Swollen and painful joint of right index finger

Whenever the seasons change, some people will feel swelling and pain in their joints. This is caused by chronic joint diseases. Sometimes you may also feel swelling and pain in the joints above your right index finger. When this happens, you can use hot compresses, which can improve the situation to a certain extent. You can also take some medications.

1. Acute joint swelling and pain

(1) Acute infectious arthritis: common in arthritis caused by various bacterial or viral infections, such as suppurative arthritis, brucellosis, etc.

(2) Autoimmune and allergic arthritis: such as rheumatoid arthritis, serum sickness arthritis and allergic purpura.

(3) Metabolic arthritis: such as acute gouty arthritis.

2. Chronic joint swelling and pain

(1) Autoimmune chronic arthritis: such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, polyarteritis nodosa, scleroderma and dermatomyositis.

(2) Chronic infectious arthritis: such as tuberculous arthritis.

(3) Metabolic joint diseases: such as gouty arthritis, bone hyperplasia, etc.

(4) Arthritis caused by blood diseases: such as hemophilia.

(5) Traumatic arthritis: common in joint pain and dysfunction left over from trauma.

(4) Arthritis of other or unknown causes: such as Kaschin-Beck disease, psoriatic arthritis, etc.

1. Internal medicine diseases

Joint swelling and pain have an acute or slow onset, with fever, and the joints are mostly symmetrically swollen and painful. There are nodules, erythema, or ecchymosis on the skin around the joints, which is more common in adolescents. Adult patients experience recurrent joint swelling and pain, accompanied by functional impairment or subcutaneous nodules.

2. Orthopedic diseases

If you have unilateral joint swelling and pain, which feels fluctuating to the touch and is accompanied by fever, you should go to an orthopedic doctor for treatment. People with swollen and painful joints with a history of trauma.

3. Hematological diseases

Joint swelling and pain mostly occur in young male patients with a history of hemophilia. If joint swelling and pain occur suddenly, hemophilic arthritis should be considered and the patient should be referred to the hematology department.

4. Infectious diseases

Patients with joint swelling and pain come from pastoral areas. If the joint swelling and pain develop acutely and are accompanied by fever, the possibility of brucellosis should be considered.