Painful Muscle & Joints Diseases

Muscle and joint pain are common symptoms of many diseases. These diseases range from the easily treatable to hard-to-diagnose medical mysteries.

Fibromyalgia

• Fibromyalgia is a mystery; doctors still do not know the cause or cure for this disease. However, the one universal symptom of fibromyalgia is severe muscle and joint pain.

Arthritis

• Arthritis is a common condition in which pain is experienced in the joints. This disease can be caused by other autoimmune diseases, septic infection, degeneration or overuse.

Muscular Dystrophy

• Muscular dystrophy weakens the body's muscles by replacing them with fatty deposits. The only known cause of this disease is genetics.

Thyroid Disease

• Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism are both diseases that lead to severe muscle and joint pain. This is caused by a swelling of muscles that are attached to the bone; this swelling can press upon nerves causing pain.

Cancer

• Cancer can affect many parts of the body causing pain in those areas. Synovial sarcoma causes pain in synovial tissue, including muscle, that lines joints.