How to reduce swelling in hands

Swollen hands is a symptom we often encounter. Although swollen hands will not cause much harm to our physical health, it will affect our lives, so we still have to find a way to reduce the swelling of the hands as soon as possible. However, there are many reasons for our swollen hands, so we must determine the cause of the swelling of the hands and make corresponding treatments.

There are many causes of swollen hands. Swollen hands may be caused by edema or tenosynovitis. Different causes require different treatments. Let’s take a look at how to reduce swelling in the following article.

Swollen and painful fingers are most likely to occur in our fast-paced lives. The causes include acute rheumatism, bone hyperplasia, lack of blood, or edema caused by malnutrition.

So when your fingers are swollen, you must know why they swelled up, whether it happened suddenly after a night's sleep, or whether it swelled up gradually.

You also need to judge the appearance of the swelling. Edema is the most obvious. Rheumatic swelling will be accompanied by redness and swelling, and it will be more painful when put into water. Bone hyperplasia means that the joints become enlarged.

However, according to statistics, the most common cause of finger swelling is tenosynovitis, which is the most common disease for urban white-collar workers.

Below we will introduce simple protection and self-treatment methods.

Common finger swelling is tenosynovitis, which will usually recover on its own in about a month, so don't worry too much. Of course, if you feel very painful or worried, you can make a simple judgment first: the metacarpophalangeal joints of the little fingers of both hands are stiff, and there is a feeling of sticking and jamming when they are bent to more than half; the inner side of the left index finger is swollen and painful, especially when the inner side of the finger is bent.

, I feel the swelling in my fingers, which will be relieved after a while of movement. So this is tenosynovitis.

Just wait for gradual recovery or take Chinese medicine to recover, don't worry too much. Swelling can also be reduced quickly through self-massage.

If it is edema, it is basically caused by malnutrition. You can do this as follows:

(1) Improve nutrition, adopt a low-salt diet, and eat more green fruits and vegetables.

(2) Pay attention to rest. After resting at night, the edema can be reduced or absorbed and disappear. Try to lie down as much as possible.

(3) If the problem is caused by impaired microcirculation in the hands, you can massage your hands more and exercise more.

(4) You can use 50% magnesium sulfate hot compress for 30 minutes each time, which has a good effect.

(5) Physical therapy is more effective, such as heat therapy, massage, etc.

(6) If your fingers are always numb, it may be due to blood vessel blockage and poor blood flow. If there is no improvement in about a week, you should get checked for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as high blood lipids, hypercoagulable state, or blood vessel blockage.

Here are some small exercises to treat swollen fingers:

1) Make your fist: Before getting up every morning, make your fist in bed. The speed should not be too fast, but you should clench your fist tightly. Do it 50-100 times a day. 2) Spread your fingers: Do this exercise before getting up, and alternate with clenching your fists. Do it 50-100 times a day. 3) Warm water bath for hands: After getting up, you can soak your hands in warm water for 20 minutes, and keep the water temperature at around 50℃. 4) Wrist flexion and extension exercises: Move your wrist joints after getting up. Generally, the number of times should not be too many, about 30 times is enough.

In addition, we should also consider the problems of qi and blood deficiency, liver and kidney deficiency. Generally, people replenish the body's yang energy by eating more red bean porridge or taking kidney-strengthening medicines. It is best to combine it with rest treatment.

Above we introduced what swollen hands are. We know that many people have experienced symptoms of swollen hands. Although swollen hands will not cause great harm to our body, we must also treat swollen hands in time. The above article introduces in detail the causes of swollen hands and how we should reduce swelling when it occurs.