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Body Ache

Not sure if I have a fever but since yesterday my body has been aching all over. The aching is making it almost impossible to work but I am forcing it. There isn't other symptoms besides the aching. What could it possibly be? What can I do to ease the feeling?
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  • Complaint duration: 1 day
  • Medications: Ibuprofen

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Featured Answer

1 UpVoted this answer Gregory Fryer, MD Family Medicine, Clarksville
Generalized body ache without anything to suggest viral infection, is often the after effect of vigorous exercise, sports, manual labor, or other fast-paced physical activities. Lactic acid accumulation in the muscles account for the pain, which goes away after it wears off in a day or two. Your body ache could be the early manifestation or prodromal phase of a viral infection. If you been in contact with friends or family members who have recently had viral infections, you may be incubating one. Do not suppress the body ache with pain meds yet until you have a better sense of what could be causing it. However you need to avoid vigorous activities meanwhile to allow for possibly accumulated lactic acid to wear off.
1 UpVoted this answer Craig Evans, DC Chiropractic Physician, Laurel Springs
You likely have a virus.

Go home. Rest. Drink plenty of fluids and use Tylenol or ibuprofen for the body aches.
Elizabeth McNeill Byrd, MD
Have you received relief?
Generalized body aches can be caused by a number of problems. A couple of questions to help qualify the achiness are: Is the achiness in the joints or in the muscle? And does the achiness improve with movement? Most muscle achiness should subside in 1-2 days if the achiness was started by an acute episode like increased exertion. if your achiness is not improving or seem to be getting worse, I recommend you see your physician. Drinking plenty of fluids and taking over-the-counter pain medication should also help with your achiness.