Any pain in the human body is a source of problems and suffering. Habitual daily work is already becoming an impossible task.
Joint pain is a common problem that is addressed to specialists. By means of diagnostics, the cause of the onset of pain is investigated. Physical activity often becomes a source of unpleasant sensations, especially when the body is not used to sports.
Such pains disappear after a while, it is enough for the body to rest. However, not all problems go away so quickly. There are a number of diseases that are accompanied by pain in the whole body for a long time.
Joints of the whole body hurt - causes
Rheumatism
This disease can manifest itself in two forms:
- Monoarthritis, when only one area is affected.
- Polyarthritis, when many areas are affected.
Symptoms include pain and swelling in the affected area. At one point, the pain does not spread to all joints of the body. Rheumatism gradually moves to large joints. Especially on the shoulder, elbow, knee, ankle and hip.
Good to know!The hands and feet are generally not affected by rheumatism. Such a disease often appears after a sore throat.
Rheumatoid arthritis
The appearance of joint pain may indicate the onset or progression of rheumatoid arthritis. The risk group includes people over 40 years old. Rarely, such a disease affects children and adolescents, it has a slightly different name - juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Note!In addition to pain, a person feels stiffness when moving, and swelling appears, especially in the morning. Pain in all joints at once most often appears either at the onset of the disease, or during an exacerbation.
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis triggers pathological processes in the human body that alter cartilage dystrophically. The disease affects older people.
Osteoarthritis slowly spreads throughout the body, at first the pain appears in one place, and it lasts for several seconds. If you do not start treatment on time, then the disease can be started, this is fraught with more complex and long-term treatment.
Overstrain of joints
Heavy physical activity can lead to overtraining of the joints. After a few hours, unpleasant sensations appear in the joints, especially when overstrained places are in motion. Basically, the lower limbs suffer, because it is on this part that most of the loads come.
Note!It is advisable to rest your body for a few days in order for the pain to subside. To improve the effect, you can use warming ointments. But if the symptoms persist, then it is necessary to seek the advice of a doctor, as more serious damage is possible.
Autoimmune diseases
Such diseases are characterized by a pathological condition during which antibodies are formed that destroy connective tissue. Often cartilage is also involved in this process, since it is a connective tissue.
Such diseases include:
- lupus erythematosus;
- vasculitis;
- ankylosing spondylitis;
- scleroderma.
Note!These diseases affect most of the joints of a person, in addition, a rash appears on the face, bleeding increases and the digestive tract is disrupted.
Diseases of the blood
Diseases of the blood can lead to damage to the bone marrow, hence the pain in the joints.
Common blood diseases include:
- Acute leukemia.
- Multiple myeloma.
- Myeloid leukemia.
Multiple myeloma affects the ribs, pelvic bones, and spine. In this case, very sharp pains occur. At an advanced stage, it reaches the destruction and fragility of bones. In this case, the bones break very easily. The disease requires serious and long-term treatment in the oncology department.
Note! Acute leukemia also brings discomfort to the body. Lymph nodes and spleen are also enlarged. The temperature rises and weakness appears.
Other reasons
- Disorders in the gastrointestinal tract and hormonal disruptions.
- Bone tuberculosis.
- Diabetes.
- Warts and papillomas.
- Tick bite.
How do symptoms and signs of joint pain manifest?
Symptoms appear in different ways, depending on the cause of the disease and its stage. One of the important symptoms is loss of joint mobility and swelling in this place.
Most often, the pain makes itself felt in the autumn and spring periods, when the body is especially weak. During the day, a person may not be bothered by anything, but as soon as he assumes a lying position, then unpleasant sensations immediately appear. This is due to the fact that the joints "get tired" during the day, and the horizontal position worsens blood circulation.
Good to know!Such symptoms indicate that there is a need to go to the doctor. Having passed the diagnosis, it will be possible to identify the affected areas and correctly prescribe the treatment.
Diagnostic methods
The specialist usually prescribes a comprehensive examination for the patient using laboratory and instrumental means:
- Blood and urine analysis.
- Blood chemistry. To identify infectious antigens, as well as to exclude cancer.
- Puncture of the bone marrow.
- CT scan.
- Neuromyography.
Note!Additionally, you may need to consult a rheumatologist, hematologist and neurologist.
Joint pain treatment
Conservative therapy
The mainstay of all treatments is medication. Each of them is prescribed by a doctor based on the diagnosis.
The following medicines are used:
- Detoxification.
- Antipyretic.
- With anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.
- Antibiotics
- Antiviral.
Note!Specific diseases such as blood diseases, cancer problems, vascular pathologies and osteoporosis are treated more seriously.
Physiotherapy
The therapy is used for trauma, tissue inflammation, osteoarthritis and some forms of arthritis. Other diseases prohibit physical therapy, as it can be harmful.
Physiotherapy is contraindicated for:
- tumors;
- blood diseases;
- connective tissue diseases.
Physiotherapy treatments include:
- Warming up UHF.
- Mud and paraffin applications.
- Magnetotherapy.
- Shock wave therapy.
- Electrophoresis.
Folk remedies
Before choosing folk remedies, you need to discuss this with your doctor. Not all diseases can be treated in this way.
The most common such folk remedies are:
- Tincture of the golden mustache.
- Cabbage leaves.
- Ointment based on petroleum jelly and herbs.
- Coniferous extract.
- Collection of chamomile, hop cones, St. John's wort and calendula.
- Lilac tincture.
Prevention measures
- Monitor your health, strengthen immunity and avoid infectious and colds.
- To live an active lifestyle. But this does not mean that you need to go in for sports intensively, thereby loading your body. Enough regular moderate exercise.
- Focus on calcium foods.
- Drink at least two liters of water a day.
Remember:that human health primarily depends on himself. A healthy body requires constant work on itself. This work consists in observing the elementary rules of life. Harmony with your body allows you to always be cheerful, cheerful and cheerful.