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== Pain in ME/CFS == Pain occurs in a wide range of forms in [[ME/CFS]] and is typically [[chronic pain|chronic]]. These include: *[[abdominal pain]] (stomach pain) *[[aching pain]] *[[arthralgia]] (joint pain) *[[chest pain]] *[[eye pain]] associated with cervical muscle tension *[[flu-like symptoms|flu-like pain and discomfort]] *[[headache]]s including sinus headaches, [[tension-type headache]]s and [[migraine]]s *generalized [[hyperalgesia]] *[[swollen lymph node|lymph node tenderness]] *[[lowered pain threshold]] or chronic, widespread [[allodynia]] *[[muscle spasm]]s *[[muscle-tendon junction pain]] *[[myalgia]] (muscle pain) *[[myofascial pain]] *[[nerve pain]] (neuropathic pain) including [[burning pain]], [[shooting pain]] and [[stabbing pain]]s *[[pins and needles]] *positive [[fibromyalgia tender points]] occur in most people with ME/CFS *[[peripheral neuropathy|peripheral neuropathies]] *[[radiating pain]] *[[sore throat]] *pain is typically widespread, migratory, and fluctuates<ref name="ICC2011primer" /><ref name="fukuda1994">{{Cite journal | last = Fukuda | first = K. | authorlink = Keiji Fukuda | last2 = Straus | first2 = S.E. | authorlink2=Stephen Straus | last3 = Hickie | first3 = I. | authorlink3 =Ian Hickie | last4 = Sharpe | first4 = M.C. | authorlink4 = Michael Sharpe | last5 = Dobbins | first5 = J.G. | authorlink5=James Dobbins | last6 = Komaroff | first6 = A. | authorlink6 = Anthony Komaroff | date = 1994-12-15| title = The chronic fatigue syndrome: a comprehensive approach to its definition and study. International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Study Group | url =https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Sharpe2/publication/247808895_The_Chronic_Fatigue_Syndrome_A_Comprehensive_Approach_to_Its_Definition_and_Study/links/0c96053201643bfc4b000000/The-Chronic-Fatigue-Syndrome-A-Comprehensive-Approach-to-Its-Definition-and-Study.pdf|journal=Annals of Internal Medicine|volume=121|issue=12 | pages = 953β959|issn=0003-4819|pmid=7978722|via=|publisher=American College of Physicians}}</ref> Pain can also occur as a consequence of commonly comorbid illnesses such as [[migraine]], [[myofascial pain syndrome]] (MPS), [[temporomandibular joint syndrome]] (TMJ), [[interstitial cystitis]], [[Raynaud's phenomenon]], [[irritable bowel syndrome |IBS]], or from [[fibromyalgia]], which is considered an overlapping syndrome.<ref name="ICC2011primer" /><ref name="canadianconsensus-CCC" />
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