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ticked in ri
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How can I tell if the pain/aches in my legs are arms are nerve pain or muscle pain?

I have always thought of it as muslce aches but after reading some posts about nerve pain I'm not sure. I also have fasiculations or muscle twitching which is improving with oral abx. The aches in the hands and the forearms are improving as well.

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livinlyme
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Nerve pains include numbness, tingling, weakness, twitching, burning and freezing sensations..

while muscle pains would include cramp like or charlie horse or achy pains, soreness, and generalized weakness.

I think that would best sum up the categories.. I may be missing a few.. but that gives the general ideation... from a laymans prespective anyway...

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Aniek
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It's actually much harder to distinguish. Partly because muscle tightness can refer pain to other parts of the body. I get pain I thought was tendon pain, but it came from muscles.

I had deep muscle pain in my thighs while on Biaxin. I think it was nerve, because Vicodin didn't help. I also have foot pain that feels like the arch, but I think is nerve pain.

Also, I believe some of my muscle pain is caused from neurological issues.

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