How to eliminate finger edema

Finger edema is mainly caused by water accumulation in the fingers due to sprains or impacts. At this time, the blood vessels in the fingers are relatively dilated, and attention should be paid to the treatment of the dilated blood vessels in the fingers. For example, ice compresses can be used to reduce swelling. Ice compresses can reduce swelling and relieve pain. Therefore, for the case of finger edema, everyone should maliciously understand how to eliminate it and deal with the blood circulation in the finger blood vessels in time.

Causes of finger edema

1. The symptoms are varied, numbness of fingers is one of them. A cervical spine X-ray can help with diagnosis. In addition to physical therapy, traction and the use of some blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing drugs to treat cervical spondylosis, you can do some slow neck exercises at ordinary times; the pillow should be of appropriate height when sleeping, generally 7 to 9 cm high, and of moderate hardness and softness. The sleeping posture should be correct to avoid local blood vessels and nerve tissue compression.

2. If the elderly have poor digestion and absorption functions and malnutrition for a long time, it will cause vitamin B1 deficiency and lead to peripheral neuritis, causing numbness of fingers. If you have an incorrect posture during sleep, your neck is tilted and your arms are under pressure, it may cause numbness in your fingers.

3. For some people who drink frequently, numbness in the palms indicates chronic alcohol poisoning. If chronic alcohol poisoning is not intervened in time, it can lead to dysfunction of various body systems and even irreversible pathological damage, such as chronic gastrointestinal inflammation and ulcers, alcoholic myocarditis, fatty liver or cirrhosis, central nervous system degeneration or brain atrophy.

4. Hot and humid weather. High temperatures cause blood vessels to dilate, accelerating heat dissipation from the skin. As blood vessels dilate, some fluid in the blood leaks into the soft tissues, causing swelling. If the swelling disappears gradually as you move your fingers, there is generally no need to worry too much. But if it's accompanied by pain or loss of grip strength, you need to see a doctor.

2. How to eliminate finger edema

1. Frequent swelling of fingers is caused by tenosynovitis. This condition will generally recover on its own after about a month, so don't worry too much. Of course, if you feel a lot of pain or are 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 when they are bent to most of the way; the inner side of the entire index finger of the left hand is swollen and painful, especially when it is bent, the inner side of the finger feels tight and painful, and the fingers feel swollen, which will be relieved after moving for a while. 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.

2. 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 is very effective. (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.

3. 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.