i have muscle pain in my thighs and I believe it is a virus. Has anyone heard of a virus like this?
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Are you sure it's a virus an not muscle soreness as a result of physical activity?
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I had it over New Years and it turned into walking pnemonia. \n\nMost of my family is either ill with it or has had it already. \n\nBad, bad strain.\n\nHope all is well with you.
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First confirm that it is not due to any viral infection, because there is fever. If it is not there it might be rheumatism. Do RA test and ESR. If ESR is high and pain is unstoppable it is rheumatism eventhough RA test is negative. We call it Negative RA. Unfortunately there is no medicine for rheumatism but we treat it with our research. If it confirms you should think visiting us otherwise taking painkillers till death is the only thing you can do. Therefore first confirm it.
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Have you been tested for herpes simplex virus? They sound suspiciously like cold sores.\n\nI know it sounds obvious, but it's all I can think of.
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try alieveor ask your doc for soma,i use soma for my muscle disease..it works well,good luck and hope ya feel better soon
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I believe you have! I had the same thing happen on my thigh. It was a large area and was soooooo itchy!I took about 2 weeks to get back to normal. I did not seek medical help, but that might be the wisest thing to do
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i would suggest going to a doctor.  you may have strained a muscle or something worse but go soon
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I am very, very sorry to hear that BillsFan...  I also have PN pretty much all over my body.  I KNOW how painful it is.  \n\nThere's a really good book that I found on PN that has really informed me of all of the mysterious causes.  Mine has also come on for no real "true" reason.  Read my other answers @ my q&a page and see if that helps.  I wish you the best of luck.
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FMS (fibromyalgia syndrome) is a widespread musculoskeletal pain and fatigue disorder for which the cause is still unknown. Fibromyalgia means pain in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons – the soft fibrous tissues in the body.\n\nMost patients with FMS say that they ache all over. Their muscles may feel like they have been pulled or overworked. Sometimes the muscles twitch and at other times they burn. More women than men are afflicted with FMS, and it shows up in people of all ages.\n\nTo help your family and friends relate to your condition, have them think back to the last time they had a bad flu. Every muscle in their body shouted out in pain. In addition, they felt devoid of energy as though someone had unplugged their power supply. While the severity of symptoms fluctuate from person to person, FMS may resemble a post-viral state. This similarity is the reason experts in the field of FMS and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) believe that these two syndromes may be one and the same. Gulf War syndrome also overlaps with FMS/CFS.\n\n(Back to top)\n\nSYMPTOMS AND ASSOCIATED SYNDROMES\n\nPain - The pain of FMS has no boundaries. People describe the pain as deep muscular aching, throbbing, shooting, and stabbing. Intense burning may also be present. Quite often, the pain and stiffness are worse in the morning and you may hurt more in muscle groups that are used repetitively.\n\nFatigue - This symptom can be mild in some patients and yet incapacitating in others. The fatigue has been described as "brain fatigue" in which patients feel totally drained of energy. Many patients depict this situation by saying that they feel as though their arms and legs are tied to concrete blocks, and they have difficulty concentrating, e.g., brain fog.\n\nSleep disorder - Most FMS patients have an associated sleep disorder called the alpha-EEG anomaly. This condition was uncovered in a sleep lab with the aid of a machine which recorded the brain waves of patients during sleep. Researchers found that most FMS patients could fall asleep without much trouble, but their deep level (or stage 4) sleep was constantly interrupted by bursts of awake-like brain activity. Patients appeared to spend the night with one foot in sleep and the other one out of it.\n\nSleep lab tests may not be necessary to determine if you have disturbed sleep. If you wake up feeling as though you've just been run over by a Mack truck – what doctors refer to as unrefreshing sleep – it is reasonable for your physician to assume that you have a sleep disorder. Many FMS patients have been found to have other sleep disorders in addition to the alpha-EEG, such as sleep apnea (as well as the newly discovered form of interrupted breathing called upper airway resistance syndrome, or UARS), bruxism (teeth grinding), periodic limb movement during sleep (jerking of arms and legs), and restless legs syndrome (difficulty sitting still in the evenings).\n\nIrritable Bowel Syndrome - Constipation, diarrhea, frequent abdominal pain, abdominal gas, and nausea represent symptoms frequently found in roughly 40 to 70% of FMS patients. Acid reflux or gastroesophogeal reflux disease (GRED) also occurs with the same high frequency.\n\nChronic headaches - Recurrent migraine or tension-type headaches are seen in about 70% of FMS patients and can pose a major problem in coping for this patient group.\n\nTemporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome - This syndrome, sometimes referred to as TMJ or TMD, causes tremendous jaw-related face and head pain in one quarter of FMS patients. However, a 1997 published report indicated that close to 75% of FMS patients have a varying degree of jaw discomfort. Typically, the problems are related to the muscles and ligaments surrounding the jaw joint and not necessarily the joint itself.\n\nOther common symptoms - Premenstrual syndrome and painful periods, chest pain, morning stiffness, cognitive or memory impairment, numbness and tingling sensations,
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ITS A VIRUS!!!!\nRUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!
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Yes, see a physician. You may have an internal infection or something more serious like a disease.
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You really ought to call your doctor on this one to get a chest exray to rule out things.  It could be anything from a simple virus to walking pneumonia to worse.  You could have something serious and not even know it.  Good luck
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Dear Pudgygirl the medical science foresees any problem as potential threat for our bodies or mind. It therefore makes use of all the available technology to confirm that there is no underlying cause of the pain you just mentioned. What we think of as a pulled muscle may have been any thing from a lung tumor to bone tumor to a much benign condition but there was really no way of telling without a xray or CT scan. God forbid what if this pain would have been the earliest sign of a serious underlying disease. In that case after some years you would have been so bitter and angry that why the doctors didn't bother at that time. Please don't think that as a doctor myself I am taking side with my brethren, but this is what goes through a doctor's mind when a patients presents to him. \nHope you understand and though I fully agree that this exuberant amount hurts so bad but in the larger interest of the profession and all of us patients, I would suggest you thank God. and please don't think that you have at the moment, any underlying disease.\nGood luck:) and please smile, will you:)?
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I got that before too, a couple of times already. The moment i had it i thought i'm getting a heart attack but mine always go away after a day. I think i kinda pulled the muscles while sleeping. If your lung still hurts after a day or two i suggest u see a doctor. Take care!
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What did your doctor suggest it might be? It could be something inflamed and pressing on a nerve or muscle, or it could be a circulation problem. I have a herniated disk in my lower back that causes similar symptoms, it's called sciatica. You can read about that condition here. http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=167\nRest is a good thing to let inflamation go down, and of course there are specific excercises to take the pressure off of particular area. Most important thing I can tell you is to talk to your doctor. If he doesn't answer your questions, ask again. You should be in control when visiting the doctor. Don't leave the office in the dark. Hope this helps.
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I'm glad your daughter pulled though such a serious disease!\n\nYes, I think there is a link between the necrotizing fascitis and the myofascial pain syndrome.\n\nHere why:  I worked in a steel foundry and had what felt like bruising pain  thoughout various parts of my body.  I also had severe, burning skin pain on my thighs,  forearms, ribcage.  The doctors were baffled because my skin looked normal and they thought I had fibromyalgia.  Well, after two years of this unrelenting pain, my skin became redder and I slowly developed very, very faint skin lesions.  My skin had become thinned.  \nOnce very old dermatologist(I had gone to four) finally diganosed me with "Erythema ab igne".  I had damaged my skin from repeated overexposure to heat.\n\nHe explained to me that I did not have fibromyalgia.  He told me that there are several layers of the skin (I forget, seven I think) and that I damaged the deepest layers of my skin.  This is what is refered to as fascia pain.  He showed me a picture of my bicep which look normal and then close up enhanced version and the damaged skin.  He said that fascia pain sometimes feels like muslce pain and most doctors can't distinguish between the two.\n\nYour daughters deep layers of skin were obviously damaged.  Here protective layer is gone like mine is.  I can no longer go out in the sun, it burns like a blow torch.   If its a large area, her sweat glands will be ruin and she will overheat and fatigue easily.  She will feel cold easily too.\nMy advise it to try and keep her in a comfortable temperature around 70 degrees.  Too cold and she will have that bruising pain.  Too hot and she will be fatigued.  Be careful what kind of lotions you put on the skin, if it can't breath, she will overheat.  Sunblock is one that will cause her to feel hot.  I spray my skin with a mist of water in summer.\n\nI hope she feels better.
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depends on what the pain is from....did you pull a muscle?  did you get hit/kicked in that area?  is there a rash/scabs with this pain?  do you have a bulge sticking out other than you package that might be a hernia? does it burn when you pee?  do you have a fever? any other symptoms?  I guess you better see a doctor huh?