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| exercise-induced muscle damage; presents with muscle pain and stiffness in muscles after unaccustomed or strenuous eccentric [muscle-lengthening] exercise a few hours to two or three days after the exercise |
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| Delayed Onset Muscle Stiffness: |
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| flavi virus infection spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes; presents with fever, headache, severe muscle and joint pains [aka breakbone fever]. |
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| inflammatory autoimmune disease affecting muscle and skin; presents with heliotrope discoloration of the eyelids, Gottron’s papules on the knuckles and fatigue; raised CK-MM and LDH. |
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| chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain disorder of unknown origin, mainly in women; presents with 11 out of 18 tender points with fatigue and unrefreshing sleep; all blood tests are normal. |
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| respiratory tract infection caused by the influenza virus which is spread by droplets or aerosol dispersal; presents with abrupt onset of fever, headache, myalgia and a stuffy nose, may worsen into a pneumonia especially in the very young and the elderly; serology is needed to identify the strain. |
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| infection of skin, nerves, muscles and joints caused by Borrelia burgdorferi transmitted by the deer tick Ixodes scapularis; presents with a flu-like illness with a bull’s eye rash [erythema migrans] in Stage 1; Bell’s palsy and peripheral neuropathy in Stage 2 and chronic arthritis and muscle pains in Stage 3; Lyme-ELISA is confirmatory. |
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| muscle injury related to trauma or overuse; presents with painful muscle and decreased active range of motion in the associated joint, active movement aggravates the pain. |
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| localized pain associated with trigger points; presents with tender points on specific muscles which when pressed, produce pain that radiates in a particular pattern. |
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| Myofascial Pain Syndrome: |
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| chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease affecting proximal muscles, more common in women older than 60 years; presents with pronounced stiffness of the neck, shoulder and upper back muscles which improves with activity; ESR is characteristically high [>50 mm/hour]. |
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| parasitic disease caused by eating raw or undercooked pork or game meat infected with the round worm Trichinella spiralis; presents with muscle pain, fever and periorbital edema and splinter hemorrhages; high eosinophilic count and elevated CK-MM is characteristic, ELISA for larva antigens is diagnosic. |
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