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Causes of Pain
Arthritis pain is caused by several factors, such as:
- Inflammation, the process that causes the redness and swelling in your joints;
- Damage to joint tissues, which results from the disease process or from stress, injury or pressure on the joints;
- Fatigue that results from the disease process, which can make your pain seem worse and harder to handle;
- Depression or stress, which results from limited movement or no longer doing activities you enjoy. You can get caught in a cycle of pain, limited/lost abilities, stress and depression that makes managing pain and arthritis seem more difficult.
Want more information?
- Learn more about pain and how the body controls it.
- Learn more about defining pain.
- Learn more about research into pain and psychosocial health.
- Learn about actions you can take and tips for managing your pain.
- Find out some of the preventive meassures that can help ease pain.
- Discover other resources for dealing with arthritis pain.
- For disease specific information, visit the Disease Center.
- Connect with others in the Arthritis Foundation community.
- Find out about the latest in arthritis research.
- For information on living with arthritis, read Arthritis Today.
