ARTHRITIS PAIN

ARTHRITIS PAIN
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Arthritis pain has many different sources.
These may include:
-Inflammation of the synovial membrane (tissue that lines the joints), tendons or ligaments.
-Damage to the joint tissues, from disease, stress, injury or pressure.
-Muscle strain and fatigue caused by overworked muscles attempting to protect your joints from painful movements.
-Depression or stress leading to limited movement, hence getting caught in a cycle of pain, stress and limited pain management abilities.

Arthritis pain can be caused by any of a group of more than 100 diseases (collectively coming under the broad heading of Arthritis).These diseases affect not only the joints but other important structures such as tendons, ligaments, muscles and bones. The common denominator amongst all these conditions is joint and musculoskeletal pain, commonly known as arthritis pain.

Arthritis pain is usually chronic. Chronic arthritis pain is long lasting, ranging from weeks, months, and years to a lifetime. It is essential to treat this pain, since it can disrupt the pattern and movement of your daily life.

Arthritis pain varies greatly from person to person, for reasons that doctors do not yet fully understand. Factors ranging from physical activities, environmental conditions to emotional states seem to affect the intensity of arthritis pain. Each individual has a different thresh hold for pain affected by both physical and emotional factors. Hence the intensity of arthritis pain differs for every individual.

Wit the onset of arthritis pain, it is imperative that you visit a doctor. Since doctors rely on your description of the pain to help guide treatment, it would be useful to keep a diary to record the intensity, sensation and duration of the pain.
A number of different specialists can help you deal with arthritis pain, be it surgeons, physicians, physical and occupational therapists or other health care professionals. It must be kept in mind that you shouldn’t take any medication or follow any course of treatment on your own, without proper guidance.

Some factors which can make the arthritis pain feel worse are increased disease activity, stress, physical over exertion, fatigue, anxiety and depression.

There is no single treatment which is completely effective in dealing with arthritis pain. However some very simple things which you can do on your own to manage and ease the arthritis pain are to eat a healthy diet, get 8 to 10 hours of sleep at night, find a good physician or specialist, join a support group and keep a daily diary of pain and mood changes to share with your physician.

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