1 doctor agreed: Diabetes: Yes, there is a possibility of bilateral upper arm pain related to uncontrolled diabetes. Your sister MUST see her primary doctor as soon as possible. The primary doctor can begin to improve her diabetes but she must also see the specialist who will work on the upper arm pain. ...Read more.
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Muscles, ligaments, and tendons hold the elbow joint together. Lateral epicondylitis, or tennis elbow, involves the muscles and tendons of your forearm. Your forearm muscles extend your wrist and fingers. Your forearm tendons — often called extensors — attach the muscles to bone. They attach on the lateral epicondyle.
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Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is a painful condition of the elbow caused by overuse. Not surprisingly, playing tennis or other racquet sports can cause this condition. However, several other sports and activities can also put you at risk.
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Diagnosing the injury correctly requires an understanding of the anatomy of the elbow, which includes three articulations, two ligament complexes, four muscle groups and three major nerves. The history should be directed at pinpointing the location of symptoms and the activities that cause the patient's pain.
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Lateral Tennis Elbow. The most common overuse elbow injury, lateral tennis elbow is the result of degenerative tendinosis of the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle. The injury typically occurs because of overuse of the wrist extensors (e.g., in racquet sports).
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Forearm pain. Forearm pain: Introduction. Forearm pain: A feeling of distress and agonycaused by the stimulation of pain nerve endings in the forearm. See detailed information below for a list of 19 causes of Forearm pain, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Wrist pain often proves to be a challenging presenting complaint. Determining the cause of ulnar-sided wrist pain is difficult, largely because of the complexity of the anatomic and biomechanical properties of the ulnar wrist.
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The patient has pain over the dorsal wrist and clicking or snapping with pronation and supination. On evaluation, the subluxation can be reproduced with active forearm supination and ulnar deviation. Tenderness and swelling are often present over the ECU tendon at the ulnar head.
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The lunate is located 1 cm distal and ulnar to the Lister tubercle. Flexion of the wrist causes the lunate to become prominent. Tenderness and/or swelling over the dorsum of the lunate should increase the index of suspicion for Kienböck disease, especially when decreased range of motion secondary to pain is present.
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what causes pain in lateral forearm
Playing tennis or other racquet sports can cause pain in lateral forearm.