Causes of pain in the elbow joint

The elbow is our arm joint. Our arms can move flexibly and freely, which depends on the support of the elbow joint. Because it is used frequently, the elbow joint is prone to pain, just like other joints. We can understand some of the main causes of pain, make judgments based on our own characteristics, and take the best approach to deal with it. So, what causes pain within the elbow joint? Let’s take a look below.

1. Injury of periarticular ligaments: The stability of the knee ligaments is relatively poor when the knee joint is slightly flexed. If it is suddenly subjected to external force causing eversion or inversion at this time, it may cause injury to the medial or lateral collateral ligament. The patient will have a clear history of trauma, knee pain, swelling, bruising, and limited mobility

2. Cartilage damage is mainly meniscus damage in the knee joint. When the knee joint is slightly flexed, if the knee is suddenly excessively internally rotated or externally extended (for example, when playing football, bending the calf, turning around and kicking the ball), it may cause a meniscus tear. Meniscus injury will cause an obvious tearing feeling in the knee, followed by joint pain, limited movement, limping when walking, and popping when the joint moves.

3. When the synovium of the joint is damaged by trauma or excessive strain, a large amount of fluid will accumulate, increasing the pressure inside the joint, leading to joint pain, swelling, tenderness, and friction and astringent sounds. For example, when the knee joint is actively and extremely extended, especially when the knee extension exercise is performed with a certain resistance, the pain below the patella will be aggravated. The pain is also significantly aggravated during extreme passive flexion.

4. Autoimmune diseases, such as lupus and psoriasis, can affect joints and cause swelling and pain. This can be diagnosed with blood tests.

5. Patients with growing pains in children are mainly children in the growth period, and boys are more common. The pain is commonly found in the knee joint, hip joint, etc. This situation is a normal physiological phenomenon that occurs during children's growth and development. Because the bones of children in the growth stage grow relatively quickly, the growth and development of the periosteum and local muscles are not coordinated, which causes discomfort and joint pain.

6. Traumatic joint pain is caused by some kind of accident or incident that causes trauma (such as soft tissue injury, fracture and dislocation, etc.) to the joints of the shoulder, wrist, knee, ankle, etc. without any serious injury.

7. Septic arthritis has a history of infection in other parts of the body or a history of local trauma. The painful joints may be swollen, and the deep location may not be obvious, but there are symptoms such as increased body temperature, joint pain, inability to move, and increased blood count.

8. Osteoarthritis The onset of osteoarthritis is mostly after the age of 40. Joint pain is worse in the morning and gets better during the day and night. Bone hyperplasia and bone spurs in the joints rub against surrounding tissues, causing joint pain.

9. Elderly women with osteoporosis experience pain in multiple joints throughout the body, feel extremely weak, and are unable to walk with weight. If other diseases are ruled out, they may have osteoporosis.

10. Rheumatic and rheumatoid arthritis mostly occur in women aged 20 to 45. Rheumatoid arthritis often presents with migratory pain (the location of the pain is uncertain). Pain, swelling, and stiffness often occur in the wrist area. Joint sensitivity, swelling, and pain occur simultaneously and are symmetrical (such as both wrists and both knees).