What's the difference between myalgia and myodynia?
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.