Overall joint pain can be caused by many conditions or by many different kinds of injuries. The pain can be mild or serve, and it can effect every aspect of a person's life. From bothersome to debilitating, overall joint pain is more than just a pain.
Significance
Pain can make even the simplest tasks and daily movements a chore, or in some cases impossible. Just getting up and out of bed may be difficult, and may start a chain reaction of painful twinges that last all day long.
Conditions
Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, lupus, bursitis, gout, hepatitis, influenza, Lyme disease, measles, mumps, tendinitis, fevers and Epstein-Barr Syndrome may all cause overall pain in the joints. Treating the cause can bring relief.
Sprains, Strains, Breaks
Sprains, strain, fractures and broken bones can cause overall joint pain. Injuries from repetitive movements such as carpal tunnel may also be a cause.
Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a misunderstood condition that can be responsible for fatigue, sensitivity to pain, and overall joint pain. The most common symptoms and complaints are constant pain in the joints, tendons and muscles.
RSD
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy is a neurological condition that begins in a certain limb, muscle and joint, and later affects many other body parts and joints. Pain may begin acute or chronic, sometimes lasting decades or a lifetime.
Cancer
Overall joint pain may be caused by cancer, its treatments, or medications used to treat the disease. Sometimes the pain that accompanies cancer is unknown, but it is very real and very painful.
