What causes pain in finger joints? Causes that cannot be ignored

In daily life, many people experience pain in the finger joints, which can seriously affect their normal life. What is going on? The most common cause is gout, which often occurs in middle-aged and elderly people. Gout patients should pay attention to their diet. There are also finger joint pains caused by rheumatic diseases.

1. Gout-related finger joint pain This type of finger joint pain is caused by high uric acid levels in the body, which causes urate accumulation in the finger joints and causes pain. Generally speaking, this type of finger joint pain will be preceded by obvious redness and swelling in the finger joints, and difficulty in clenching the hand into a fist.

2. Rheumatic finger joint pain. The pain is caused by the invasion of dampness into the finger joints, which cannot be eliminated in time. The pain in the finger joints caused by this reason is not very acute, but is accompanied by a feeling of numbness and soreness. When it hurts, kneading the affected area will be more comfortable.

3. Bone hyperplasia Bone hyperplasia often occurs at the distal joints of the fingers, and can also occur in the joints between the fingers. Once bone hyperplasia occurs, joint swelling and pain will occur. Bones will expand at the distal joints of the fingers, involving the distal interphalangeal joints. The finger joints will become stiff and painful in the morning, and the pain will improve after activity.

4. Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis is a common cause of finger joint pain. It is caused by tissue degeneration and cumulative strain. It is more common in obese and overweight middle-aged and elderly people. The main manifestations are joint pain and stiffness (the pain will be relieved after gentle movement). In severe cases, joint swelling and muscle atrophy will occur.

5 Tenosynovitis The tendons at the finger joints slide back and forth in the tendon sheath, causing congestion, edema, thickening and adhesion of the tendon sheath. When the inflamed tendon bursa is pulled, pain will occur.