Female's are affected more than male's. And all races are affected.
My Symptoms
- ache, pain - described as burning, lancinating, soreness, hurting, miserable, gnawing, throbbing.
Multiple pain sites - face, head, neck, shoulders, front and back chestwalls, arms, hands, fingers, low back, legs, hips, thighs and feet.
Stiffness of soft tissues such as muscles and joints.
Shortening and spasm of muscles and tendons.
Loss of motion of joints.
Swelling tissues - muscle, joint, tendon, fascia.
Fatigue - general, chronic, morning, overwhelming.
Weakness - arm, hand, finger, leg and foot.
Accident - dropping of object, falling
Sleep - poor, disrupted, disturbed, nonrestorative and nonrefreshed.
Abnormal sensations - paresthesia, numbness, tingling.
Psychological disturbances - anxiety, depression.
Referred pain to other parts of the body.
Tinnitus (ringing in the ear), dizziness.
There are also concomitant autonomic nerve phenomena and visceral disorders. Visceral and Autonomic Symptoms - headaches, dysmenorrhea, nausea and vomitting, irritable bowel, lacrimation (excessive tearing), coryza (acute rhinitis), sicca complex (dry eyes and mouth), pilomotor phenomenon (goose bumps), Raynaud's phenomenon, female urethral syndrome, hyperemia (redness) of the skin, reticular (mottled, blue or purple) discoloration of the skin in the arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet and toes.
Pathogenesis (mechanism) - it is reported to be poorly understood.
Several causes have been implicated such as tension, stress, fatigue, chill, connective tissue diseases such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, compression of nerve, nutritional deficiency, endocrine imbalance such as estrogen deficiency and hypothyroidism, acute and chronic trauma such as repetitive strain injury and overuse syndrome.
Aggrevating Factors - cold or humid weather, disturbed sleep, physical and metal fatigue, strenous physical activity, anxiety and stress.
