Joint Pains
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Joint Pains Underlying Cause
Common causes
for joint pains include:
Bursitis
Influenza
Injuries:
Sports
Occupational
Falls
Overuse
Ligament sprains
Osteoarthritis
Synovitis
Tendinitis
Viral syndrome
Osteoporosis
Less common causes
for joint pains include:
Adult Still's disease
Ankylosing spondylitis
Autoimmune disease
Celiac disease
Chronic hepatitis
c
Crohn's disease
Decompression sickness
Dengue fever
Depression
Dermatomyositis
Disseminated
gonorrhea
infection
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Ehrlichiosis
Erythema multiforme
Erythema nodosum
Felty's syndrome
Gout
Hemochromatosis
Hemophilia
Henoch-Schonlein purpura
Hypopituitarism
Inflammatory bowel disease
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Kawasaki disease
Lead poisoning
Leukemia
Lupus
Lyme disease
Malaria
Paget's disease
Polymyalgia rheumatica
Pseudogout
Psoriatic arthritis
Reiter's syndrome
Rheumatic fever
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Scleroderma
Septic arthritis
Sickle cell anemia
Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Syphilis
Tick borne illness
Trichinosis
Tularemia
Typhoid fever
Ulcerative colitis
Wilson's disease
X-linked agammaglobulinemia
Yersiniosis
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Joint Pains Anatomy
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Joint Pains References:
Creamer P. Current perspectives on the clinical presentation of joint pain in human OA. Novartis Found Symp. 2004;260:64-74.
Donald IP, Foy C. A longitudinal study of joint pain in older people. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2004 Oct;43(10):1256-60.
Dreyfuss P, Dreyer SJ, Cole A, Mayo K. Sacroiliac joint pain. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2004 Jul-Aug;12(4):255-65.
Palmer T, Toombs JD. Managing joint pain in primary care. J Am Board Fam Pract. 2004 Nov-Dec;17 Suppl:S32-42.