| Almost every one of us had suffered from joint | | | | inflammation with nodules and soreness can be |
| and muscle pains due to some reason. Joint and | | | | present which must be treated early or else can |
| muscle pains cause a lot of discomfort. The pain is | | | | left you with more complications. There can be |
| the symptom of the disease or conditions causing | | | | many other causes but the most important thing |
| it. You can experience dull or very severe pain, | | | | is the early diagnosis and treatment of the joint |
| for short or longer time at one place or at the | | | | pain or underlying condition. You should consult |
| whole body depending upon the disease or injury | | | | your doctor. He can ask your symptoms, medical |
| causing it. It is very important to know the | | | | history with physical examination. You have to |
| underlying cause in order to treat the joint and | | | | undergo certain pathological and imaging tests |
| muscle pains. | | | | such as blood test, RA factor test, urine test, |
| The two bones meet at a point or area known | | | | X-ray, bone density test, CT scan and MRI to |
| as joint. In joint pain, you can feel sensation of | | | | assess the disease. |
| stiffness, tenderness, soreness, swelling, | | | | Similarly, muscle pains are very common and can |
| inflammation and great discomfort. Joint pain can | | | | involve any one. Muscle pain can be caused by |
| affect more than one joint of your body at the | | | | overuse of the muscles in cases like over |
| same time. | | | | exercise or stretching, by injury to muscle due to |
| There are many causes of joint pains making you | | | | any physical challenged work or any tension in |
| restless and bothersome. Joint pain is not the | | | | muscles. The conditions or disease can affect |
| disease itself but the symptom of mild to serious | | | | your single or group of muscles. Muscle pains due |
| disease. Fever can be the cause of generalized | | | | to exercise starts immediately after over work |
| joint pains. It can be caused due to sprain or | | | | and can be dealt by doing some rest. |
| ligament injury, cartilage tearing, dislocations and | | | | Sometimes whole muscle of the body can be |
| sports injuries such as tennis elbow and | | | | affected by conditions like flu or systemic lupus |
| swimmers shoulder in the case of injuries with | | | | erythmatosus affecting the connective tissues of |
| swelling and redness around the injured part. | | | | the body. Fibromyalgia is a very common |
| Sometimes, it can be accompanying symptom in | | | | condition and causes pain in soft tissues and |
| terminal conditions like blood cancer, carcinoma of | | | | muscles even on touch, fatigue and sleeping |
| bone and rheumatoid arthritis. Severe and sudden | | | | disorders with heaviness in head. Other causes of |
| joint pain can be experienced in joint dislocations | | | | muscle pain include injury to muscle, thyroid |
| like shoulder dislocation. In conditions like | | | | disease, arthritis, polymyositis (cramps in muscles), |
| rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis, the pain | | | | muscle metabolism disorders, diabetes, circulatory |
| can be ongoing for a long period of time. | | | | disorders, septic conditions and many other |
| Osteoarthritis is very common type that can | | | | underlying conditions. |
| cause joint pains and can leave you with | | | | If your muscle pain stays for more than 4 day |
| deformation if not treated properly. | | | | with swelling around the painful muscles or any |
| Certain infectious disease can be present with | | | | rash then you need to take medical care. Joint |
| joint pains. These include septic arthritis, systemic | | | | and muscles pains should not be overlooked and |
| lupus erythematosus (SLE), Lyme's disease, | | | | taken care as early as possible. |
| hepatitis, mumps and chicken pox. In SLE, | | | | |