Talk:Myalgia
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Since coming off HRT two months ago after being on it for eight years, hot flushes returned with a vengeance, but at the same time I developed continual and moderately severe muscular stiffness similar to how you would feel the morning after you had worked out with weights, run a marathon and cycled up hills - except that I haven't done any of that. This is worrying because it especially affects the muscles and tendons that I use at work, whereas before I experienced no adverse affect through daily activities. I don't want to lose any fitness at all and force myself to keep to the same level of activity that I had previously. I worry that I might be damaging my muscles by doing this. I contunue to go for a short run every day although it is a huge effort, as if I were wearing concrete boots. I don't seem to be affected cardiovascularly, as I don't get any more puffed than I did before.
My questions are:
- What is the process that is causing this?
- Is it an effect of oestrogen deficiency or a side effect of hot flushes
(eg. a lack of some micronutrient that is being lost in the continual sweating)?
- Is it transient or am I stuck with this permanently - will it get worse?
- Have I just suddenly aged eight years in this respect, and might not have notice the muscle pain if it had come on gradually over eight years?
[edit] Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Is "Myalgia" the same as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or are they different conditions? The Rod 05:21, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
- i'm pretty sure they're different - i was diagnosed with myalgia last year but the doctor is adamant that i won't get M.E. - i think that M.E. is much more severe as it involves constant fatigue as well, whereas myalgia is just having problems with muscles [[User : han] han] 17:35, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Myalgia is one of the many features of chronic fatigue syndrome, originally called "myalgic encephalomyelitis" (although there is little proof of -itis in either the brain or the spinal cord). The term without modifiers just simply means "pain in muscle". JFW | T@lk 21:26, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Added to the List 2006-11-24
Some items of relevance I thought people should know. Tetanus vaccine can induce myalgia as can sudden cessation (known on the street as 'going cold turkey') of opioids (at abusive doses). I should probably mention that in patients taking β1-blockers this is not just possible but probably with tetanus vaccine. DrMorelos 18:51, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
