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Muscle Aches
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Muscle Aches
Muscle aches, or myalgia, is pain in the muscles. Muscle aches and pain are common and can involve more than one muscle. Muscle pain can involve tendons, ligaments, fascia, bones, and organs.
Symptom classification
Body areaEntire Body
Conditions linked to this sign/symptom
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- Aseptic Meningitis
- Avian Influenza
- Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
- Blastomycosis
- Campylobacter Infections
- Chagas Disease
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Cogans Syndrome
- Cold
- Dengue
- Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever
- Ehrlichiosis
- Fibromyalgia
- Flu
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Giant Cell Arteritis
- Hantavirus Infection
- Heat Cramps
- Hypercalcemia
- Hyperhomocysteinemia
- Infectious Mononucleosis
- Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
- Lassa Fever
- Legionella Infections
- Lymphangitis
- Malaria
- Marburg Infections
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- Microsporidiosis
- Monkeypox
- Myofascial Pain Syndrome
- Neonatal Listeriosis
- Neurologic Paraneoplastic Syndromes
- Opioid Withdrawal
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
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- Pneumococcal Pneumonia
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- Scarlet Fever
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- Toxoplasmosis
- Trench Fever
- Upper Respiratory Chest Infection
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