The fingers of the upper limb play an important role in the life of man, helping him to perform delicate tasks at home or in the process of work. However, inflammation in the thin joints is also common, especially in old age, after which movement becomes difficult and painful and the knuckles are bent to the point of deforming the hand.
If the joints of the fingers are painful, the cause and treatment are closely related. Let's look at them in more detail.
Painful fingers - the cause of discomfort
Pain and swelling in the joints of fingers and hands can be caused by many reasons:
- All types of arthritis commonly affect the phalanges of the fingers. Then, not only the bones become inflamed, but also the tissues next to them. The pain syndrome increases not only after physical exertion, but also after a night of rest. The mobility of the phalanges is limited, their shape changes, redness can be seen in the joint area. In rheumatoid arthritis, finger joints such as the middle and index fingers swell and become inflamed. First, the joint hurts, for example, on the right, then on the left. At the same time, unpleasant sensations in the right and left hands do not appear;
- Psoriatic arthritis is characterized by dysfunction of all joints, which stretch out, turning red. If this process is caused by infection of the organs matching different viruses, then a sharp increase in body temperature is added to the signs of local significance, which is accompanied by an infection of the body. poison later. In children, the symptoms of septic arthritis are more obvious than in adults;
- For ACL, the main symptom, in addition to pain at night, is numbness. Almost all the knuckles of the upper limb were swollen, and the right and left hands were affected. No swelling, only swelling in the little finger area;
- When the process of destruction of cartilage tissue begins to occur, joint degeneration occurs, then pain sensations appear after doing physical work, gradually decreasing at night. In this case, first one joint may be injured, then the pain gradually covers all joints of the hand. Sometimes the disease starts at the base of the thumb joint, then begins to deform, capture the bones of the wrist;
- Severe pain is a sign of developing osteomyelitis, manifested by the formation of pyogenic necrosis;
- Traumatic pathologies lead to bursitis, an accumulation of excess synovial fluid in it. The affected area becomes dark red, you can't touch it, because the knuckles are pierced immediately by acute pain;
- Sometimes the pathology manifests itself only in the fingertips. Neurofibromatosis is manifested by pain in the left hand, the fingertips are numb, turning white. It is due to impaired blood circulation in the fingertips, they do not receive proper nutrition;
- Hypothermia of the upper extremities in response to unbearable joint pain, accompanied by severe cyanosis or redness of the affected area;
- With tendinitis of the thumb, de Quervain's disease, any movement of the hand causes pain;
- Frequent injuries of the upper extremities include dislocations, accompanied by sharp pain;
- People who spend a lot of time on a computer keyboard tend to compress the wrist nerve, which manifests as aches and pains. In addition, specialist diseases include tremor disease, the signs of which are numbness of the fingers, and pain sensations.
The reasons listed suggest that the joints of the fingers of the upper extremities are most affected by any inflammatory disease of a viral or traumatic nature.
How to help your fingers if they hurt
There are many different methods for treating hand joints, all of which are effective when combined.
Medical procedures will relieve pain
Best of all, painful processes are eliminated by a variety of medical procedures.
Regular massage helps to improve peripheral blood circulation when the hand joints receive adequate nutrition and oxygen. In a session that includes swiping, rubbing, kneading, shaking, you can do the process for one finger or all at once.
Microwave therapy, when exposed to ultra-high frequency electromagnetic fields, facilitates the dilation of blood vessels, normalizes the transmission of nerve impulses, and reduces spasms of smooth muscles. The effectiveness of the procedure is combined with anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antispasmodic effects. Topical barotherapy is performed using a device that generates high or low pressure. Usually this procedure is used to treat bone problems related to neuropathy when other methods have not helped.
To improve metabolism, eliminate pain, electrophoresis can be performed, where the necessary drug is injected into the joints of the hand using current strength.
Medicines are the basis of therapy when your fingers are sore
However, one can not do without the use of pharmaceutical preparations in the treatment of joint diseases:
- Non-steroidal drugs will help soothe puffiness, reduce pain;
- If the disease is caused by a malfunctioning immune system, strong drugs of the prednisolone class are needed;
- Ointments with a local anesthetic effect are useful to relieve unpleasant symptoms of mild inflammation;
- Chondroprotective drugs restore joint function.
It is possible to eliminate some causes of joint pathology only with antibiotics, cytostatics, hormones, for rheumatoid arthritis, antihypertensive drugs remove excess uric acid salts for gout, scabcandle.
Traditional medicine formula will help you get rid of pain
The main methods for reducing joint pain, developed by traditional healers, involve applying pressure to the painful area.
- Sea salt or table salt heated in a pan, used as a compress for painful joints, will gradually soothe them. Applying it daily, alternating with fir oil massage for a week will make you healthy.
- Pamper the diseased bone with an infusion of burdock leaves, as well as a decoction of wormwood, which is applied for fifteen to twenty minutes. A burdock leaf applied to the joints will relieve discomfort.
- Onion juice is effectively used to treat joint diseases by compressing. Cabbage leaves also have a beneficial effect, strengthening the components of the musculoskeletal system.
- Effective treatment - rubbing the affected area with apple cider vinegar, diluted in half with water, will give positive results in a month.
- A pre-prepared solution of 20 grams of celandine, one liter of olive oil, infused for two weeks, is rubbed with massaging movements in the morning and in the evening.
- The same amount of honey, glycerin, alcohol, iodine mix well, rub this mixture on the affected area. Positive results will be felt within a week.
The systematic implementation of treatment measures will keep your fingers active and healthy.
Recommendations to prevent joint pain
- The organization of proper nutrition can avoid diseases of the skeletal system. To do this, it is necessary to limit the use of sweets, flour, high-fat dairy products, salty and spicy smoked foods. Eat seafood, vegetables, especially cauliflower, radish, lettuce, as well as eat pomegranate, figs, ginger, add olive oil, flax seeds, you can improve the condition of bones, get rid of excess salttoxins out of the body.
- The joints need to rest, do light work, exercise more often. Working with a computer, you need to knead, shake the brush every half an hour to improve blood microcirculation.
- When working with vibrating tools, it is necessary to protect the extremities with tight gloves.
Taking care of your hands and preventing hypothermia will help keep you pain-free.