widespread pain

Hurting all over

Widespread pain is discomfort affecting multiple areas of the body rather than a single localized site.

The term appears frequently in medical contexts, particularly in diagnosing conditions like fibromyalgia, where widespread pain lasting more than three months is a key criterion.

Distinguished from pain confined to one joint or region.

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brain fog · tender · flare · inflammation · body · exhaustion · throbbing · joints · muscles · diffuse · all over · full body · dull · radiating · systemic · debilitating · soreness · stiffness

Opposites
distribution/extent

widespread painlocalized pain

Discomfort in specific area

referred pain

presence/absence

widespread painpainlessness

Lack of physical suffering

numbness · analgesia

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