What is wandering pain?

Wandering pain is one of the more common pain disorders in clinical practice. The main symptoms are joint pain and discomfort, more pronounced in the joints of the extremities, and possibly wandering generalized pain. Some patients may suffer from sleep deprivation, mental stress or physiological factors during menopause or menstruation, which usually do not require much treatment. In addition, wandering pain is also common in the following diseases: 1. mental diseases: if patients have mental disorders such as paranoia and anxiety disorders, they may have psychogenic wandering pain, accompanied by long-term tension and uneasiness, mostly conscious symptoms, usually without organic lesions; 2. orthopedic diseases: most bone and joint diseases, such as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, cartilage damage, etc., may have Wandering pain symptoms, mostly due to bone and joint strain, lack of calcium in the body, bacterial infection and other reasons. Patients with osteoporosis may also have symptoms such as weakness and spinal deformation, and osteoarthritis may be accompanied by symptoms such as stiffness and swelling of joints. 3. Immune system diseases: Some patients with abnormal immune system, such as lupus erythematosus, may show wandering pain at the bone and joint along with redness and swelling of the diseased joint, and some patients may have recurrent infections such as fever. 4. Urinary system Diseases: Some urinary system infections and urinary stone diseases may also cause wandering pain in the ureter and kidney area, accompanied by frequent urination, urgent urination and other abnormal symptoms of the urinary system; 5, endocrine diseases: such as diabetes mellitus, chronic endocrine diseases may involve the nerves and cause certain stimulation to the nerves, resulting in wandering pain. If the patient has cancer, such as lung cancer, lymphoma, etc., if it has developed to the stage of bone metastasis or invasion of nerves, it is possible to have the symptoms of wandering pain, and some patients will also be accompanied by symptoms such as wasting and dull face. In addition, growing pains in children and chronic strain injury may cause wandering pain. If a patient has symptoms of wandering pain, after excluding physiological factors, it is recommended that the patient should go to the hospital in a timely manner and under the guidance of a doctor, undergo bone density, X-ray, CT and other related examinations to clarify the cause and then treat the cause. For example, for wandering pain caused by psychiatric diseases, antidepressant and sedative drugs such as 5-hydroxytryptamine reuptake inhibitors and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors should be applied according to the patient’s condition, and psychotherapy such as psychological guidance should be carried out at the same time. If the pain is caused by osteoporosis, calcium supplements can be applied under the guidance of doctors; for osteoarthritic pain, anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving drugs such as diclofenac sodium, ibuprofen, and pain-relieving physiotherapy can be applied under the guidance of doctors to relieve the symptoms of muscle spasm and joint pain. If the pain is caused by rheumatism or rheumatoid rheumatism, anti-rheumatic drugs, such as indomethacin, dexamethasone, and liubizine, can be applied as prescribed by the doctor.