Why achy joints
In the list of diseases of the musculoskeletal systemone of the first positions occupy lesions of joints and periarticular tissues. Pain in the joints of the legs can be caused by various injuries, diseases of the musculoskeletal system or systemic diseases affecting its operation.
As with any other disease, with complaintspatient on pain in the legs for a precise diagnosis, the doctor conducts a comprehensive diagnosis. On the basis of X-ray studies, the results of necessary tests and observations of specific symptoms, a competent specialist will easily put the correct diagnosis. The most common diagnoses for joint pains are: ostearthrosis, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, and other diseases are diagnosed much less often.
Osteoarthritis
With osteoarthritis, pain can be felt inhip joint, knee or ankle. People with osteoarthritis during the day can be bothered by dull pain in the joints, which increases after active physical exertion. The intensity of pain is significantly reduced after rest, as a rule, to reduce pain, a half hour's calmness is enough. Therefore, in the morning, pain is almost not felt. When osteoarthritis in the affected joints during movement, characteristic crunches and clicks, clearly felt by the patients, are heard. The periodicity and duration of painful sensations depends on the individual characteristics of the body, pain can occur at large intervals and quickly pass or torment a person for weeks and months. Gout
With gout, the pain most often occurs in the jointstoes, wrists, ankle, knee joints or elbows. In this disease, associated with a metabolic disorder, strong, pulsating, pulling or tearing pain in the joints appear suddenly. The greatest intensity of joint pain, provoked by gout, has a night, subsiding in the morning. Seizures can be caused by a visit to a bath or sauna, the abuse of alcoholic beverages or a plentiful meal with a predominance of meat and fatty dishes. Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis affects the joints of the foot,ankle, hand phalanx and temporomandibular joints. Characteristic signs of this disease are the involvement of at least two joint groups in the process and the symmetrical spread of the lesion. Joints become painful, limited in mobility, swelling, swelling, or redness appear. Pain sensations in arthritis are of average intensity, can be permanent or paroxysmal. Rheumatoid arthritis is a very dangerous disease that affects other important organs besides the joints and is capable of turning a person into an invalid. Therefore, despite the fact that the pain in the joints is tolerable, the doctor should be treated immediately.
