What Causes Lightheadedness, Chronic Neck, Shoulder And Joints Pain?

Posted on Thu, 19 Mar 2015

Question: Hi, I have been feeling airy fairy all day (lightheaded) I have had quite chronic neck + shoulder pain + all of my joints are very achy. I have hardly been able to move. It's starting to get me down. What could it be?

Answered by Dr. Saurabh Gupta (50 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Commonest being poly arthralgia.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for your query.

Repeated joint pains can be due to multiple causes at this age the commonest being poly arthralgia. Other causes can be rheumatoid arthritis, gout, inflammatory diseases like SLE, bursitis, fibromyalgia, etc. For proper diagnosis, some of the blood tests are advisable like-
1. Serum calcium levels.
2. Serum Uric acid levels.
3. RA factor
4. ESR and CRP
5. Serum Creatinine
6. X-ray of affected joints.
You need a thorough clinical examination followed by investigations under the guidance of an orthopedician.
Till then for symptomatic relief, you can take over the counter analgesics, do hot fomentation and apply local analgesic gel on the affected areas.

I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care

Note: For further queries, consult a joint and bone specialist, an Orthopaedic surgeon. Book a Call now.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar