Body Pains: Symptoms, Reasons, and Management:

Body pains are usually a signal given by the body for any underlying cause. A normal body doesn’t hurt. The human body usually alarms when there is something wrong inside. These alarms are in the form of chills, high temperature, pain, or a skin rash.  Therefore, it is crucial to recognize the silent alarms of the body.

However, pain is associated with any underlying cause. It is necessary to identify the cause on time. Moreover, there are some diseases associated with body pains. Which should be diagnosed and identified on time. Due to the underlying cause, the body gives a signal through pain.

The following diseases are associated with body pains

Hypothyroidism: Body pains: symptoms, reasons,

The thyroid gland is important in the body, situated in front of the neck, and helps in the production of hormones and the metabolism of food to produce energy.

If there is any dysfunction of the thyroid gland, the metabolism process becomes disturbed. If it starts working high, it is called hyperthyroidism, and if it works lower, it’s called hypothyroidism. As a result of hypothyroidism, most patients complain of joint pain, muscle pain, mental stress, and physical burnout.

If somebody feels sudden body pains, he or she should consult a physician for a proper workup. Most people do not think of hypothyroidism and miss the underlying cause of pain.

People usually use painkillers to relieve pain. However, the painkillers have had their side effects, such as epigastric pain, which may affect the kidneys and other organs. So, such pain-relieving remedies should be discouraged, and one should visit their healthcare professional to rule out the cause.

The following are some body sites of pain associated with hypothyroidism:

• Neck and shoulder joint pain
• Wrist pain
• Backache
• Pain in finger joints
• Muscles pain

How to relieve pain associated with hypothyroidism?

If the body pain is associated with hypothyroidism, it is difficult to treat with painkillers. However, the pain will be settled with treatment of the hypothyroidism (the hormonal therapy for hypothyroidism). Otherwise, the joint and muscular pain will irritate you all the time, and sometimes gets worse with some environmental temperature changes.

The following are some remedies to relieve the pain associated with hypothyroidism:

• Use a hot pad or hot water bottle on the affected area
• Use prescribed painkillers, but the use of painkillers should be avoided to prevent their side effects

Why do people with hypothyroidism have body pains?

Pain with hypothyroidism has the following reasons:

• Hormonal imbalances cause disturbed electrolyte levels, which lead to muscle cramps, especially in the large muscles such as the thigh and shoulder muscles. The electrolytes include calcium, sodium, and magnesium.
• Low metabolism leads to a low level of energy in the muscles and joints, leading to pain and lethargy.
• Hypothyroidism causes fluid retention in the body, leading to joint and muscle pain. Therefore, people with hypothyroidism have puffy eyes and feet.
• Thyroid hormones (T3 and T4) help in the communication system between the nerve cells; when these hormones are too high or too low, the process of communication between the cells becomes disturbed. Therefore, patients with low thyroid hormone levels usually complain of tingling and numbness in the hands and feet.
• So, people with numbness and tingling in their hands and feet, pain in their neck, thighs, and joints should check their thyroid function. However, you must consult your healthcare provider to diagnose hypothyroidism.

Diabetes: Body pains: symptoms, reasons,

Another major problem for body pains is high sugar levels, known as diabetes. Most of the patients suffer and feel body aches and have high blood sugars. When these symptoms occur, the person must think of diabetes. Secondly, most of the healthcare providers do not even think of checking the blood sugar of a patient with body pains.

The symptoms of high blood sugar levels are as follows

• Body pains usually occur in the peripheries, such as the feet and hands, and also in the muscles, such as the thighs and shoulders
• Frequent urinations
• Smelly urine
• Frequent urinary infections are due to the sugary content in the urine, which attracts bacteria and causes infection.
• Blurry vision
• Joint pains
• Want to drink more and more water
• Crave for sweets

So, patients with body pains should consider and check their blood sugar levels to rule out diabetes.

The pain associated with diabetes usually does not respond to simple painkillers. Therefore, to treat diabetic pain, special painkillers are used /advised.

Why do people with high sugar levels feel more body pain?

People with high sugar levels experience body pain due to the following reasons:

• High blood sugars damage nerve cells, which leads to severe pain, and in severe cases, patients feel numbness and a tingling sensation.
• Secondly, when the blood sugar levels are high, the human body comes under stress, due to which the body releases a hormone called cortisol, which further causes inflammation in the body. As a result, the body experiences pain.
• Thirdly, when the body cells are deficient in energy due to a lack of sugar in the cells, they feel fatigued and experience pain.
• Therefore, a patient with body pain without any identified reason should consult a healthcare provider to rule out the cause of pain. So, it could be due to high blood sugar.
• Furthermore, timely diagnosis of diabetes could save a person from further diseases such as heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, and vision problems.

Osteoporosis: Body pains: symptoms, reasons,

The leading cause of body pain, especially joint pain, is weak bone called osteoporosis. Bones play an important role in our body. They help in maintaining the shape and support of the whole body. If the support system of the body becomes weak, then the whole body gets affected.

What are the symptoms of osteoporosis?

Patients with osteoporosis experience the following symptoms

• Joint pain, especially in the hands and feet joints, shoulder joints, and backache, and in severe cases, patients experience toothaches.
• Feeling a crackling sound while sitting and standing
• Weakness and lethargy
• Irritability due to joint and muscle pain
• Disturbed sleep due to pain
• Why do patients with weak bones feel pain?
• Osteoporosis is due to the demineralization process. In which the minerals, such as calcium, which make a strong bone, are released from the bone and come into the blood, causing pain.
• Secondly, when bones become weak, they become prone to bending, as occurs in the spine, which exerts pressure on the nerves, leading to severe pain.
• Thirdly, the micro and macro fractures occur due to weak bone, which results in pain.
• Therefore, a person who experiences bone pains must consult a healthcare provider to rule out the cause. However, the pain associated with weakening of the bone is associated with low levels of calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D. These minerals must be taken to make the bone strong; the healthcare professional should be consulted first to diagnose the exact cause.

Depression: Body pains: symptoms, reasons,

An untreated depression causes body aches known as myalgia. People mostly overlooked the main cause. In depression, the body comes under stress and releases many bad hormones, which lead to inflammation in the body.

However, it is necessary to treat depression first to relieve body pain.

Cancer: Body pains: symptoms, reasons

Another dramatic disease in which people suffer lots of pain is cancer. However, not all kinds of cancer cause pain, but most patients who suffer from cancer experience pain at some stage.

Hence, there are so many reasons behind body pain, so it is necessary to rule out the exact cause. Therefore, people suffering from body pain must consult their health care provider for the exact diagnosis.