Brief Answer:
Cause of body ache and weakness

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX, thanks for asking from HCM.


I can understand your concern. The generalised body pain or body ache and weakness can be due to many reasons. It can be treated after making correct diagnosis. There is no need to be depressed. You must give effort in consulting doctor and reaching unto right diagnosis.
I will give you a list of conditions which can cause body ache with weakness, kindly correlate your features and let me know-

: Viral fever - In case of viral fever, patient develops fever, body ache, weakness, chills. It can be suspected if you are having above symptoms with muscle pain. It can be treated at home by adequate hydration, tablet paracetamol 500mg after prescription and rest.

: Vitamin D deficiency - It can cause generalised bone and muscle pain. It can occur at your age. In recent time, low vitamin D has become very common problem. Consult doctor and get yourself checked.

: Fibromyalagia - It is a condition of generalised muscle, bone and tendon pain. There are specific pain points, pressure at that point can trigger pain. It can be suspected if everything comes normal. It is treated by exercise, antidepressants, painkillers.

: Cervical spondylosis - Neck region disc or compression of spinal cord along with nerves can cause such symptoms. It can be suspected if neck pain radiating to upper limbs, stiffness in body, balance problem, vertigo, pain increases on bending forward.
It can be confirmed with MRI cervical spine.

: Depression - It is psychiatric illness but can cause severe body pain, weakness, bad mood, no interest in life, insomnia. Consult psychiatrist if such type of symptoms.

: Thalamic disease - It leads to severe bodypain, hypersensitivity to touch, weakness. It can be due to ischemia, tumor, infection. It can be ruled out by MRI brain.

: Diabetic neuropathy

You can either correlate your features or message me complete list of symptoms with duration. It will help us in reaching at some conclusion. Final treatment can be given after confirmation.

Hope you will get my point. If still in doubt, do let me know.
Thanks. Take care

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Brief Answer:
Other cause of your generalised body ache

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX, welcome back.

Sorry for late reply. As you are having multiple burning type of generalised body ache with weakness, it could be

: Hypothyroidism

: Low vitamin B12, folic acid and other B complex

: Scurvy or low Vitamin C deficiency

: Diabetic autonomic and peripheral neuropathy

All the above mentioned illness lead to burning type pain. You should ask your doctor about these. He will examine your nervous system and will investigate you

: Blood sugar level
: Blood level of B12, calcium, folic acid
: Peripheral smear for anaemia
: Thyroid function test

After it, he will be able to conclude. Till then, you can follow few steps to get relief

: You should eat more citrus fruits like lemon, orange
: Eat yoghurt, probiotic curd
: You can take nerve specific vitamin like B12, folic acid, pyridoxine, Pentothanic acid after proper prescription
: You can take tablet Pregabaline or Gabapentine to get relief in burning pain
: Take tablet Vitamin C 500mg thrice a day after proper prescription

Hope this will help you. If still in doubt, do let me know.
Thanks. Take care.

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