Rheumatoid joint pain refers to the sensation of discomfort, besides inflammation, soreness, achiness, as well as stiffness in a joint or various joints of the body. Joints are the areas where two or more bones meet.
Rheumatoid joint pain is a symptom of a wide variety of diseases, disorders as well as conditions. This joint pain can result from infection, trauma, or due to malignancy, autoimmune diseases, as well as other abnormal processes. Joint pain can even indicate a relatively benign condition, like a mild sprain. Joint pain can be due to a moderate condition, disorder or a disease, like bursitis, ankylosing spondylitis, or a moderate ligament sprain, even a dislocation. Joint pain can accompany serious conditions also that can be life-threatening too.
Rheumatoid joint pain can be chronic and ongoing over a long period of time, when it is due to osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis refers to an autoimmune disorder. Infectious diseases as well as conditions which can cause joint pain include septic arthritis and rheumatic fever.
Joint pain tends to occur in conjunction with various other symptoms, which vary as they depend on the underlying disease, disorder or the condition. Other symptoms include swelling of the joint, inflammation, redness, as well as fever. Complications of joint pain are progressive as well as vary depending on the underlying cause. Diagnosing of joint pain as well as its root cause begins with a thorough personal and family medical history, which would include symptoms, besides completing a physical examination.
Making a diagnosis would also include performing a variety of other tests in order to help to determine the potential underlying diseases, and disorders, like joint separations, arthritis as well as bone cancer. Depending on the cause, tests may include blood tests, culture as well as sensitivity of synovial fluid, and imaging tests, like X-ray, CT scan, as well as nuclear scans, and MRI.