The term limb pain generally describes a certain symptomatology, which is mainly dominated by pain in the arms and legs. A number of diseases and other causes can trigger the pain in the arms and/or legs. However, limb pain is most often associated with colds and flu.
With the end of the causative illness, the unpleasant pain in the limbs usually disappears again. A suitable therapy can help to control the symptoms even during the illness. Here it goes: Why does a cold cause aching limbs?
Symptoms
It should be remembered that pain in the limbs is not a diagnosis but a symptom. Thus, other diseases, but also therapies, are usually the cause of the pain. Mostly the pain is perceived as an unpleasant feeling in the muscles and joints, which occurs during movement or even at rest.
The pain is usually described as pulling and occurs insidiously. In many cases, pain in the limbs occurs in both arms and legs and then usually indicates an infectious disease, in most cases a cold. In most cases the pain occurs in connection with other diseases and is only a secondary symptom in addition to the other typical symptoms of a cold or flu.
Thus, besides aching limbs, fever, a weakened general condition and headaches are often described. If the pain is very severe and occurs without other typical cold symptoms, a doctor should be consulted in any case, who can possibly rule out serious illness and treat the pain properly. In almost all cases, however, the pain occurs only for a few days and then disappears again as the underlying disease subsides.
Pain that occurs in the extremities for a longer period of time should therefore definitely be examined by a doctor. The extent to which the pain is perceived individually depends on a number of different factors. For example, different diseases can cause pain in the limbs that is very difficult to bear, whereas other diseases cause only slight pain in the limbs. Depending on the person affected, the pain is also often perceived very differently.
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