Causes of Joint and Muscle Pains

Almost every one of us had suffered from jointinflammation with nodules and soreness can be
and muscle pains due to some reason. Joint andpresent which must be treated early or else can
muscle pains cause a lot of discomfort. The pain isleft you with more complications. There can be
the symptom of the disease or conditions causingmany 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 thepain or underlying condition. You should consult
whole body depending upon the disease or injuryyour doctor. He can ask your symptoms, medical
causing it. It is very important to know thehistory with physical examination. You have to
underlying cause in order to treat the joint andundergo 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 knownX-ray, bone density test, CT scan and MRI to
as joint. In joint pain, you can feel sensation ofassess the disease.
stiffness, tenderness, soreness, swelling,Similarly, muscle pains are very common and can
inflammation and great discomfort. Joint pain caninvolve any one. Muscle pain can be caused by
affect more than one joint of your body at theoveruse 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 youany physical challenged work or any tension in
restless and bothersome. Joint pain is not themuscles. The conditions or disease can affect
disease itself but the symptom of mild to seriousyour single or group of muscles. Muscle pains due
disease. Fever can be the cause of generalizedto exercise starts immediately after over work
joint pains. It can be caused due to sprain orand can be dealt by doing some rest.
ligament injury, cartilage tearing, dislocations andSometimes whole muscle of the body can be
sports injuries such as tennis elbow andaffected by conditions like flu or systemic lupus
swimmers shoulder in the case of injuries witherythmatosus 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 incondition and causes pain in soft tissues and
terminal conditions like blood cancer, carcinoma ofmuscles even on touch, fatigue and sleeping
bone and rheumatoid arthritis. Severe and suddendisorders with heaviness in head. Other causes of
joint pain can be experienced in joint dislocationsmuscle pain include injury to muscle, thyroid
like shoulder dislocation. In conditions likedisease, arthritis, polymyositis (cramps in muscles),
rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis, the painmuscle 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 canunderlying conditions.
cause joint pains and can leave you withIf 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 withrash then you need to take medical care. Joint
joint pains. These include septic arthritis, systemicand 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,