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Rheumatology 2002; 41: 827-828
© 2002 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

A rare case of recurrent post-streptococcal myalgia

S. Subramanian, J. E. Carty and I. Gaywood

Department of Medicine, Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath RH16 4EX and Lincoln County Hospital, Greetwell Road, Lincoln LN2 5QY, UK

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SIR, Post-streptococcal myalgia is a recognized clinical entity. There have been at least five reported cases [1, 2]. Symptoms usually follow a streptococcal pharyngeal infection and can last up to several weeks [2]. There have been no reported cases of recurrence.

We describe the case of a 20-yr-old woman who presented to her general practitioner with recurrent sore throats. Four weeks later she developed generalized myalgia. Her symptoms got progressively worse to the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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