People of all ages and genders may experience muscle pain at some point of time in their life. After an intense workout, or when you suddenly change your exercise routine, you may experience delayed onset of muscle soreness or DOMS. Because you have muscle tissues everywhere, the muscle pain can practically be felt throughout the body at different times.

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3. People of all ages and genders may experience muscle pain at some
point of time in their life. After an intense workout, or when you
suddenly change your exercise routine, you may experience delayed
onset of muscle soreness or DOMS. Because you have muscle tissues
everywhere, the muscle pain can practically be felt throughout the body
at different times.
Muscle pain, or myalgia, occurs due to injury, infection, disease, or
some other health issues. You may feel deep and steady pain, or
random sharp pains in various parts of the body. Some people
experience muscle pain all over their body, while some others feel it
only in some specific areas. Muscle pain may also have other
associated symptoms such as joint pain, muscle cramps, and muscle
spasms.

4. MUSCLE DISORDERS CAN HAPPEN DUE TO
A VARIETY OF REASONS, SUCH AS:
I N J U R Y O R O V E R U S E O F M U S C L E S : C R A M P S , S P R A I N S ,
S T R A I N S , B R O K E N B O N E S , A N D T E N D I N I T I S C A N R E S U L T I N
M U S C L E P A I N .
D I S E A S E S O F T H E N E R V E S T H A T A L S O A F F E C T M U S C L E S :
N E U R O M U S C U L A R D I S O R D E R S , S U C H A S M U S C U L A R
D Y S T R O P H Y , A M Y O T R O P H I C L A T E R A L S C L E R O S I S , A N D
M Y A S T H E N I A G R A V I S , M A Y R E S U L T I N M U S C L E W E A K N E S S A N D
P A I N .
I N F E C T I O N S : V I R A L A N D B A C T E R I A L I N F E C T I O N S C A N M A K E
Y O U F E E L A C H Y . I N F E C T I O N S F R O M C O L D S , F L U , A N D M A L A R I A
C A N A L S O R E S U L T I N M U S C L E A C H E .
A U T O I M M U N E D I S E A S E S : Y O U R I M M U N E S Y S T E M F I G H T S O F F
G E R M S A N D I N F E C T I O N S T O K E E P Y O U H E A L T H Y . A U T O I M M U N E
D I S E A S E H A P P E N S W H E N Y O U R I M M U N E S Y S T E M M I S T A K E N L Y
A T T A C K S Y O U . A U T O I M M U N E D I S E A S E S S U C H A S
I N F L A M M A T O R Y M Y O P A T H I E S , L U P U S , A N D M U L T I P L E
S C L E R O S I S ( M S ) C A N R E S U L T I N M U S C L E P A I N I N A P E R S O N .
M E D I C A T I O N S : C E R T A I N M E D I C A T I O N S A N D T H E R A P I E S C A N
R E S U L T I N T E M P O R A R Y O R C H R O N I C P A I N . C A N C E R
T R E A T M E N T S S U C H A S C H E M O T H E R A P Y A N D R A D I A T I O N
T H E R A P Y , H I G H B L O O D P R E S S U R E M E D I C A T I O N S S U C H A S A C E
I N H I B I T O R S , A N D S T A T I N S T H A T A R E P R E S C R I B E D T O L O W E R

5. OTHER CONDITIONS THAT CAN CAUSE
MUSCLE DISORDERS INCLUDE:
• C H R O N I C F A T I G U E S Y N D R O M E
• U N D E R A C T I V E T H Y R O I D
• I M B A L A N C E O F E L E C T R O L Y T E S S U C H A S C A L C I U M ,
M A G N E S I U M , P O T A S S I U M , A N D S O D I U M I N T H E B L O O D .
• R H E U M A T O I D A R T H R I T I S
• B L O O D C A N C E R , A N D
• P E R I P H E R A L A R T E R Y D I S E A S E , O R P A D .

6. WHEN TO SEE A DOCTOR?
Y O U S H O U L D S E E A D O C T O R I F :
• Y O U R P A I N D O E S N O T G O A W A Y A F T E R A F E W D A Y S O F
H O M E T R E A T M E N T
• T H E P A I N A R I S E S S U D D E N L Y W I T H O U T A C L E A R C A U S E
• M Y A L G I A A C C O M P A N I E D B Y T H E R E D N E S S O F S W E L L I N G
O F M U S C L E S
• P A I N T H A T O C C U R S S O O N A F T E R M E D I C A T I O N C H A N G E S

7. YOU SHOULD GET TO THE HOSPITAL RIGHT
AWAY IF YOUR MUSCLE PAIN IS FOLLOWED BY:
• D I F F I C U L T Y I N S W A L L O W I N G
• V O M I T I N G
• F E V E R
• S T I F F N E S S I N T H E N E C K
• A S U D D E N O N S E T O F W A T E R R E T E N T I O N O R A
R E D U C T I O N I N U R I N E V O L U M E

8. DIAGNOSIS OF MUSCLE PAIN:
M U S C L E P A I N C A N B E D I A G N O S E D B Y Y O U R H E A L T H C A R E
P R O V I D E R U S I N G T H E B E L O W T E S T S :
B L O O D T E S T : T H I S I S D O N E T O C H E C K E N Z Y M E S ,
E L E C T R O L Y T E L E V E L S , A N D H O R M O N E S I N T H E B O D Y.
M R I O R C T S C A N C A N B E C O N D U C T E D B Y T H E D O C T O R T O
L O O K F O R M U S C L E I N J U R Y O R D A M A G E .
E L E C T R O M Y O G R A P H Y I S P E R F O R M E D T O M E A S U R E
E L E C T R I C A L A C T I V I T Y I N T H E M U S C L E S A N D N E R V E S O F
T H E P A T E N T .
M U S C L E B I O P S Y I S D O N E T O L O O K F O R M U S C L E T I S S U E
C H A N G E S T H A T M A Y B E I N D I C A T I V E O F N E U R O M U S C U L A R
D I S E A S E S .

9. Treatment for muscle pain and other chronic and acute diseases
can be very expensive for you as your employees may become
underproductive at work due to the ongoing pain. Increased
absenteeism of the employees will also result in loss of
production and profits. A health insurance plan can help you set
off the costs of treatments for your employees. Experts at the
PrudentRx Program can devise a custom plan for your
employees so that they are able to optimize their copay including
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the exhaustive PrudentRx drug list. Meanwhile, you can refer to
PrudentRx FAQs where you can easily find answers to some of
your concerns related to the best health insurance plan for your
employees.

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