Elderly people with swollen hands should be treated for different causes, according to different causes, make different treatments, the following specific analysis, the causes of hand swelling in the elderly are as follows: 1, gout, gout is a disease caused by disorders of purine metabolism, can cause hand swelling, joint pain and other symptoms, treatment is given to lower uric acid and other treatments, you can apply colchicine, allopurinol and other drugs to reduce uric acid, through the above treatment, hand swelling symptoms can be relieved; 2, trauma, if the elderly hand is traumatized by trauma, it can cause swelling, treatment is given to heat and other treatments to speed up the absorption of blood stasis; 3, glomerulonephritis, glomerulonephritis can cause hand swelling; 2, trauma, if the elderly hand is traumatized, can appear swelling, treatment is to give hot compresses and other treatment to accelerate the absorption of blood stasis; 3, glomerulonephritis, glomerulonephritis can cause hand swelling, its cause is caused by hypoproteinemia, we can give hormones and immunosuppressants and other drugs to carry out treatment, after the treatment of protein loss in the urine to reduce, body protein rise, hand swelling symptoms naturally relieved.