The appearance of joint pain - arthralgia - can be observed in the background of general prosperity.Painful feelings usually occur after excessive physical effort and can be observed in pregnant women.Recently, complaints about children's joint pain, caused by rapid development of the osteoarticular system, have become more common.
In other cases, arthritis is a symptom of a pathology, an inflammatory or devastating process or autoimmune disease.It is important to determine the cause of the pain to complete the joints.
Symptoms of joint pain
The painful feelings of the joints can be different types:
- temporary or permanent;
- at rest or motion;
- with increased body temperature;
- in huge or small joints;
- Only in the upper or lower limbs.
Each type of pain has its own origin, clinical shades, diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
Knee pain
The knee is one of the largest and most complicated joints in the human skeleton.The knee joint is almost constant stress.Painful feelings can be observed during both rest and bending and extension.
The cause of the pain in the knee joint may be the cause of:
- Smaller joint injuries by bleeding in soft tissues.The joint injury of the knee causes swelling, pain and limited movement.In severe cases, the local temperature rises but does not occur over time.
- Meniscus injuries.The most common is the tears and compression of meniscus.A loud click and sharp pain appear during sharp bending or extension.Piercing of painful feelings often causes foot mobility.
- The knee strip crack is a serious injury that can be combined with a fracture.The joint is in an unnatural position.
- Inflammatory diseases - arthritis, synovitis, bursitis.The process can include not only the joint but also the tissues of the tendons, the joint capsule and the soft tissues.
- Osteoporosis is a disease that causes increased bone fragility.The disease is accompanied by night cramps and spine pain.
- Osteomyelitis is the punching-ecrotic pathology of the origin of bacteria.Patients complain of general malaise, high fever, redness and swelling of the joint.
Causes of Elbow Pain
Complaints about the pain of the elbow joint do not depend on the patient's sex or age.The normal function of the joint is provided by the connected work of bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, blood and lymphatic tools.If your elbow joint hurts, think about the following reasons:
- Internal or external epicondilitis is a disease that develops with significant physical activity.
- The vertebral hernia in the chest spine.During the disease, the roots of the spine circles are innervated the belt of the upper limbs.The pain is diffuse and radiates through all the arms.
- Arthrosis.Pain is the result of destruction of the elbow cartilage.The patient complains of a crunchy sound when bending or extending his arm.
- Arthritis is an inflammatory disease characterized by constant pain.The size of the joint increases, the skin becomes red and the local temperature increases.Bursitis almost always develops in the background of arthritis.When palpation, the dense formation with a liquid content is determined.
A sample of pain in the elbow joint can indicate more serious causes.For example, a harassing or sore pain may indicate bone tuberculosis or cancer.The sharp, pierced pain may be the result of injury to tendons, cartilage and ligaments.The pulsation, the shooting, is a sign of pain is a sign of clamped nerve fibers.
Pain of burning elbow may indicate an attack of angina or myocardial infarction.
Hip pain
The appearance of pain in the hip joint is always scary and makes you immediately consult a doctor.The hip joint is the largest bones of the skeleton and is the strongest joint.The osteochondral structure experiences the highest load, retains the weight of the body, and evenly distributes the pressure.
Women experience hip pain much more often than men.The reason for this is the characteristics of physiological structure, pregnancy and childbirth, and the tendency of the female body towards rheumatism.
In some cases, the cause of the pain and the disease can be cured once and for all, while others can only relieve the patient's condition and slow down the development of pathology.It all depends on the causes of the pain and the severity of the patient's condition.
Most often, the pain of the hip joint occurs with the following diseases:
- Injuries.If the joint elements are damaged, it will be difficult to move to the side of the hips.The patient does not lie on the injured side.Very often extensive hematoma develops above the joint.
- The arthritis of the hip joint is characterized by intense pain, which worsens at night.The thigh is swollen, the inguinal shoot balances, and mobility deteriorates.Rheumatoid arthritis inevitably leads to disability.
- Coxarthrosis.It leads to pain in the deformation process of the joint surface during physical activity and walking.The pain is constant and increases with changes in the body position.
- Chondromatosis.The disease occurs when the formation of joint cartilage is incomplete.The formation of compression and lumps is accompanied by severe pain and limited mobility.The degeneration of condomatosis in malignant formations is known.
Severe pain in one or both hip joints may indicate the formation of diabetic artropathy, hydrarthrosis and the sham organs.These diseases significantly affect the patient's quality of life and, in severe cases, lead to disability.
What to do if your arm and leg joints hurt
The pain in the joints and legs may be the first symptom of a serious disease.Restrictions of sore, burning, arms and leg motor functions are complaints explained by patients with the following diseases:
- rheumatoid arthritis;
- Arthrosis;
- rheumatism;
- injuries;
- gout
Acute pain in the joints of the arms and legs requires immediate relief to alleviate the patient's condition.It is recommended as a first aid to implement the following measures:
- Relax for the limbs.
- Remove one of the analgesics or non -steroidal anti -inflammatory drugs.
- Contact a specialist to make the correct diagnosis and determine the correct treatment tactic.
The use of folk medicines or any medication is prohibited without medical consultation.
Diagnosis
The correct diagnosis requires high professionalism and laboratory and instrumental diagnostic methods.X -ray examination allows us to determine the destruction of cartilage, ligament and deformation processes.In some cases, it is advisable to perform magnetic resonance imaging.MRI images allow the display of the structure of the synovial membrane, the swelling of the bone marrow, and the pathological processes in soft periarticular tissues.
Laboratory blood tests show the level of specific inflammatory markers.Analysis of the leaks of the joint capsule allows you to determine the infectious nature of the disease.
At the center of restorative medicine, orthopedics and traumatologists perform a comprehensive examination in large and small joints of the upper and lower limbs and in the hip joints.Modern laboratory with the latest equipment allows for examination of biological fluids in terms of inflammation and infection.
Joint treatment methods
Above all, the cause of the disease should be treated.Spa and conservative methods are used to treat joints.The following drugs are prescribed:
- Non -steroidal anti -inflammatory substances.
- Immunomodulatory drugs for curbing pathological processes, such as rheumatoid arthritis.
- Corticosteroid drugs.
- Vitamin complexes.
They have a good effect if the drugs are injected directly into the affected joint.Intraarticular injections are performed only by one qualified doctor.This is a technique used up to 3-4 times during the year.
Conservative methods allow articular mobility, the elasticity of the leagues, the restoration of cartilage tissue and the alleviation of symptoms of inflammation.For therapeutic purposes, the patient is prescribed:
- physiotherapy sessions;
- Physical therapy (physiotherapy);
- massage;
- hydrotherapy;
- Warm or cold treatment.
Important!Without the treatment of the underlying disease, all therapeutic methods will only provide temporary results and briefly relieve the patient's condition.
The Regeneration Medicine Center uses only a comprehensive approach to the treatment of joints.The main task of professionals is to determine and eliminate the cause of the painful syndrome.
The physiotherapy class contains all the necessary equipment to treat the joint pain of any location.Experienced rehabilitation doctors select individual exercise therapeutic complexes that allow you to preserve all the functions of the joints.The skilled vertebrae eliminates pain in the pathologies of the spine.
Remember that joint pain can indicate a serious problem.