Diseases

Arthralgia

Pain in the joint.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Pain in the joint.

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7 entry terms
  • Joint Pain
  • Arthralgias
  • Joint Pains
  • Pain, Joint
  • Pains, Joint
  • Polyarthralgia
  • Polyarthralgias

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

non-inflamm joint pain: do not confuse with ARTHRITIS which is inflamm; term used more in foreign lit than in Amer; coord IM with specific joint (IM)

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Arthritis (1975-1994)
  • Joint Diseases (1967-1994)
  • Pain (1967-1994)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Arthralgia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018771. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018771
  2. Arthralgia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthralgia
  3. Arthralgia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q683498