There are many diseases that cause arm joint pain, the common ones are rheumatoid arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, and lateral epicondylitis of the humerus. Diseases are different, causing arm joint pain in different parts.
1. Rheumatoid arthritis: an autoimmune disease with erosive arthritis as the main symptom, manifested by morning stiffness, swelling, pain and dysfunction of the joints, the most common in the wrist, palm, fingers and other parts.
2. Carpal tunnel syndrome: also known as mouse hand, is a peripheral nerve entrapment syndrome caused by the compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel, commonly seen in the thumb, index finger, middle finger region of the pain, most often accompanied by numbness and weakness of the hand.
3. Epicondylitis of the humerus: also known as tennis elbow, mostly due to trauma, chronic strain injury caused by some of the muscles of the forearm and the humerus epicondylar joint of the aseptic inflammation, manifested as pain in the outer elbow, burning, grip strength, etc., and individually can be accompanied by joint popping.
Arm joint pain may also have other causes such as carpal cysts, etc. It is recommended to go to the hospital in time to clarify the cause of the disease and then targeted treatment.