Irreversible processes in the body with age become the cause of various diseases.Degenerative processes affect the joints, leading to unpleasant sensations, deformities and other manifestations.Often in the elderly the joints of the fingers hurt, the motor function of the fingers is impaired.In the presence of such symptoms, it is necessary to seek medical attention to identify the cause and prescribe the subsequent treatment of the pathology.
Anatomical characteristics
There are more than 300 joints in the human skeleton.The smallest joints are located in the fingers.The surface of the joints is small, the connective sheath is thin.Due to the anatomical characteristics of the structure, these joints are more susceptible to pathologies.
The joint joint is the joint of the bones with connective tissue, which consists of a joint cavity filled with synovial fluid, hyaline cartilage, synovial sheath and Burj (joint bag).The finger is formed by three phalanges - proximal, medium and distal.Each phalanx is connected to the following, using the joint.
The onset of joint pain can signal serious illnesses in the body.
The reasons for the occurrence
Joint pain differs in intensity and location.There are two types of pain: mechanical and inflammatory that can be provoked:
- Rheumatoid arthritis.Accompanied by morning pain.
- Psoriatic arthritis.It affects the skin tissue, the unpleasant sensations are located in the distal phalanx.Swelling occurs, a change in skin color (redness with bluish) on the thumbs of the hands.
- Infectious arthritis.It is accompanied by intense long pain (up to several days).Local hyperthermia is observed, heat and chills are possible.
- Gout attack.People are the subject of a more ancestral category due to impaired processes of metabolism in the body.It is characterized by burning pain in the pathology.
- Osteoarthrosis.It progresses in women due to age -related hormonal disorders.The clinical picture is the syndrome of finger pain, a change in the anatomical structure of the fingers (thickening of the joints).
- The stenosure ligamentite, which is similar in a clinical picture with arthritis and arthrosis, affects the links of the ring in the forms 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.
Risarthrosis can also lead to finger pain.It develops against the background of overvoltage, infectious processes, injuries or severe poisoning.
The pain complicates the application of simple movements in everyday life and in the workplace.
Illness
Finger joints injure the following diseases:
- Arthritis of rheumatoid genesis.The most common pathology that affects small joints.With this disease, symmetrical joints of the upper limbs are affected.An inflammatory process is observed, the dense growths are felt on palpation - nodes.The course of the disease is alternated with bouts with remissions.Under advanced conditions, the hand deforms.
- Osteoarthrosis and polioaarthrosis - more common diseases in women over 40 are more commonly observed.The reasons are a violation of the hormonal background of the body (decrease in the production of estrogen hormone), heredity, excessive loads and other factors.With the pathology, the joints of the fingers deform.
- Gout develops against the background of metabolic disorders (protein metabolism) and uric acid salts accumulate in the joints.In the first stage of the pathology, the fingers and then the hands are affected.It is accompanied by severe pain, swelling and discoloration of the skin in the area of inflammation.Pathologies are more often subordinated to men over 40.
Other
Depending on the pathology, the joints of the fingers can hurt in the morning.Movements can be accompanied by characteristic clicks (symptom of arthritis).In the phalanx of the index and the rings, inflammation develops.
The joints can harm 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 joint pathologies can be pain in the joints of the fingers after sleep.During pregnancy, acute hormonal changes in the body of women can lead to pain.
Tingling is found in people of all ages.This symptom complicates the normal lifestyle.Timely appeal of a specialist will help to avoid complications.The reasons for tingling 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 circulation, which causes numbness.
Diagnostic methods
The following symptoms are observed with finger joint pathologies:
- Deforming processes in the area of inflammation;
- Palpation pain;
- Intense pain syndrome;
- redness of the skin;
- hyperthermia;
- Difficulty of movement;
- inflammatory processes and swelling near the affected area;
- the appearance of nodes around the joints;
- The pain attacks are similar to the wave, intense at night and insignificant - during the day.
After the initial inspection, laboratory and hardware methods for examining the patient are carried out:
- biochemical blood test;
- Common blood tests and urine;
- X -ray examination;
- MRI;
- Blood is examined for the presence of rheumatoid factor, antibropic antibodies, purines.
The neglected state of the pathology can lead to damage, so the pain should not be ignored.Therefore, the joints of the fingers hurt as a result of other pathologies, therefore, when symptoms occur, it is necessary not to slow down the doctor.
Treatment
After the diagnosis, medical measures are prescribed.The classic treatment of all diseases when the joints of the fingers are based on medication.Therapy is aimed at eliminating the main symptoms of the finger disease on the finger: inflammation and pain.Show LFK and therapeutic massage.
Medication
Medicine treatment includes: painkillers, non -steroidal anti -inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), with autoimmune pathologies - hormones, local drugs - gels, ointments, creams.
Appoint:
- NSAIDs;
- corticosteroid drugs;
- Local medicines.
In emergencies, when the pain syndrome is very severe, medicines are used.
If necessary, medicines that restore cartilage tissue are prescribed.
Exercise and massage therapy
A set of exercises is chosen by a specialist.LFC strengthens the joints of the fingers, improves blood circulation, accelerates the recovery process in the affected areas.
Massage sessions are performed during the remission period (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 stick to eating nutrition.In sharp periods, when the joints of the fingers hurt, it is necessary to avoid the use of sweets, sweets, salt, salted and marinated dishes, smoked foods, high quality dairy products.You should not consume strong tea, meat, spinach, sorrel.The source -smoking 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 of 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 in inflamed areas.
Alans Lilac Tincture Pain: Pour a glass of flowers, pour 200 ml of vodka, insist in a dark place for two weeks.Before going to bed, rub in the area of inflammation.
Brusnik infusion reduces the pain of 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.
By sticking to a healthy lifestyle, you can avoid many problems.