symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders
bone, joint, and muscle disorders
Joint Pain: Many Joints
In most cases, the cause of pain originating inside multiple joints is arthritis. Disorders that cause arthritis may differ from each other in certain tendencies, such as the following: How many and which joints they usually involve Whether the central part of the skeleton, such as the spine or pelvis, is typically involved Whether arthritis is sudden (acute) or longstanding (chronic) Acute arthritisaffecting multiple joints is most often due to Viral infection The beginning of a joint disorder or a flare up of an existing chronic joint disorder (such as Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) or Gout or Less common causes of acute arthritis in multiple joints include Lyme Disease and Chronic arthritisaffecting multiple joints is most often due to Inflammatory disorders such as Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) , The noninflammatory disorder Osteoarthritis (OA) (in adults) Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) (in children) Some chronic inflammatory disorders can affect the spine as well as the limb joints (called the peripheral joints). Some affect certain parts of the spine more frequently. For example, ankylosing spondylitis more commonly affects the lower (lumbar) part of the spine, whereas rheumatoid arthritis more typically affects the upper (cervical) part of the spine in the neck. The most common disordersoutside the jointsthat cause pain around the joints are Fibromyalgia None Polymyalgia Rheumatica None Bursitis or Bursitis and tendinitis often result from injury, usually affecting only one joint. However, certain disorders cause bursitis or tendinitis in many joints. 