In the hustle and bustle of things, we sometimes pay little attention to minor pains, peculiar signals of our body about some malfunctions in the body. Somehow we suddenly notice that an arm or a shoulder (back, leg, etc.) hurts. We endure, hope that passes, because you can endure. But in fact, it may be better to immediately understand what it comes from? Of course, you need to do this with the help of a doctor.
The doctor will definitely ask why and how the arm hurts, in which place, with which movements or postures. After all, pain symptoms can appear for various reasons.
The first reason we feel pain may be muscle overwork. They worked hard the day before, wore heavy things. Or maybe this is a consequence of your work, for example, it was printed on a computer for a long time. Then it is clearly felt that the muscles of the hands are sore. This feeling of fatigue will pass along with pain over time. But sometimes, it would seem, for no reason, the pain appears, then disappears, and then again bothers. Either unpleasant sensations occur in the hands, or we feel that the arm in the elbow hurts. Perhaps this is arthritis, an inflammatory joint disease. Infectious diseases, injuries, bruises can contribute to it . Another reason a hand hurts can be a severe bruise, dislocation, or a hidden fracture.
Elbow joint injuries or dislocations occur with tendon rupture and bone fracture. In this case, the person loses the possibility of bending the arm at the elbow and other active movements, swelling appears. The most common are industrial, automobile and sports injuries to the hands, which also cause pain.
Some professions provoke pain in the hand: hand, elbow, shoulder. These are professions related to intensive and constant work on the computer, and some creative ones. For example, artists, musicians, sculptors and other representatives of bohemia often complain of pain in the hand. Sometimes pain in the hand, especially in the elbow joint, is experienced by athletes: tennis players, badminton players, weightlifters, athletes (throwers of the core), that is, those on whose hands a lot of physical activity falls.
Pain in the elbow does not go away or periodically repeats, prevents the arm from bending or stretching - these may be symptoms of diseases such as rheumatoid or gouty arthritis, arthrosis, chest osteochondrosis, and other diseases. In this case, it is better to consult a doctor (traumatologist, neurologist or rheumatologist), who will help to find out the cause of the disease by examining the arm, making an X-ray if necessary, and prescribing treatment.
And if the arm hurts from the shoulder to the elbow? Although the shoulder is damaged less often, because it is protected by well-developed muscles, pain can appear here too.
Firstly, from lifting weights, playing sports after a long break, unusual physical activity. These pains pass pretty quickly.
Secondly, it can be a disease - tendonitis, when the tendons of the biceps become inflamed due to friction against the bone with a subsequent strain. Shoulder joint disease - bursitis - also gives pain from the shoulder to the elbow. Soreness in the arm can also occur after an injury that results in a broken bone, dislocation in the joint, or damage to ligaments and muscles. Some types of arthrosis also cause pain in this area of the hands. It is better, of course, to consult a doctor who will find out the cause and give advice if it is a sprain, or (with a different diagnosis) apply a cast and prescribe treatment.
People with heart failure need to be especially careful if the arm hurts in the shoulder area and gives pain to the chest. Sometimes this is a symptom of a heart attack or even a heart attack. In this case, you must urgently call an ambulance. Oddly enough, pain that occurs during physical exertion and passes at rest can be caused by angina pectoris.
In any case, if the arm hurts, whatever the pain: aching, pulling or passing, it is best to consult a doctor who will diagnose, identify the cause of the disease and prescribe treatment. And it’s better to start it earlier.