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Joint tenderness
Joint tenderness is a clinical finding in which there is pain when touching a joint (which is where two bones meet). This can occur with injury, arthritis, infection, or immune system conditions.
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Joint tenderness?
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A 44-year old asked:
Is there bad joint tenderness after gout?
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A 38-year old female asked:
The inside part of my ankle, before it reaches the actual joint, are tender to the touch but don't hurt me otherwise. Also, hair doesn't seem to grow there. Physical exams are always good. What are the risk factors for PAD? Can it revert?
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A 48-year old male asked:
My left shoulder has had pain it sometimes shoots down into the arm. The tendons around the joint are tender. Its like aching pain bu not always there?
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A 44-year old female asked:
Orthopedic question: what are the symptoms of a meniscus tear? What does medial tibofemoral joint line tenderness mean? Where is the peripatellar?
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A 54-year old male asked:
Hello! My right hand, middle finger Distal Interphalangeal joint. This joint feels tender when I press down on it, then straighten it. What?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I have hip pain in both hips, feels like the joints, very tender, aching pain and painful to walk. No noticeable swelling/rash. Any suggestions?
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A 22-year old male asked:
I'm am 22.Since the cold weather hit I've been experiencing joint pain also body aches legs arms etc.also joint pain tender to touch.what can it be?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Joint pain/tenderness/swelling, Dizziness/lightheadedness Loss of balance/cordination, Muscle weakness, Low libido, Eye light sensitivity/cloudy vision, Thinking/memory problems, Numbness/tingling, Severe fatigue, vaginal dryness, pain all over.
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A 55-year old female asked:
I am in severe pain, left neck, shoulder, & clavicle area. I have swelling about 3 inches across, in the cs joint area, very tender to touch. ?
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A 50-year old female asked:
My right thing is numb from knuckle to above joint. the tendon is tender and I think causing the numbness. it is very sensitive. what could it be?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I have a bump on my thumb joint near the carpal metacarpal joint it isn t tender but it seems bigger than at first it s about the size of a pea?
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A 56-year old female asked:
I have a hard bump on my thumb joint it is quite tender when pressed and does ache from time to time?
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A 36-year old female asked:
On the right side of my knee cap where you bend along joint is still sore & tender after a week where i wore new shoe's and sort of twistedmyleg.Why
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A male asked:
Occasional slight walking pain in knee. Pain may last 1day, goes away quickly. No swell/bruise/tenderness. Full joint motion. Is it a growth fracture?
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A 43-year old asked:
All of a sudden my toe swelled up at the joint and the skin is tender?
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A female asked:
What could my symptoms mean? Sometimes i will wake up with stiff, swollen fingers with joints that are a bit tender to the touch. When this happens, it may last all day/night, may go back and forth throughout the day, or end up going away all together. My
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A 44-year old female asked:
Elbow tenderness & pain at the joint; bothers when i stretch arm or leave it in the same position. I've had for over a month. What is it-what to do?
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A 57-year old male asked:
Can i perform pullups with acromioclavicular discomfort? The tenderness is felt above and posterior to the joint in question and only when pressed on.
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A female asked:
Right thumb pain in IP joint, worse with bending or straightening all the way and pushing down, tender to touch, swollen. What could it be?
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A 43-year old male asked:
Swollen pinkie joint after a small cut on skin. Elbow a little tender?
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A 61-year old female asked:
I have pain in my left shoulder blade for 3 months. All my joints hurt on the left side of my body. My back itches and the skin is tender to the touc?
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A 58-year old male asked:
Is an X-ray necessary for a jammed 5th toe if there is tenderness over the dip joint but not over the pip joint?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Injured my thumb not broke tender too touch around the CMC joint area and stiff/swollen should I keep in splint?
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A 50-year old female asked:
Bony swelling front of R sternoclavicular joint 5 mo's now. Painful to cross arm in front of body, and tender when pushed on..chances of malignancy?
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A 47-year old asked:
Having hip pain that wakes me up at night. No trauma or injury preceding. No exterior tenderness. Pain feels "in" the joint. No trouble with movement.?
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A 37-year old female asked:
My right left index finger has been bothersome, it aches due to what may be weakness, it's some tender at the middle joint, I have no swelling, my finger curves a little inward, my left index finger is not as bad as my right can't be RAwithno othrsys?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Tender pain in right hip joint, worse at night for 7 months. X-Ray, ultrasound of right hip found nothing. What else could cause the pain?
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A 17-year old female asked:
The joint of my legs and bikini line are aching and when touched is quite tender. It feels like touching a bruise but no marks are present?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Every few months I will have some slight tenderness to hard poke at corner of lower jaw near ear and jaw joint. No other symptoms. What is it?
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