Managing Symptoms of Arthritis in Your Hands
Joint pain is discomfort that arises from any
joint. The medical word for joint pain is arthralgia. This is different
to the word arthritis, which means inflammation of the joint, which
causes pain and sometimes warmth, redness and/or swelling of the joint. A joint
can be painful without being inflamed, or it can be both painful and
inflamed. See also the separate leaflet called Arthritis. Joint pain may
affect just one joint or it may affect many different joints. The pattern of
the joint pain in terms of how many and which joints are affected will depend
on the underlying cause. There are many causes of joint pain. The possible
causes will partly depend on your age. The possible causes for joint pain in
children are different to the possible causes for adults. The cause of joint
pain may be obvious, such as following a sports injury. At other times it may
need investigations and a referral for you to see a specialist to find the
diagnosis.
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