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A wide range of symptoms can indicate if a person has polymyalgia rheumatica. The classic symptoms include: [10] Pain and stiffness (moderate to severe) in the neck, shoulders, upper arms, thighs, and hips, which inhibits activity, especially in the morning/after sleeping. Pain can also occur in the groin area and in the buttocks.
The muscle jerks consist of symmetric, mostly generalized jerks, localized in the arms and in the shoulders and also simultaneously with a head nod; both the arms may fling out together and simultaneously a head nod may occur. Symptoms have some variability amongst subjects. Sometimes the entire body may jerk, just like a startle response.
The WPI counts up to 19 general body areas [a] in which the person has experienced pain in the preceding week. [9] The SSS rates the severity of the person's fatigue, unrefreshed waking, cognitive symptoms, and general somatic symptoms, [b] each on a scale from 0 to 3, for a composite score ranging from 0 to 12. [9]
“A top reason for foot pain when you wake up is secondary to a condition known as plantar fasciitis,” says Dr. Suzanne Fuchs, a foot and ankle surgeon and sports medicine specialist in Palm Beach.
Heavy legs is a condition described as an unpleasant sensation of pain and heaviness in the lower limbs. Symptoms include legs feeling weighted, stiff, and tired. Heavy legs can be caused by a wide-ranging collection of disorders including but not restricted to varicose veins, peripheral artery disease, restless legs syndrome, multiple sclerosis, venous insufficiency.
A hypnic jerk, hypnagogic jerk, sleep start, sleep twitch, myoclonic jerk, or night start is a brief and sudden involuntary contraction of the muscles of the body which occurs when a person is beginning to fall asleep, often causing the person to jump and awaken suddenly for a moment.
Edema (American English), also spelled oedema (British English), and also known as fluid retention, dropsy and hydropsy, is the build-up of fluid in the body's tissue, [1] a type of swelling. [4] Most commonly, the legs or arms are affected. [1] Symptoms may include skin that feels tight, the area feeling heavy, and joint stiffness. [1]
How to avoid cold-like symptoms when you crank up the temperature. Cathy Cassata. October 30, 2024 at 5:00 AM. Dry air produced by heating systems can irritate your nasal passages.