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	Elbow Pain

	Definition: Eblow pain
	Medical terms related to elbow pain : Arthralgia, Elbow, Golfer's Elbow, Pain, Elbow, Tennis Elbow
	Common causes of elbow pain: o Fracture o Sprain (Ligament Injury) o Tendinitis (Inflammation of a tendon) (Tennis Elbow, Golfer's Elbow) o Bursitis: Bursa is a small serous sac between a tendon and a bone.Bursitis means inflammation of the bursa(as of the shoulder or elbow). o Cellulitis: Diffuse and especially subcutaneous inflammation of connective tissue. o Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA): A chronic autoimmune disease marked especially by pain, stiffness, inflammation, swelling, and sometimes destruction of joints;called also atrophic arthritis. o Osteochondritis Dissecans: Partial or complete detachment of a fragment of bone and cartilage at a joint. Other Causes of elbow pain: o Infectious Arthritis o Tumors (rare) o Ulnar Nerve Entrapment o Gout: painful joints, deposits of urates in and around the joints, excessive amount of uric acid in the blood. o Psoriatic Arthritis: A severe form of arthritis marked by inflammation, psoriasis of the skin or nails, and a negative test for rheumatoid factor;called also Psoriasis Arthropathica. o Ankylosing Spondylitis: Rheumatoid arthritis of the spine ;called also Rheumatoid spondylitis.
	Call your doctor if elbow pain is accompanied by: o Elbow injury o Deformity in elbow o Iabelity to use the elbow. o Fever or swelling and redness of elbow
	Medications for elbow pain may include: o Ibuprofen, Advil, Motrin, Medipren, Nuprin o Naproxen, Naprosyn, Naprelan, Anaprox, Aleve o Acetaminophen (Tylenol) o Acetylsalicylic Acid, Aspirin, Ecotrin o Antipyretics, Analgesics o Celecoxib (Celebrex) o Etodolac, Lodine

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