Joint pain refers to discomfort, aches, and soreness in any of the body’s joints. Joint pain is a common complaint.

1. What to Know About Joint Pain?

2. Joints are the parts of your body
where your bones meet. Joints
allow the bones of your skeleton
to move. Joints include:
shoulders
hips
elbows
knees

3. Joint pain refers to discomfort, aches,
and soreness in any of the body’s
joints. Joint pain is a common
complaint. It doesn’t typically require a
hospital visit.
Sometimes, joint pain is the result of
an illness or injury. Arthritis is also a
common cause of joint pain. However,
it can also be due to other conditions
or factors.

4. What causes joint pain?
Arthritis
One of the most common causes of
joint pain is arthritis. The two main
forms of arthritis are osteoarthritis
(OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

5. According to the American College of
Rheumatology, OA is most common in
adults over age 40. It progresses
slowly and tends to affect commonly
used joints like the:
wrists
hands
hips
knees

6. Joint pain due to OA results from a
breakdown of the cartilage that serves
as a cushion and shock absorber for
the joints.
Joint pain due to OA results from a
breakdown of the cartilage that serves as a
cushion and shock absorber for the joints.
wrists
hands
hips
knees

7. Joint pain can be caused by:
Other causes
bursitis, or inflammation of the
cushioning pads around joints
lupus
gout
certain infectious diseases, such as
mumps, influenza, and hepatitis

8. chondromalacia of the patella, or a
breakdown of the cartilage in the
kneecap
an injury
tendinitis, or inflammation of the tendon
an infection of the bone or joint
overuse of a joint
cancer
fibromyalgia
osteoporosis
sarcoidosis
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9. What are the symptoms
of joint pain?
In some cases, your joint pain will
require you to see a doctor. You
should make an appointment if you
don’t know the cause of your joint
pain and are experiencing other
unexplained symptoms.

10. You should also see a
doctor if:
the area around the joint is
swollen, red, tender, or warm to
the touch
the pain persists for three days or
more
you have a fever but no other
signs of the fl

11. Go to the emergency room
if any of the following
occurs:
You’ve experienced a serious injury.
The joint appears deformed.
Swelling of the joint occurs
suddenly.
The joint is completely immobile.
You have severe joint pain.

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