Joint Pain Causes and Treatment Prevent Muscle Pain
by By Dr John anneAs we grow older so is our body systems and parts. Many of these parts already begin to deteriorate
their functions and they affect each other. The diseases they give to the body become complications. One of the diseases that is caused by
old age is joint pain.
Joint pain is very common to adult people especially those ages 45 and above. Many people at this age experience creaking of knees, hips and
ankles. However, this is not necessary a result of aging but it could also be arthritis. One of the most effective treatments of join pain is
exercise though medicine also offers a lot of alternative medications.
Joint pains could be symptoms of serious problems associated with serious diseases like arthritis, gout, osteoarthritis, tendonitis, rheumatoid
arthritis or even infections. The pain could affect not only your joints but your whole body as in could cause the patient to become immobile.
Even the livelihood, job, interaction with friends and family could also be affected when a person suffers from joint pain. Taking over the
counter drug pain relievers are usually not enough to cure the pain because it could become recurrent over time.
What is beyond the joint pains?
Arthritis is one of the causes of joint pains but diagnosis of arthritis is not as simple as telling the doctors that a patient is feeling pains
in his or her joints or near the joints. Nowadays, there are already 100 different forms of arthritis.
Gout, which is also a kind of arthritis, can cause a lot of joint pains. This is because uric acid crystals are deposited in the joints usually
in the arms and legs. Persistent joint pains caused by gout can lead to osteoarthritis. Worst, joint pain can spread in the joints and later on
develop to cancer or the other way around, a cancer that has reached and spread out up to the joints.
Health Conditions Related to Joint Pains
Osteoarthritis, often called the degenerative joint disease, is the most common type of arthritis that causes joint pains. A person grows older
the cartilage that serves as shock absorber between bones can no longer sustain the rubbery and become stiff. It also loses its elasticity and
becomes damaged. When these cartilages and ligaments wear out, they cause the pain.
The second common condition that results to joint pain is rheumatoid arthritis. Joint pains are result of inflammation in the joints on both
sides of the body. It is believed by researchers that this kind of arthritis is caused by external organism like a virus or bacteria that attacks
the joints.
Thirdly, polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and temporal arteritis (TA) also affects the joints. The former affects the larger joints of the body like
those in the hip or shoulders; while the latter affects the blood vessels to the head. These two diseases often occur together. Symptoms of PMR
includes pain in the hip and shoulder joints, fever and weight loss.
Fibromyalgia, on the other hand, is also a chronic disorder that gives joint pains to numerous parts of the body. Lastly, depression not only
related to sadness but depression that already manifesting in the physical body. Sometimes, while suffering from emotional depression, many
people also coincidently suffering from back pain, joint pain and abdominal pain.
Experiencing joint pain is not only a physical but also financial and emotional problem. When a patient already has fever which is not associated
with flu, sudden weight loss, and long lasting joint pain, it is already recommended that the person should see a physician for proper diagnosis
and care.
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This article was written by Scott Mogul, editor for http://www.quickcare.org. This website provides information on natural remedies for gout.
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