Arthralgia

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Classification according to ICD-10
M25.5 Joint pain
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

Under a arthralgia ( Greek. Arthro for " joint " -algie for "pain") refers to joint pain (s) unterschiedlichster pathogenesis . This pain (also called "limb ache") can be B. occur with osteoarthritis , but also with trauma such as bruises , sprains , meniscus lesions or with various general diseases such as flu , chickenpox , measles or rubella . Likewise, autoimmune diseases such. B. sarcoid or one of the many forms of rheumatic disease can be the cause of arthralgia. There are also causes such as side effects of drugs (for example, fluoroquinolones or bedaquiline as the new generation of antituberculotics).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alphabetical index for the ICD-10-WHO version 2019, volume 3. German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI), Cologne, 2019, p. 77.
  2. ↑ Peter Reuter: Springer Lexicon Medicine. Springer, Berlin a. a. 2004, ISBN 3-540-20412-1 , p. 161.
  3. ↑ Ashish Kumar Kakkar, Neha Dahiya:  Bedaquiline for the treatment of resistant tuberculosis: Promises and pitfalls . In: Tuberculosis. Volume 94, No. 4, 2014, pp. 357-362,  doi: 10.1016 / j.tube.2014.04.001 .