The knee joint of a person has an extremely complex structure. The situation when the person is overweight is also problematic, the additional load on the knees from each kilogram is obvious.
Knee joints are vulnerable due to the very activity of a person, as well as additional factors that may involve a certain risk. But there are specific reasons that can cause pain.
The specifics of the appearance of joint diseases
Most animals move on four limbs. This is especially true for large species. A person has significant weight, but at the same time rests only on two legs. Homo erectus was not formed by chance during evolution; thanks to it, people were able to free their hands for more useful activities than movement, and learned how to use tools. But there is also a reverse, negative effect from such a restructuring. Homo erectus led to problems with childbirth in women, since the new position of the limbs changed the shape of the pelvis. And besides, it made the lower limbs vulnerable, mainly the joints, which are daily in motion under the load of the weight of the whole body.
The immediate appearance of pain, mobility problems lead only to physical injuries. All other joint diseases develop gradually, initially they are invisible.Pain begins when the disease has already developed, creating problems for the normal functioning of the joint. Initially, it is weak, and people often ignore it instead of immediately contacting a doctor. In the future, without appropriate treatment, it intensifies, and the condition of the joint worsens.
Interesting fact: joint pains are never spontaneous, and you can’t count on the fact that soon everything will pass by itself. With their regular manifestation, you must consult a doctor. Is it either an injury or a disease.
Knee injuries also require the attention of a doctor, even if they do not look too serious. For the speedy restoration of the joint and adjacent tissues, in order to avoid undesirable consequences, you should consult a doctor and follow all his recommendations. It is worth remembering that joint injuries, even minor ones, can accumulate, leading then to serious diseases, problems with the musculoskeletal system.
Diseases that are expressed as knee pain
So, pain in the knee, especially growing, tormenting constantly - this is a sign of illness. It is necessary to consider the underlying diseases that give this symptom. First of all, it is gonarthrosis. This problem is so widespread that it is observed in half of people in their young age who complain of knees. The disease has its own symptoms - there is pain only when moving, it is felt with long walking, squatting, walking down the stairs. The joint crunches, has limited mobility.Ignoring the disease, you can reach the stage when the joint gets deformity.
The next disease for which this symptom is characteristic is meniscopathy. Simply put, this is meniscus inflammation. If in the first case both joints usually hurt, then with meniscopathy pain occurs in only one of them. This is one of the typical diseases of athletes, as it occurs during heavy physical exertion. The pain at the meniscus is acute, the knee seems to throb, the limited movement occurs precisely because of the pain. In this case, there is no risk of joint deformation, but there is the possibility of the spread of inflammation if a person does not receive proper treatment.
Causes pain and arthritis, which recently "rejuvenated" and is found not only in the elderly. Women are most susceptible to it. With this pathology, the joints hurt mainly at night, during the day they can be completely ignored.
There is a list of other diseases in which knee pain is observed or may be observed. These are bursitis, synovitis, periarthritis, chondromatosis, chondropathy, and others. Pain can occur with inflammation of the ligaments, with overgrowth of the bone, both in benign and malignant. And they also arise from a lack of blood supply, which happens in adolescents, during a period of rapid bone growth. The circulatory system may not have time to develop after the bone, hence the deficit arises, which passes over time, taking away pains.
Knee pain - not just joints
There are times when joint treatment does not help.After all, this symptom also occurs in cases not directly related to the musculoskeletal system. These pains can be a symptom of a pinch of the sciatic nerve, fibroneuralgia, gout. And therefore, when they occur, in any case, a thorough diagnosis is required, the search for the root cause of pain is mandatory, because we can also talk about a dangerous systemic disease.
Thus, there are many diseases that give a symptom such as pain in the knee, in both, or in one of them. These diseases can be either associated with the joint itself, or unrelated to it. To find out why the knee hurts in each individual case, only a doctor can, and it is worth contacting as soon as possible.
