JOINT PAIN

Joint pain is a pain in the body part that connects bone to bone, causing movement and quality of your life to be disturbed. Joint pain can be short or long. The severity of the pain also varies, ranging from mild, medium, to severe.Causes of joint painBased on the number of joints affected, joint pain is grouped into two, namely pain in one joint and pain in some joints.In the case of pain in one joint, the knee joint is the organ that most often experiences it. There are several causes of pain in one of the joints, including:• Chondromalacia patellae or cartilage damage behind the kneecap.Haemarthrosis or bleeding in joint space due to cracked knee or torn ligaments. This condition usually occurs in people who are in the treatment of warfarin (anticoagulant medication).• Gout (gout). Conditions that can cause recurrent pain (relapse), as well as heat and redness of the skin around the inflamed joint are caused by the sharp crystals from the buildup of uric acid. The big toe is a joint that is usually exposed first. Furthermore, other joints may also experience it.• Pseudogout. This condition is almost like uric acid disease, but the sharp crystals that come from the buildup of calcium around the joints. Similar to gout, at first this condition is usually about the big toe.• Traumatic synovitis or inflammation of the tissues lining the joints and tendons.• Osgood-Schlatter's disease. This condition is characterized by symptoms of pain and swelling in the bony lump located just below the kneecap.• Fracture.• Septic arthritis.• Repeated joint dislocations.• Cancer.• Infection.• Hemophilia disease.• Avascular necrosis. Conditions characterized by symptoms of bone damage due to lack of blood supply.While the various causes of pain in some joints of the body are:• Osteoarthritis or swelling of tissue in and around the joint due to damage to the bone protective surface. Serious injury to joints, obesity, and age factors are things that increase the risk of this disease.• Psoriatic arthritis. Conditions that cause symptoms of pain, stiffness, swelling, and inflammation in the joint is usually experienced by one in five people with psoriasis.• Rheumatoid arthritis. Symptoms of pain in this condition often disappear and arise in turn and cause the sufferer tired. Part of the inflamed joints are usually joints of the fingers, wrists and ankles.• Diseases that can affect connective tissue, such as scleroderma and lupus.• Viral infections that can cause arthritis, such as rubella and hepatitis.• Arthritis that is rare, such as reactive arthritis, juvenile arthritis, and anklyosing spondylitis.• Cancer.• Diseases that cause inflammation of the blood vessels, such as Henoch-Schonlein Purpura and Behcet's syndrome.• Sarcoidosis disease.• Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy.• Side effects of drugs, such as hydralazine, isoniazid, and steroids.Treatment of joint painIf the symptoms of joint pain are still relatively mild, you can handle it at home by:• Get enough rest.• Compresses sore joints with ice bags for 15-20 minutes.• Take anti-inflammatory drugs that are sold freely in pharmacies, such as naproxen sodium or ibuprofen.To prevent pain from getting worse, avoid physical activity or movements that involve joints that are inflamed.If the pain does not go away despite taking care of yourself (including taking anti-inflammatory drugs), reddish swelling, and warm sensation in the inflamed joints, you are encouraged to see a doctor.Moreover, if you experience joint pain caused by injuries resulting in sudden swelling, joint changes, unbearable pain, and make it difficult to move the joints, you are required to immediately see a doctor to get further treatment.