Why does my right elbow hurt?

Elbow pain is a common phenomenon in life, and its frequency of occurrence is also relatively high. When this happens, we must pay attention to it. Don’t think that it will be fine if you just straighten it out. Sometimes elbow pain may be caused by some diseases. If it is not treated in time, the disease will be delayed, which will lead to more serious consequences and bring certain hidden dangers to your health.

Why does my right elbow hurt?

1) Its prominent clinical manifestations are: recurrent, symmetrical, multiple small arthritis, most commonly in the joints of the hands, palms, wrists, toes, etc.

2) In the early stage, symptoms include redness, swelling, heat, pain and dysfunction. In the late stage, the joints may become stiff and deformed to varying degrees, and there may be bone and skeletal muscle atrophy. It is a disease with a high disability rate.

3) From the perspective of pathological changes, rheumatoid arthritis is a widespread inflammatory disease that primarily affects the synovial membrane of the joints (and later may spread to the articular cartilage, bone tissue, joint ligaments and tendons), and secondarily to the serous membrane, heart, lungs, eyes and other connective tissues.

Therefore, in addition to the above-mentioned symptoms of arthritis, patients may also have other systemic manifestations, such as fever, fatigue, weight loss, subcutaneous nodules, pericarditis, pleurisy, peripheral neuropathy, eye lesions, arteritis, etc.

4) The severity and course of the disease vary from individual to individual, ranging from short-lived, mild oligoarthritis to rapidly progressive polyarthritis. The most commonly affected joints are the proximal interphalangeal joints, metacarpophalangeal joints, wrists, elbows, shoulders, knees and toe joints; the cervical spine, temporomandibular joints, sternoclavicular and acromioclavicular joints may also be affected, with limited mobility; hip joint involvement is rare.

How to treat elbow pain

1. Many people have experienced elbow pain, especially middle-aged and elderly women who do housework all year round. Sometimes they even experience persistent pain and discomfort when holding something heavy in their hands.

2. In addition, this phenomenon also occurs among some white-collar workers, especially those who use computers for a long time, and the symptoms persist and recur, seriously affecting the patient's work enthusiasm and efficiency.

3. There are many factors that can easily cause elbow pain in patients, such as arthritis, bone hyperplasia, soft tissue injury, etc., but there is another common factor, that is, tennis elbow, also known as lateral epicondylitis.

4. The main symptoms of this disease are pain and discomfort in the elbow and weakness in the upper arm, especially when grasping or lifting objects.

For the elbow pain caused by this disease, patients generally take painkillers for treatment, but they can only help patients temporarily relieve pain. Moreover, due to irregular and untimely treatment, patients may suffer from this phenomenon repeatedly for a long time.