What's the difference between mastodynia and myalgia?
Mastodynia
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Mastodyny
Example Sentences:
(1) Therefore its seems that benign conditions of the breasts should be treated early and particularly in the stage of mastodynia if development into irreversible sclerotic conditions is to be avoided.
(2) In a prospective longitudinal study over several years, 58 patients with breast cancer are compared to 52 patients with fibrocystic disease and 24 patients with mastodynia.
(3) With the exception of transient mastodynia, no mammary changes were observed.
(4) High-risk groups who warrant such prophylactic mastectomy and reconstruction include those with florid cyst disease, a strong family history of breast cancer, the finding of lobular carcinoma in situ, multiple previous biopsies, and those who have severe and progressive mastodynia.
(5) Subjective symptoms disappeared or improved in 97% for mastodynia and 100% for dysmenorrhoea with a general decrease in menstrual bleeding.
(6) The antalgic effect of synthetic diosmin in 120 patients suffering from vascular and premenstrual mastodynia is studied compared to the same number of non-treated cases.
(7) The compound tended to lessen the symptoms, especially mastodynia.
(8) The histological picture or clinical features of an increased secretory activity of the mammary gland (galactorrhoea, mastodynia) in addition to the mastitis was noted in 54 women.
(9) Inhibition of lactation in 60% of the postpartum patients, although most continued to complain of mastodynia.
(10) The clinical effectiveness and safety of vaginal micronized progesterone treatment in mastodynia were evaluated in a double-blind placebo controlled study.
(11) The groups were identical before treatment, with the exception of a longer history of mastodynia and mastopathies in the 1 mg promegestone group than in the lynestrenol group (P = 0.04) and a greater proportion of mastosis zones in the lynestrenol group as compared to the 0.500 mg promegestone group (P = 0.05).
(12) Serum analysis carried out about 7 days before menstruation in 33 patients with mastodynia and 20 controls confirmed that progesterone is frequently decreased and prolactinaemia increased in the patients with mastodynia compared with controls of the same age.
(13) At least 6 patterns of mastodynia can be distinguished clinically.
(14) But no such advantages in 5 women with non-cyclical mastodynia treated as above were found.
(15) Significant reduction of mastodynia and significant improvement of the breast lesions were observed in the group given bromocriptine, though echomammography and breast thermography did not reveal any significant differences between the two groups.
(16) Over the last few years bromocriptine has been used for treatment of mastodynia and benign breast disease, but with contradictory results.
(17) The sexual steroids resulted in inhibition of lactation in 60% of the postpartum patients but mastodynia continued.
(18) The most common symptoms are irritability, bloating, aggressiveness, mastodynia, and headaches.
(19) Sixty-two (62) patients remained free of side effects, while mastodynia was reported in 9 cases.
(20) The ratio of the patients with the left- and right-sided disease was 1.12 (p less than 0.001) for breast cancer, 1.75 (p less than 0.001)--for fibroadenomatosis of the mammary gland, and 1.43 (p less than 0.001)--for mastodynia.
Myalgia
Definition:
(n.) Pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism or neuralgia.
Example Sentences:
(1) Painful manifestations (arthralgia, myalgia), variable with fluctuations in the IS affection were observed in both groups (S1, S2).
(2) The chronic sequelae most often associated with long-term disability are sclerodermatous skin thickening (54%), sensorimotor polyneuropathy (61%), proximal myopathy (36%), and severe episodic myalgias (64%).
(3) The recently characterized eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS), which is thought to have been induced by contaminated L-tryptophan preparations, is similar to the TOS in some particulars.
(4) The patient developed myalgia and low grade arthritis in multiple joints together with a high titre of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) and anti-dsDNA antibodies.
(5) Other clinical findings included myalgia, headache, hepatomegaly, and splenomegaly.
(6) Jaundice, fever, myalgia, and marked increase in serum aminotransferase activities occurred after 2 weeks of treatment.
(7) The eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS) associated with the ingestion of L-tryptophan (LT) containing products has recently been recognized in the United States.
(8) Muscular strength and overall functional class were improved or stable in 25 patients; myalgias and arthralgias were also stable or improved in 19 patients.
(9) At the end of the follow-up period all the patients, except two, who complained of proximal myalgia, were asymptomatic.
(10) The case definition used in the investigation was any person with fever, headache, myalgias, and arthralgias, or rash or retroocular pain.
(11) Alpha-interferon induces side effects such as fatigue, flu-like syndrome, myalgia, and changes in mood and granulocytes.
(12) We report the cutaneous manifestations of the eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome in 10 patients, with specific reference to their clinical course, histopathological features, and immunogenetic studies.
(13) The incidence of myalgia was 76 per cent in the succinylcholine group compared to 23 per cent in the atracurium group (p less than 0.005).
(14) The patient's perception of the severity of arthritis, myalgia and dermatological lesions was an important aetiological factor.
(15) Eleven received corticosteroids and had improvement of general symptoms, arthralgias, arthritis, myalgias, skin changes, eosinophilia, and leukocytosis.
(16) The patients was well until one month prior to the present admission, when he had an onset of painful swelling of lymphnodes in the posterior cervical region, proximal muscle weakness, myalgia and a partial defect in the visual field of the right eye.
(17) The authors report a case of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome with a progressive neuromyopathy.
(18) Toxicity has included nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, myalgia, and fatigue.
(19) One patient exhibited several features of the eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome.
(20) The authors describe three enterovirus epidemics: an outbreak of Coxsackie B1 epidemic myalgia, one of echovirus 4 meningitis and one of epidemic vomiting and diarrhea caused by Coxsackie A9 virus.