Updated November 24, 2008.
Definition: Myalgia is generalized muscle pain. Myalgia can be a symptom of viral hepatitis as well as other illnesses both infectious and autoimmune. Drugs, including interferon (sometimes used to treat viral hepatitis), can also cause myalgias.
Of interest to word lovers, myalgia is made up of very common word parts. Many medical words contain either some variation of myo, which is a prefix for muscle, or algia, which is a word ending for pain.
Medical examples are myocardial which is heart muscle and neuralgia which is pain that runs along a nerve. A common nonmedical word containing algia is nostalgia, which literally means a pain to return home, or more figuratively, a longing to go home so intense, it hurts!
Definition: Myalgia is generalized muscle pain. Myalgia can be a symptom of viral hepatitis as well as other illnesses both infectious and autoimmune. Drugs, including interferon (sometimes used to treat viral hepatitis), can also cause myalgias.
Of interest to word lovers, myalgia is made up of very common word parts. Many medical words contain either some variation of myo, which is a prefix for muscle, or algia, which is a word ending for pain.
Medical examples are myocardial which is heart muscle and neuralgia which is pain that runs along a nerve. A common nonmedical word containing algia is nostalgia, which literally means a pain to return home, or more figuratively, a longing to go home so intense, it hurts!
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