Pain in the shoulder( pain in the shoulder) - Causes, symptoms and treatment. MF.

Shoulder pain may result from an injury or a shoulder joint disease. Trauma can affect any of the ligaments, articular bags, tendons or tissues surrounding the shoulder joint and joint bones. Pain in the shoulder can also occur, and for diseases that are not directly related to the joint( pain at the same time "gives" the joint).

Diseases that can cause pain in the shoulder

• Angina
• Arthritis
• Bursitis
• Calcified calcareous bursitis
• Dislocation of the shoulder
• Fracture
• Heart attack
• Lung cancer
• Muscle pain( myofascial pain syndrome)
• Radiculopathies
• Impingment syndrome, humerosarper periarthrosis, muscle diseases of the shoulder girdle
• Shingles herpes zoster

Possible causes of pain in the shoulder

• Tumor of the bone( rarely)
• Shoulder
injury •
cartilage rupture •
diaphragm rupture • Septic arthritis( purulent arthritis - rarely)
• Sprain
• tendonitis( tendon inflammation)

Sometimes it is sufficient to use warming ointments or anti-inflammatory drugs or undergo a simple course of treatment, andjust eliminate the source - for example, a strong overload. This type can include the following cases of pain in the shoulder.

Excessive overstrain of the joints of , in particular, of the shoulder joint. This can happen in the work of people with heavy physical labor, loaders, for example. Sometimes there is a schoolchildren because of inappropriately heavy portfolios. Unpleasant sensations can be temporarily silenced with warming ointments, but it is wiser not only to use ointments, but also to reduce the load.
This problem has a medical name: tendonitis, tendonitis - inflammation of the tendons surrounding the joint. Drawing and aching sensations often occur suddenly.

Another cause of the appearance of shoulder pain may be injury to ."Pulled" the muscle, hit, made a sharp move, and as a result - a bruise, stretching, perhaps - a rupture of the tendon. When moving, there is a sharp pain in the shoulder. However, you will feel the rupture of the ligaments immediately and go to the doctor yourself, because the pain in this case is sometimes unbearable. As for bruises and sprains, most often a fairly tight dressing with the help of an elastic bandage or a joint fixer.

Intercostal neuralgia .The disease is quite serious and it is necessary to treat it with a doctor. With proper treatment, neuralgia passes fairly quickly and does not leave any consequences. The pain is frequent, stitching, like a shoulder pierced with a thin long needle. It is difficult to move your hand, and later it becomes difficult and breathing.

Chilled the muscle( myositis) .To help - warming ointments and pepper plaster. But you need to treat immediately, because this is one of the reasons for neuralgia.

Neuritis is also a serious disease, but most often it is successfully treated with medical intervention. The causes are different: inflammatory and infectious processes, tumors, injuries. Pain is sudden, sudden.

Bursitis( inflammation of the joint bag), purulent bursitis .The pain is not too intense, chronic. In the area of ​​the articular bag there is swelling, you feel discomfort and can not sleep on the affected shoulder. A sharp pain when holding your arm to the side or the establishment behind your head.

It happens that the cause of pain in the joint is much more serious and can be caused by diseases that can not be cured easily. At the same time, the longer you pull, the more likely complications, you can suffer for years, and then become disabled. The cause of pain in the shoulder may be with spine .When the nerves that supply the shoulder are infringed by arthritic bones or protruding disks when exiting the spine, you will feel pain not only in the neck, but also at the point where the painful nerve fibers - in your shoulder - end. So, what causes pain in the shoulder can be considered extremely serious, although in appearance a person simply suffers from a shoulder joint?

Osteochondrosis .Severe pain, giving away in the hand, intensifies when turning the head. They can also manifest themselves at night, gradually increasing to intolerable. With complications over time, the hand loses its capacity for work, sometimes it can not be raised.

Pain sensations in the shoulder can be the result of calcium metabolism violation .Constant intense pain in the shoulder, which increases with hand movement, may be a sign of calcification of ligaments. It is observed more often in people older than 30 years.

Osteoarthritis is another common cause of shoulder pain. Usually manifested in the elderly. Symptoms - acute pain as a result of almost any movements of the arm and shoulder. Touching causes strong unpleasant sensations.

Arthritis - inflammation of the joint. The origin of it can be different - infectious, allergic, reactive, the consequence of old injuries. Pain in the shoulder is acute and sometimes unbearable, often there are swelling. It is accompanied by the appearance of temperature.

Arthritis and arthrosis require separate consideration. Most of the population believes that these diseases are not dangerous, and therefore do not hurry to treat them. Someone is experimenting with alternative methods of treatment, someone simply "forgets" about the disease and episodic pain in the shoulder. In the future, you can greatly regret that in time you did not go to the doctor.

Periarthritis .The pain giving in an arm or a hand and a neck, amplifies at a raising of a hand upwards or attempt to get for a back. Often occurs at night stinging, aching, accompanied by the chillness of the brush. Develops muscle atrophy - "frozen" shoulder, there is a feeling of crawling, tingling, the sensitivity of the shoulder, arms and shoulder blades is disrupted. The disease is severe and can last up to several months.

Thoracic( angina pectoris) and / or infarction of is usually accompanied by a feeling of squeezing, severity, or pain behind the sternum. Sometimes, however, because the nerves in the chest are close to each other, instead you can feel pain in your left shoulder. Such pain in the shoulder is an urgent reason to call an emergency doctor.

Pneumonia, liver diseases, tumors in the chest and muscle-reflex syndromes( formerly called cervical radiculitis) can give reflected pain in the shoulder.

With severe or chronic shoulder pain, doctor's consultation, diagnosis and treatment are necessary.

To which doctor should I consult with pain in the shoulder

• therapist( general practitioner)
• traumatologist( if the pain in the shoulder is associated with an injury)
• orthopedist