Morning stiffness of the fingers may be rheumatoid arthritis, but it may also be caused by trauma, ankylosing spondylitis, osteoarthritis and other diseases.
1. Rheumatoid arthritis: may be due to genetic, environmental factors or immune system disorders and other factors, preferably in the fingers, wrist joints, typical symptoms of morning stiffness in joints (such as morning stiffness of the fingers), joint pain, swelling and so on.
2. Trauma: it is mostly due to the injury caused by extrusion of external force, mostly seen in joint fracture, local blood circulation is not good and cause morning stiffness. For example, the fracture of finger joints may cause morning stiffness of fingers.
3. Ankylosing spondylitis: it may be due to genetic factors or environmental factors, and it occurs in the spine and joints, which mainly manifests as low back pain, sitting for a long time or feeling stiffness in the low back in the morning, joint pain, morning stiffness of the fingers and eye pain.
4. Osteoarthritis: it may be caused by chronic diseases leading to bone and joint degeneration, injury and other factors, preferably in the distal interphalangeal joints and knee and hip joints, with a slow onset of clinical symptoms such as joint pain, joint stiffness (e.g., morning stiffness of the fingers), joint enlargement, weakness accompanied by joint deformities, and so on.
In addition to the above diseases, other diseases such as psoriatic arthritis and leukemia can also cause morning stiffness in the fingers. There are many diseases that cause morning stiffness of fingers, so it is recommended that patients go to the hospital in time to be diagnosed by a professional doctor and actively cooperate with the treatment.