JOINT PAIN: CAUSES, SYMPTOMS & TREATMENTS

 

Joint Pain: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment


Joint pain can be caused by injury affecting any of the ligaments, bursa, or tendons surrounding the joint. Injury can also affect the ligaments, cartilage, and bones within the joint. Joint Pain is also a feature of joint inflammation or arthritis and osteoarthritis and extremely rarely it can cause cancer inside the joint. Pain within the joint is a common cause of shoulder, ankle, and knee joints. Also, some sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) chlamydia and gonorrhea can lead to joint pain.

Some causes of joint pain in adults:

  • General body infection –  Joint pains may be caused by some general body infections, especially a flu-like illness with high temperature like in viral infections. 
  • Osteoarthritis (OA) – It is the most common form of arthritis in adults. This joint pain caused by a ”wear and tear” or degeneration of the joint itself. It may be most noticeable by first joint pain such as the hip or knee, but as time goes on usually affects several joints like the hip, knee, and hands. Osteoarthritis is the most common cause of multiple joint pains in the elderly. 
  • Inflammatory Arthritis – These joint diseases like rheumatoid arthritis are associated with multisystem (other organs apart from joints) involvement along with joint pain. Initial management is with specific medicines called DMARDs and may need joint replacement at a particular stage of the disease.
  • Vitamin D deficiency – Joint pain can be caused by vitamin D deficiency. Bones can feel painful to moderate pressure and often more noticeable in the ribs or shin bones. Vitamin D deficiency can cause lower back pain, hip pain, feet pain. 
  • Menopause –  In women, menopause is the very common period in which joint and bone pain is prevalent. Women going through menopause commonly experience joint and/or muscle pains, among other symptoms mostly due to osteoporosis and sedentary activities along with early degeneration.
  • Reactive Arthritis –  A lot of us get achy joints when we’ve got a bad cold or the flu. That usually goes away in a day or two. But there is a more serious condition where a joint (usually the knee) becomes very sore and red, a couple of weeks after some other kind of infection in the body. The infection which triggers reactive arthritis is not actually in the joint but is usually in the digestive system or urethra (the small tube that urine flows out of). Due to this Joints near the skin surface, such as the knee, may become quite swollen. The joints in the legs, such as knees, ankles, and toes, are the ones most commonly affected.
  • Crystal Arthropathy – Joint and the surrounding tissues are involved with the deposition of crystals in different conditions like gout and need more of medical treatment along with other conservative methods.

When should you see a doctor?

See a doctor immediately if your joint pain is caused by an injury and is accompanied by:

  • Redness
  • Tenderness and warmth around the joint
  • Joint deformity
  • Inability to use the joint
  • Intense pain
  • Sudden swelling

What is the treatment for joint pain?

Many causes of joint pain are harmless and resolve without treatment or just with medicines to help relieve the pain until it resolves. For other causes, you may need to seek help for joint pain – for example, from an orthopedic doctor. 

If you suffer from joint pain you must visit our highly skilled Doctors at Top Bone and Joint Clinic. Also, check our website Top Bone and Joint Clinic. Our Doctors will suggest you best treatment option for your joint pain. Call us today at 9337431976, 06743567913. 


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