisting of fibers. Primary myalgia always affects soft tissues outside the joints. Drawing musculoskeletal pain, which intensifies when trying to feel the sore spot, is localized in the back of the head, bones of the arms, legs, ligaments, lower back, shoulders, hips. With a primary disease, especially painful points can be felt.
This ailment is most susceptible to young healthy women, especially those with increased anxiety or who are under stress. Pain sensations are aggravated by mental or physical stress, dampness, cold. It has been observed that girls or women who suffer from insomnia or other sleep disturbances are most affected by pains of this nature.
In men, myalgia also occurs. Symptoms of it most often occur against the background of sports or physical activity. Such a disease is considered secondary myalgia.
Another form of the disease is myositis. Aching pain in this disorder is aggravated by walking, and is localized in the muscles, especially the arms, legs, and spine.
Myositis can be caused by infectious diseases, helminths, injuries of a different nature. Sometimes myositis is a consequence of vascular disorders, in which there is insufficient blood supply.
If myositis is not treated, it first leads to a weakening of the affected muscles, and then to their degeneration. This, in turn, can lead to disability and the inability of a person to move independently.
In some cases, inflammation spreads to other muscles, causing an even more serious disease - polymyositis. If the disease comes to the surface of the skin, dermatomyositis occurs.
The most unpleasant variety can be considered Bornholm syndrome - an epidemic myalgia that occurs when the Coxsackie virus enters the body . In this case, there is a sharp paroxysmal pain in the arms, chest, neck, very high fever, and vomiting.
In addition to specific pains, myalgia, the symptoms of which intensify without treatment, can lead to a general deterioration: headaches, progressive weakness, fever.
Myalgia treatment should be mandatory and comprehensive.
First of all, doctors carry out symptomatic treatment, the purpose of which is to eliminate the cause of the disease. Antibiotics, anthelmintic drugs, drugs that destroy viruses can be prescribed.
General inflammation is removed with diclofenac or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory compounds. Non-narcotic painkillers such as Pentalgin may be prescribed to relieve pain. For external use, ointments or gels with an irritating or warming effect are recommended: Fastum, Phenalgon, Menovazin, etc.
During the disease, you must follow a diet. It is recommended to exclude meat, salted, pepper food, spices from the menu.
With myositis in the acute stage, complete rest may be recommended. After the acute phase is left behind, massages, physiotherapy procedures can be prescribed.
Myalgia, the symptoms of which can occur in any person, requires mandatory treatment. In order to diagnose the disease, the doctor should prescribe an X-ray, possibly ultrasound, and, necessarily, blood tests.
If treatment begins on time, the ailment can go away forever. With untimely exposure to the disease, its symptoms will return throughout life.