What is it? i have painful swollen joints (better by: anti-inflammatory medication) (side: both) (quality: dull or achy, wakes you up at night, achy)

You need to have: a number of blood studies to determine the reason for your arthralgias (unless the symptoms are only DAYS old (some VIRAL ILLNESSES begin this way) Hope this helps! Dr Z

Polyarthritis: Studies show a symmetrical polyarthritis could be rheumatoid arthritis, a reactive arthritis, septic arthritis. This could be traumatic , vascular , infection/inflammation, related to metabolic or even neoplastic or autoimmune mechanisms. I suspect inflammatory arthritis, please see a Rheumatologist and get ANA, ESR, Anti CCP tests. Weight loss? Fever? Other symptoms? See MD for full exam please