What should I do if my finger joints are stiff and painful in the morning?

Sometimes we often find that our finger joints feel stiff and swollen when we wake up in the morning, which is especially common among middle-aged and elderly people. The pain is very uncomfortable. Once stiff, it has a great impact on our daily activities. However, there are many treatments for stiff and swollen fingers. So if you encounter this phenomenon, don't panic and go to the hospital for treatment in time.

1. Pain relief treatment using traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture. Traditional Chinese medicine can help people to dredge meridians, activate blood circulation and reduce swelling, etc. It is an effective method for treating diseases clinically, often without too many side effects. Waking up with stiff finger joints in the morning is an early symptom of rheumatoid arthritis. It can be relieved through traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture treatment.

2. Soothe your emotions and apply hot compress to your temples. If the stiffness and pain in the finger joints do not ease for a long time and are accompanied by deformation and thickening of the finger joints, it may be "rheumatoid arthritis". If you experience pain in your finger joints when you wake up in the middle of the night and the pain disappears after you move, it may be due to excessive nerve excitability, which is usually closely related to factors such as emotional tension and anxiety. Faced with such a situation, you can maintain a comfortable attitude, always keep a calm mood, and apply hot compresses on your temples before going to bed.

3. Drug treatment. Stiff finger joints in the morning are often caused by cold, fatigue, and strain, which lead to symptoms of qi stagnation, blood stasis, and pain and swelling due to poor blood circulation. At this time, you need to take a small amount of appropriate Chinese medicine to help yourself promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and promote the smooth flow of qi and blood.

4. Take calcium supplements. Stiff finger joints when you wake up in the morning may be a symptom of rheumatoid arthritis. It may also be caused by calcium deficiency in the human body, resulting in degeneration of joint cartilage and fascia. Faced with such a situation, you can take some calcium supplements, get more sun exposure, and just keep warm. You need to go to the hospital for a check-up to observe the erythrocyte sedimentation rate and rheumatoid factor. If it is rheumatoid arthritis, it may show a positive result. If the test results are all negative, it can be preliminarily judged that the body is calcium deficient.

Hopefully, the above solutions to stiff finger joints in the morning can help you understand some effective relief methods when facing stiff finger joints, so as to help patients deal with the problem of stiff finger joints in time and restore the finger joints to a healthy state.