Myalgia

Myalgia is the medical term for muscle aches and pain.

Prevalence

• In a 2001 Belgian study, 87.1% of patients meeting the Fukuda criteria and 90.1% of patients meeting the Holmes criteria, in a cohort of 2073 CFS patients, reported myalgia.
• Katrina Berne, PhD, reports a prevalence of 65-95% for muscle and/or joint pain, neck pain.

Symptom recognition

• In the Canadian Consensus Criteria (CCC), pain is a required criteria for diagnosis. It requires that "there is a significant degree of myalgia. Pain can be experienced in the muscles, and/or joints, and is often widespread and migratory in nature. Often there are significant headaches of new type, pattern or severity."
• In the Fukuda criteria, the symptom of muscle pain can be used to help form a diagnosis.
• In the Holmes criteria, muscle discomfort or myalgia is an optional criteria for diagnosis, under the section Minor Symptom Criteria.

Muscle pain is a potential symptom of Long COVID in the World Health Organization's definition.

See also

• Fibromyalgia
• Pain

myalgia Muscle pain

Canadian Consensus Criteria (CCC) - A set of diagnostic criteria used to diagnose ME/CFS, developed by a group of practicing ME/CFS clinicians in 2003. The CCC is often considered to be the most complex criteria, but possibly the most accurate, with the lowest number of patients meeting the criteria. Led to the development of the International Consensus Criteria (ICC) in 2011.

World Health Organization (WHO) - "A specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with public health. It was established on 7 April 1948, and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO is a member of the United Nations Development Group. Its predecessor, the Health Organization, was an agency of the League of Nations." The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) is maintained by WHO.