What diseases cause migratory pain?

As the name suggests, migratory pain is a symptom that spreads throughout the body and the location of pain keeps changing. Because the pain is intense and involves many parts of the body, it requires timely treatment. To treat migratory pain, it is important to determine the cause. Generally speaking, the diseases that cause migratory pain mainly include diabetes, degenerative changes in joints, chronic joint strain, osteoarthritis caused by rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, and osteoporosis.

1. Neuralgia caused by diabetes

The characteristics of burning neuralgia are: (1) spontaneous, intractable pain that is difficult to relieve without proper treatment; (2) it can occur in any part of the body, but is more common in lower limb and intercostal neuropathy; (3) the pain is burning, diffuse and continuous, or worsens in paroxysmal forms, and in severe cases, painful cramps may occur; (4) the pain is relatively superficial, and there are no abnormal changes in the bones, muscles, and joints; (5) the onset may be accompanied by vascular-autonomic nervous system symptoms, including postural hypotension, angioedema, and sweat gland secretion disorders. The pathogenesis may be related to high blood sugar causing neurotrophic and metabolic disorders, coupled with the lack of certain vitamins (such as B1, B2, B6, etc.), especially the elderly patients often have vascular lesions, which makes local ischemic changes prone to occur. Such multiple factors ultimately contribute to the occurrence of burning neuralgia.

2. Degenerative changes in joints

Degeneration refers to the abnormal changes that occur in the cells, tissues, and organs of the human body as we age. The common term is "aging".

3. Chronic joint strain

Due to the relatively large amount of activity in the joints, the muscles and other soft tissues around the joints become strained, causing pain.

Four. Osteoarthritis caused by rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.

Osteoarthritis often affects large weight-bearing joints such as the knees, hips, cervical vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, and interphalangeal joints of the hands. Causes of this condition include aging, obesity, trauma, or the need to frequently lift heavy objects. Clinical symptoms include joint pain, stiffness, and occasional swelling. Initially, it is difficult to go up and down stairs and unable to squat. Gradually, the mobility function declines, and the patient becomes unable to walk long distances or go up and down stairs. Joint deformities (such as O-type or X-type knee joints) occur. In severe cases, crutches are needed to assist walking or a wheelchair is required.

5. Polymyalgia rheumatica

A clinical syndrome characterized by pain in the proximal extremities and trunk. Generally, it includes the following points: ① Onset in patients over 50 years old; ② Pain and morning stiffness occur in 2 of the 3 susceptible parts of the shoulder girdle, pelvic girdle and neck, lasting for more than 30 minutes and lasting for more than 1 month; ③ Evidence of systemic reaction such as elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate exceeding 40mm/h or 50mm/h.

6. Osteoporosis

The decline of ovarian function and the decrease of estrogen secretion lead to a large loss of calcium

, causing osteoporosis. Women over 40

As estrogen secretion decreases, the intestinal absorption of calcium is inhibited and osteoblast activity is weakened.

At this time, bone mass will be lost in large quantities, and most people will experience varying degrees of muscle aches throughout the body, especially pain in the lower back muscles, intercostal pain, and hip joint pain.