In medical terminology pain relates to sensation that hurts. Pain may be of two types: acute pain and chronic pain. Acute pain is intense although it is usually of short duration. Like if one get injured, in start pain is acute but once the injury heals up the pain goes away. Chronic pain is of longer duration as compared to acute pain. The options get widely varied when it comes to the causes of the body and joint pains. Mostly joint pains are associated with Arthritis. Arthritis is a medical condition in which body joints get affected and have swelling, stiffness and pain. Arthritis is one the frequent cause of the body joint pains. There are several types or Arthritis. The most serious type of the Arthritis is Rheumatoid Arthritis. It is a chronic disease of joints that causes swelling, weakness, loss of mobility etc. Rheumatoid Arthritis can lead to the damage and eventual destruction of joints. Rheumatoid Arthritis is a condition in which the body antibody reacts to the substance that is naturally produced in the body. Medical has not yet found any cure or specific cause for any types of the Arthritis. But there is some treatment which decreases it to some extent. The simple cure of it is the changing of drugs taken for killing pain. There are some therapies which can also help a lot in Arthritis. Acupuncture is one of them. Acupuncture is painful but it is found to releive pain. In Acupuncture needles are inserted in the affected joint to unblock the flow of the energy.

There are different diseases associated with the joint pain. These diseases are not linked with Arthritis, but the symptoms are almost same. Like lupus is an auto immune disease in which the joints get swollen, inflamed and have pain just like Arthritis. Joints pain can also be the result of the prescription drugs that one has used or is using. It common that all medicines have the side effects. Therefore it is very important that one should have the full knowledge about the medicines in use. Arthritis can also be related to the physical health of the joint. If the joint of the body get damage in anyway. Arthritis may be result of that damage. Different physical therapies medication and surgeries are done for treatment of the damage joint. Nature of treatment depends on the stage of the pain. If the pain is severe sometimes joints have to be replaced for elimination of pain and proper function of joints.