{"id":52746,"date":"2025-04-25T22:08:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T02:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/mayo-health-library\/joint-pain\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T12:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:11:48","slug":"joint-pain","status":"publish","type":"mayo","link":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/de\/mayo-health-library\/joint-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container mx-auto   wordpress-block wordpress- core-\">\n<p>Joint pain is discomfort in a joint. Sometimes, the joint swells and feels warm as well.<\/p>\n<p>Joint pain can be a symptom of many ailments, including some viruses. The most common cause of joint pain is arthritis. There are more than 100 types of arthritis.<\/p>\n<p>Joint pain can be mild, causing soreness only after certain activities. Or it can be severe, making even small movements very painful.<\/p>\n<p>Causes of joint pain include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adult Still disease <\/li>\n<li>Ankylosing spondylitis <\/li>\n<li>Avascular necrosis (osteonecrosis) <\/li>\n<li>Bone cancer <\/li>\n<li>Broken bone<\/li>\n<li>Bursitis <\/li>\n<li>Complex regional pain syndrome <\/li>\n<li>Depression (major depressive disorder) <\/li>\n<li>Fibromyalgie <\/li>\n<li>Gout <\/li>\n<li>Hepatitis B <\/li>\n<li>Hepatitis C <\/li>\n<li>Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) <\/li>\n<li>Juvenile idiopathic arthritis <\/li>\n<li>Leukemia <\/li>\n<li>Lupus <\/li>\n<li>Lyme disease <\/li>\n<li>Osteoarthritis <\/li>\n<li>Osteomyelitis <\/li>\n<li>Paget&#8217;s disease of bone <\/li>\n<li>Polymyalgia rheumatica <\/li>\n<li>Pseudogout <\/li>\n<li>Psoriatic arthritis <\/li>\n<li>Reactive arthritis <\/li>\n<li>Rheumatic fever <\/li>\n<li>Rheumatoid arthritis <\/li>\n<li>Rickets <\/li>\n<li>Sarcoidosis <\/li>\n<li>Septic arthritis <\/li>\n<li>Sprains (and strains)<\/li>\n<li>Tendinitis <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Joint pain is rarely an emergency. Mild joint pain often can be cared for at home.<\/p>\n<p>Make an appointment with your health care provider if you have joint pain and:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Swelling.<\/li>\n<li>Redness.<\/li>\n<li>Tenderness and warmth around the joint.<\/li>\n<li>Fever.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See a health care provider right away if an injury causes joint pain and:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The joint looks out of shape.<\/li>\n<li>You can&#8217;t use the joint.<\/li>\n<li>The pain is severe.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s sudden swelling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Self-care<\/h3>\n<p>When caring for mild joint pain at home, follow these tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Try pain relievers you can get without a prescription. These include ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB, others) or naproxen sodium (Aleve).<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t move in ways that make the pain worse.<\/li>\n<li>Apply ice or a package of frozen peas to the painful joint for 15 to 20 minutes a few times each day.<\/li>\n<li>Apply a heating pad, soak in a warm tub or take a warm shower to relax muscles and increase blood flow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pain in a joint can be a symptom of many illnesses. 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