Diffuse pain
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Synonyms and keywords: Aches; chronic pain; musculoskeletal pain
Overview
Overview
Causes
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Common Causes
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Mood disorder
- Myositis
- Neuropathies
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Bilateral soft tissue rheumatism[1][2]
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | Statins |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | Hypothyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Hyperparathyroidism, Adrenal insufficiency |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | Viral infection, Spirochetal infection, Bacterial infection |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | Paget’s disease, Osteomalacia, Myositis, Myofascial pain syndrome, Muscle soreness from overuse, Chronic fatigue syndrome |
| Neurologic | Entrapment neuropathy, Neuropathies, Multiple Sclerosis |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | Scurvy , Metabolic myopathy |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | Paraneoplastic syndrome |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | Psycogenic rheumatism, Mood disorder, Depressed affect |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal/Electrolyte | Hypophosphatemia |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | Vasculitis, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Spondyloarthropathy, Sjogren syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Reiter’s Syndrome, Polymyalgia rheumatica, Fibromyalgia, Dermatomyositis, Dermatomyositis, Chronic fatigue syndrome , Bilateral soft tissue rheumatism, Postviral arthralgia, Ankylosing Spondylitis |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | Overuse Syndromes, Hypermobility |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
References
References
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