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Can Supplements help with Joint pain?
Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Can Supplements help with Joint pain
Joint pain is a very common problem with many possible causes, but it's usually a result of injury or arthritis.
In older people, joint pain that gets steadily worse is usually a sign of osteoarthritis. It may affect just 1 joint or many.
See your GP if you have persistent symptoms of osteoarthritis.
The information and advice on this page should not be used to self-diagnose your condition, but may give you a better idea of what's causing your pain.
Pain in many joints:
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a type of arthritis that causes pain and swelling in the joints, usually the hands, feet and wrists.
The pain may come and go in the early stages, with long periods between attacks.
It can make you feel generally unwell and tired.
Find out more about the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis affects up to 1 in 5 people with psoriasis.
This type of arthritis is unpredictable, but flare-ups can usually be controlled with treatment.
Like other types of arthritis, it means that 1 or more of your joints are inflamed and become swollen, stiff, painful and difficult to move.
A viral infection that causes arthritis
Examples of viral infections that can cause pain in the joints and symptoms of a fever include:
viral hepatitis - liver inflammation caused by a virus
rubella - a viral infection that used to be common in children
A disease of the connective tissue
Widespread joint pain is sometimes a sign of a disease that affects almost all the organs of the body, such as:
lupus - where the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells, tissue and organs
scleroderma - where the immune system attacks connective tissue underneath the skin, causing hard, thickened areas of skin.
Less common causes
Widespread joint pain can less commonly be caused by:
a rarer type of arthritis - such as ankylosing spondylitis, juvenile arthritis or reactive arthritis
Behçet's syndrome - a rare and poorly understood condition that causes inflammation of the blood vessels
Henoch-Schönlein purpura - a rare condition, usually seen in children, that causes blood vessels to become inflamed
Cancer
some treatments - including steroid therapy, isoniazid and hydralazine
hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy - a rare disorder that causes clubbing of the fingers, seen in people with lung cancer
sarcoidosis - a rare condition that causes small patches of tissue to develop in the organs.
Glucosamine and Chondroitin, Turmeric with Black Pepper , Krill Oil and Green Lipped Mussel have been seen to relieve many of the symptoms of joint pain.
