Pain in the first thumb joint?

Pain in the thumb joint is likely caused by tenosynovitis or arthritis. After the pain occurs, it is best to rest first, then perform local massage, hot compress, and wash hands with warm water. If the symptoms still cannot be relieved, it is best to use medication under the guidance of a doctor. You must pay more attention to care and develop good living habits and eating habits.

How to prevent tendonitis in daily life

1. Continuous working time should not be too long. After work, rub your fingers and wrists, and then soak your hands in hot water.

2. It is best to use warm water when washing clothes in winter. Wear cotton gloves when sweeping snow after it snows to prevent your hands from getting cold.

3. For those who work at a desk for a long time, they should adopt the correct working posture, try to keep both hands balanced, and keep their wrists touching objects instead of hanging in the air.

4. When you feel tired in your joints, you can take a hot bath to relax your tense muscles, or apply hot compress to the sore areas. Frequent use of computers can easily lead to tendonitis.

5. Rotate the wrist joint 360 degrees; or clench your fist and then relax it, do it back and forth several times, or press your fingers or palms back a few times, which can effectively relieve hand pain.

6. When doing housework such as washing clothes, cooking, knitting sweaters, cleaning, etc., pay attention to the correct posture of your fingers and wrists, do not bend or extend them excessively; do not lift objects that are too heavy; do not use too much force on your fingers and wrists.

What are the common hazards of tenosynovitis?

1. The tendon sheath is a double-layer, sleeve-like, closed synovial tube that is wrapped around the tendon. It is a synovial sheath that protects the tendon. It is divided into two layers that wrap around the tendon, and there is a cavity between the two layers, namely the synovial cavity, which contains tendon sheath synovial fluid. The inner layer is closely attached to the tendon, and the outer layer is lined inside the tendon fiber sheath. Together they are combined with the bone surface to fix, protect and lubricate the tendon, protecting it from friction or compression.

2. The tendon sheath is located near the joints of the hands and feet, around the long tendons of the muscles. Because these parts are frequently active and have many chances of injury, if you are not careful, long-term friction, chronic strain or cold stimulation can cause aseptic inflammatory reactions in the tendons and tendon sheaths. Symptoms of finger tenosynovitis include local exudation and edema. Over time, the tendon sheath will become ossified, the sheath wall will thicken, and the lumen will be narrowed. These are the most common manifestations of finger tenosynovitis.

3. The symptoms of finger tenosynovitis often occur on the palm side of the fingers. Common symptoms of finger tenosynovitis include redness, swelling, pain, and heat in the affected fingers, which are in a flexed state, because straightening the fingers will cause pain. If not treated in time, after purulent infection, tendon necrosis will cause the fingers to lose their function of movement, and pus can also flow into the adjacent finger tendon sheaths and palm gaps. The harm of finger tenosynovitis will cause complete disability of the hand. Patients with tenosynovitis may feel generally unwell, with chills and high fever.