The human hand is the most perfect tool that nature and evolution have invented. With the help of this "tool", an absolute number of manipulations necessary for life are carried out: from everyday life to the most subtle. That's why the appearance of pain in the joints of the hands is a significant problem that obscures the most common things.
Causes of possible pain
Of course, the pain syndrome does not arise from scratch and is caused by various injuries, such as:
- arthritis;
- rheumatism;
- arthrosis;
- drop;
- various bruises, dislocations, sprains and other mechanical damage.
Arthritis
The main signs of arthritis of the fingers, in addition to the manifestation of pain, include swelling, swelling, and severe redness of the skin over the affected joint. Due to the type of prerequisites that cause arthritis, the disease is differentiated into infectious and rheumatoid.
Infectious arthritis
The cause of this manifestation is contamination by toxins and bacteria. That entered the joint with the flow of blood or lymph. Therefore, the best prevention, which will prevent the infection from entering the bloodstream, is the observance of basic rules of hygiene and asepsis. Otherwise, the affected joints are treated with antibiotics.
Also, it's very important to understand one rule: if arthritis is suspected, you need to diagnose all of the surrounding tissues: ligaments, tendons, and blood vessels, as well as the forearm, shoulder, and wrist. The prerequisites for pain in the wrist joints may be hidden in the malfunction of joints in a single limb.
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a consequence of the combined effects of several harmful factors such as infections, intense physical activity and an unhealthy lifestyle. All of these factors, as a rule, increase with age and cause a person's joints to "tick", causing pain. In principle, there is now no effective method of treating this disease, but remission is possible.
Rheumatism
Rheumatism is known as very unpleasant sudden sharp pains. He brought this sharpness of its manifestations to the finger joints, also accompanying the whole process with redness, swelling and impaired freedom of movement. Add to that a possible rash and an increase in body temperature, and a complete picture of the disease will be made, which can only be treated with the help of a doctor.
arthrosis
This disease is characterized by a gradual deformation of the joints in the hands. The disease develops gradually: at first there is a slight pain, which gradually increases over the years, accompanied by a feeling of stiffness in the joints and gradual difficulty in moving the wrist joints, especially the fingers. One of the most obvious signs is the symmetry of pain: joints ache in both hands and thumbs are affected first, then all in turn.
drop in hands
This motif is usually characteristic of ankle joints, but often occurs in carpal joints. Gout is caused by a large deposition of purines in joint tissue and joint fluid. Purines are found in fatty meat products - this means that the cause of the illness could be due to inappropriate eating behavior.
Generally speaking, all diseases lead to the following process: the thumb joint starts to suffer pain syndrome, and over time all the other fingers suffer pain, at first the pain causes a little discomfort, but with time it increases under external influence and internal factors (cold, heat, fatigue) and lead to the impossibility of performing even the simplest finger manipulations.
It's a shame, but just when the fingers are about to give up, most people turn to qualified clinics for help.
About the treatment of pain in the joints of the fingers
If there is a problem when the joints in the fingers ache, then its solution is only possible with the free will and qualified services of a rheumatologist or osteopath. These two doctors, depending on the degree of the injury, prescribe specific procedures and medications.
The list of elementary actions in case of hand pain:
- Consult a physician (surgeon, rheumatologist, osteopath);
- Independent use of condom protectors;
- The use of pain relief;
- Self-help gym exercises that allow you to gently develop your hand joints.
Condoprotectors are special substances that replace the destroyed cartilage tissue, restoring it. This effect is obtained due to the specific composition of the preparations, whose active substance is very close to the cartilage structure. In addition, the drug's effect is enhanced by the content of mineral and vitamin complexes and herbal and medicinal plant extracts, which are able to eliminate inflammation, pain and increase the overall tone of the joints.
Pain relief is usually used in situations where the pain is so severe that normal life is impossible. Pain may spread in foci to the wrist, forearm and shoulder joint.
In gymnastics manipulations, an important rule is to gradually increase the load from the smallest. In addition, the load increases in proportion to the capacities of the joints under the supervision of the attending physician, self-control and correct calculation of one's own strength are also important.
- If the pain is caused by the manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis, the most drastic measure is surgical treatment. Although in a very large percentage of cases, physical therapy of the affected joint, warming and acupuncture give very good results. Exercising on the horizontal barbell and swimming has also been shown to alleviate rheumatoid arthritis and the progress of the disease is significantly slowed down.
- Lesions caused by arthrosis are a little more difficult to treat, as they are accompanied by deformation and the synovial fluid (lubrication of the joints) stops working. In the context of these manifestations, tissue degradation around the joint begins. Treatment involves an integrated approach to the use of nonsteroidal analgesics. If the pain is characterized by great strength, pain relief can be applied internally. It is also mandatory to bring condoprotectors. An arthroscopy procedure is mandatory - local opening of the joint and visualization of the processes in the joint and its image on the screen.
It must be remembered that a carefree attitude in the initial stage will lead to a complication of the treatment and a possible loss of the working capacity of the hands. Hand joints, like others, need to be taken care of from an early age.