Irreversible processes in the body with age become the cause of various diseases.Degenerative processes affect the joints, which leads to unpleasant sensations, deformations and other manifestations.Often in older people, the joints of the fingers hurt, the motor function of the fingers is disturbed.In the presence of such symptoms, it is necessary to seek medical help to identify the cause and prescribe the subsequent treatment of pathology.
Anatomical features
There are more than 300 joints in the human skeleton.The smallest articular devices are located in the fingers.The surface of the joints is small, the connective shell is thin.Due to the anatomical features of the structure, these joints are more susceptible to pathologies.
The joint is the joint of bones with a connective tissue, which consists of a joint cavity filled with synovial fluid, hyalin cartilage, a synovial shell and a bourgeon (articular bag).The finger is formed from three phalanges - proximal, medium and distal.Each phalanx is connected to the following using the joint.
The appearance of joint pain can signal serious diseases in the body.
The reasons for the appearance
The pain in the joints differs in intensity and localization.There are two types of pain: mechanical and inflammatory, which can be provoked:
- Rheumatoid arthritis.Accompanied by morning pain.
- Psoriatic arthritis.It affects the skin tissue, unpleasant sensations are localized in a distal phalanx.Swelling appears, a change in skin color (redness with bluish) on the thumbs of the hands.
- Infectious arthritis.It is accompanied by intense long pains (up to several days).Local hyperthermia is observed, heat and chills are possible.
- Gouty attack.People are subject to older age category due to impaired metabolism processes in the body.Characterized by burning pain in the field of pathology.
- Osteoarthrosis.It progresses in women due to age-related hormonal disorders.The clinical picture is the pain syndrome in the fingers, a change in the anatomical structure of the fingers (thickening of the joints).
- Ligamentitis with stenostering, which is similar in a clinical picture with arthritis and arthrosis, affects the ring -shaped ligaments of the joints.The movements of the brush and fingers are painful.
- Tunnel syndrome.The pain appears on the index finger of the left hand.
Rizartrosis can also lead to pain in the fingers.It develops against the background of overstrain, infectious processes, injuries or severe poisoning.
Pain complicates the implementation of simple movements in everyday life and at work.
Diseases
The joints of the fingers hurt the following diseases:
- Arthritis of rheumatoid genesis.The most common pathology that affects small joints.With this disease, symmetrical joints of the fingers of the upper extremities are affected.An inflammatory process is observed, dense growths are felt on palpation - nodules.The course of the disease alternates with bouts with remissions.In advanced conditions, the hand is deformed.
- Osteoarthrosis and polyosteoarthrosis - diseases are more often observed in women over 40. The causes are a violation of the hormonal background of the body (reducing the production of estrogen hormone), heredity, excessive loads and other factors.With pathology, the joints of the fingers are deformed.
- Gout develops against the background of metabolic disorders (protein metabolism), and uric acid salts accumulate in the joints.At the first stage of the pathology, the fingers are affected, and then the hands.It is accompanied by severe pain, swelling and a change in skin color in the area of inflammation.Pathologies are more often subject to men over 40 years old.
Other
Depending on the pathology, the joints of the fingers can hurt in the morning.Movements can be accompanied by characteristic clicks (arthritis symptom).In the area of the phalanx of the index and ring fingers, inflammation develops.
Joints can hurt in the morning with gout.The inflammatory process develops in the thumbs, the clinical picture is accompanied by swelling, a change in skin color.
A sign of various pathologies of joints can be pain in the joints of the fingers after sleep.During pregnancy, sharp hormonal changes in the body of women can lead to pain.
Numbness occurs in people of all ages.This symptom complicates a normal lifestyle.Timely appeal to a specialist will help to avoid complications.The reasons for numbness can serve:
- stress;
- osteochondrosis of the cervical spine;
- pathology of the vascular system;
- Carpal valve syndrome - pinching of the wrist nerve leads to impaired innervation and blood circulation, which causes numbness.
Diagnostic methods
With pathologies of the joints of the fingers, the following symptoms are observed:
- deforming processes in the field of inflammation;
- Palpation pain;
- intensive pain syndrome;
- redness of the skin;
- hyperthermia;
- difficulty of movement;
- inflammatory processes and swelling near the affected area;
- the appearance of nodules around the joints;
- The attacks of pain are wave -like, intense at night and insignificant - in the daytime.
After the initial inspection, laboratory and hardware methods for examining the patient are carried out:
- biochemical blood test;
- General blood tests and urine;
- radiographic examination;
- MRI;
- Blood is examined for the presence of a rheumatoid factor, antibraptococcal antibodies, purins.
A neglected state of pathology can lead to disability, so the pain should not be ignored.The joints of the fingers hurt as a result of other pathologies, therefore, when symptoms appear, it is necessary not to delay the doctor.
Treatment
After the diagnosis, medical measures are prescribed.Classic treatment of all diseases, when joints on the fingers, is based on taking medications.Therapy is aimed at removing the main symptoms of the disease of the finger of the finger on the arm: inflammation and pain.Show LFK and therapeutic massage.
Medicines
Drug treatment includes: painkillers, non -steroidal anti -inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), with autoimmune pathologies - hormones, local drugs - gels, ointments, creams.
Appoint:
- NSAIDs;
- corticosteroid drugs;
- Local drugs.
In emergency cases, when the pain syndrome is very severe, drugs are used.
If necessary, drugs that restore cartilage tissue are prescribed.
Exercise therapy and massage
A set of exercises is selected by a specialist.LFC strengthens the joints of the fingers, improves blood circulation, accelerates the recovery process in the affected areas.
Massage sessions are carried out during the period of remission (in the acute period, it is not recommended to do them).The massage procedure improves blood supply, reduces pain and swelling.
A comprehensive approach to the treatment of pathology will allow you to return to the usual lifestyle in a short time.
Diet
With such pathologies, it is necessary to adhere to dietary nutrition.In acute periods, when the joints of the fingers hurt, it is necessary to avoid the use of pastries, sweet, salt, salted and pickled dishes, smoked foods, high -calorie dairy products.You should not consume strong tea, meat, spinach, sorrel.Sour -milk products can only be included in the diet only diet (low -fat).
Folk treatment
In addition to drug treatment, it is permissible to use traditional medicine methods.
At home, if the joints of the fingers are painful (especially in the exacerbation phase), you can make compresses from a mixture of vodka, aloe and honey.The duration of the compress is 3 hours.
You can apply oil balm.Add vitamin A to olive or sesame oil, mix.Rub the oil into sore areas.
Allens the pain tincture of lilacs: pour a glass of flowers, pour 200 ml of vodka, insist in a dark place for two weeks.Before going to bed, rub into the inflammation zone.
Brusnik infusion reduces pain with exacerbation of diseases.Apply 2 times a day for 200 ml.
Prevention
The main preventive measures to avoid the development of pathologies, accompanied by unpleasant sensations in the joints, are:
- sports;
- proper nutrition;
- Regular massage sessions.
Adhering to a healthy lifestyle, you can avoid many problems.