Definition
Joint pain is discomfort in a joint. Sometimes, the joint swells and feels warm as well.
Joint pain can be a symptom of many ailments, including some viruses. The most common cause of joint pain is arthritis. There are more than 100 types of arthritis.
Joint pain can be mild, causing soreness only after certain activities. Or it can be severe, making even small movements very painful.
Causes
Causes of joint pain include:
Adult Still disease
Ankylosing spondylitis
Avascular necrosis (osteonecrosis) (The death of bone tissue due to limited blood flow.)
Bone cancer
Broken bone
Bursitis (A condition in which small sacs that cushion the bones, tendons and muscles near joints become inflamed.)
Complex regional pain syndrome
Depression (major depressive disorder)
Fibromyalgia
Gout
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid)
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Leukemia
Lupus
Lyme disease
Osteoarthritis (the most common type of arthritis)
Osteomyelitis
Paget’s disease of bone
Polymyalgia rheumatica
Pseudogout
Psoriatic arthritis
Reactive arthritis
Rheumatic fever
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rickets
Sarcoidosis
Septic arthritis
Sprains (Stretching or tearing of a tissue band called a ligament, which connects two bones together in a joint.)
Tendinitis (A condition that happens when swelling called inflammation affects a tendon.)
