Why does my elbow hurt?

When your arm hurts, there are some reasons. When there are some problems with the arm, timely treatment is needed, which will be of great help in stabilizing the patient's disease. So what is the cause of elbow pain? In this situation, many people do not understand. There are some reasons for elbow pain. Its occurrence is not random, and this also needs to be well understood.

Many people are not very clear about what causes elbow pain, so when such a problem occurs, you can also consult in detail so that you can have some understanding of the problem, so that you will know how to treat it when it occurs.

What causes elbow pain?

1. Rheumatoid arthritis: It is an acute or chronic connective tissue disease that can cause pain in multiple joints such as the knees, ankles, shoulders, and elbows. The lesions are locally red, swollen, burning, and painful. Some patients also have several joints affected at the same time. Atypical patients only have joint pain but no other inflammatory manifestations. Acute inflammation generally subsides in 2-4 weeks without leaving sequelae, but it often recurs.

2. Osteoarthritis: A common orthopedic disease that can cause pain and swelling in multiple joints. The distal and proximal interphalangeal joints of the hands, knees, elbows, shoulders, and spinal joints are most likely to be affected, while the wrist and ankle joints are less likely to be affected. As the disease progresses, joint contracture, instability, pain at rest, and increased pain when bearing weight may occur. Dysfunction may occur due to mechanical locking caused by poor joint surface fit, muscle spasm and contraction, joint capsule contraction, and bone spurs.

3. Due to long-term strain, some tendons and soft tissues attached to the elbow joint may suffer partial fiber tearing or damage, or friction may cause periosteal trauma, leading to periostitis, which is mainly manifested in pain on the outside of the elbow joint, radiating to the outside of the forearm, weakness in gripping objects, and local pain aggravated when tightening screws or squeezing towels. The affected area is somewhat swollen, bone hyperplasia can be felt, and tenderness is obvious.

Through the above introduction, we have some understanding of what causes elbow pain. Therefore, when treating it, we need to follow the above methods. This will be of great help to the patient's elbow pain. Moreover, for arthritis caused by arthritis, drug treatment is the best choice, which is conducive to the improvement of the disease.