Pain in elbow joint

In daily life, many people experience elbow pain. There are many reasons for this condition. It may be caused by some bone diseases such as periostitis and arthritis; it may be caused by muscle diseases such as tendonitis. People need to pay special attention to this situation to avoid causing more serious situations. The following is a detailed introduction to what causes elbow pain.

There are many reasons for arm and elbow pain, including clinically seen medial epicondylitis, lateral epicondylitis, and arthritis. In this case, you need to go to a regular hospital to see an orthopedic doctor and take a routine X-ray to rule out arthritis. If there is no arthritis, symptoms may be caused by medial or lateral epicondylitis.

For the treatment of this situation, the main thing is to pay attention to rest and protection. Too much activity is not conducive to recovery. In addition, you must not catch cold, as cold will aggravate the symptoms. You can insist on hot compress every day, with a hot water bag, twice a day, for more than half an hour each time, and take some blood-activating, blood-stasis-removing, swelling-reducing and pain-relieving drugs orally. You can also apply some blood-activating, blood-stasis-removing plasters externally. For such patients, if the pain symptoms still cannot be relieved in the later stage, closed treatment can be used, the effect is still relatively good, and it is also widely used clinically.

According to the analysis of the location and symptoms described in the question, when symptoms of elbow and forearm pain occur after excluding acute trauma factors, it is usually necessary to consider elbow muscle tendon strain or elbow osteoarthritis caused by factors such as fatigue and cold stimulation. There may also be lateral epicondylitis.

What we usually call tennis elbow is a disease caused by tendinitis at the attachment point of the forearm extensor muscles. Treatment requires rest, local hot compresses, acupuncture, electromagnetic therapy and other physical therapy methods to relieve symptoms. If the pain symptoms are obvious, you can take oral ibuprofen sustained-release tablets, celecoxib or apply Voltaren or diclofenac sodium cream externally to relieve the symptoms.

If the pain symptoms cannot be relieved by self-treatment, it is recommended to go to the orthopedic clinic for consultation. The orthopedic surgeon will make a clear diagnosis through a specialist physical examination and complete necessary X-ray examinations. After the diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis is confirmed, the doctor can perform closed drug injection treatment on the local pain point. After the injection treatment, pay attention to keeping warm and resting, and try to avoid recurrence of symptoms.