10 Symptoms of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Symptom #9: Aching Muscles
Our bodies have several lines of defense when it comes to fighting disease. One is chemical warfare and it can be really quite effective. The white blood cells can be called into action to attack pathogens with chemicals, killing the pathogens or at least slowing their progress.
These chemicals do have an undesired effect on the body, though, in that they can cause the muscles to ache. To make matters worse, calling the white blood cells into action also means they are called away from their normal tasks, which is the repair and maintenance of the muscles. These symptoms will go away completely once the pathogen is no longer present in the body.
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