Symptoms of arthritis in fingers

I believe everyone knows the importance of fingers to our human body. If there is a problem with our fingers, it will definitely affect our normal life, so we must protect our fingers. Finger arthritis is a common finger disease. Once we have finger arthritis, we must find a way to treat it.

We need to know the symptoms of finger arthritis. Once finger arthritis occurs, we can detect it in time and then use appropriate methods to treat finger arthritis. Let’s take a look at the following introduction to finger arthritis.

Symptoms of arthritis in fingers

Finger arthritis is a symptom of osteoarthritis. The interphalangeal joints are most commonly affected, especially the distal interphalangeal joints. Swelling, pain and tenderness are not obvious and rarely affect joint movement. The characteristic change is the appearance of bone hyperplasia and the formation of hard nodules on the inner and outer sides of the back of the finger joints. The nodules located at the distal interphalangeal joints are called Heberden's nodes, and those located at the proximal interphalangeal joints are called Bouchard's nodes. This nodule develops slowly. Only a few patients will eventually develop flexion or exotropia of the distal phalangeal joint. When the first carpometacarpal joint is affected and bone hyperplasia occurs, a "square" hand is formed. This deformity is rare in Chinese people.

Arthritis can be divided into primary and secondary types. The cause of primary osteoarthritis cannot be found, while secondary osteoarthritis develops into osteoarthritis based on the original disease. There are many diseases, including congenital joint dysplasia, childhood joint diseases, trauma, various metabolic diseases and various intra-articular inflammations that promote cartilage breakdown, and their common pathway is osteoarthritis. ,

Symptoms of finger osteoarthritis. Experts say: Osteoarthritis of the hands is the most common, and there are many symptoms, which have a certain impact on the patient's fingers, so pay attention to observe finger osteoarthritis and treat it in time. Patients usually develop bony nodules on the dorsal side of the distal interphalangeal joints of the fingers, called Heberden's nodes. Similar nodules then appear at the proximal interphalangeal joints, called Bucard's nodes. Due to nodular hyperplasia, the segments of the fingers may deviate to the ulnar or radial side, forming snake-like fingers.

Bony nodules are generally painless, appearing singly at first and then gradually increasing in number. Hand fatigue or exposure to cold water may induce pain or symptoms such as redness, swelling, pain or tenderness of the soft tissue around the nodule. In severe cases, finger joints may become deformed.

Above we introduced what finger arthritis is. We know that the occurrence of finger arthritis brings us a lot of inconvenience, so we need to understand the symptoms of finger arthritis. Once the symptoms of finger arthritis appear in our body, we must seek treatment in time.