What causes swollen hands?

There are two types of swollen hands, self-perceived swollen hands and indeed swollen hands. Swelling can be subjective or objective sensation, the causes of these two cases are different. Such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy, patients can appear hands numbness, swelling, uncomfortable; kidney disease edema patients, can be manifested as swelling of the hands, especially the side sleep compression of one limb affects the venous return, this time the swelling is often edema. Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, scleroderma, dermatomyositis, rheumatoid rheumatoid can be manifested as both hands and fingers difficult, especially in the morning when you feel unfavorable stretching and flexion, this is mainly swelling, stretching and flexion is unfavorable performance, is a kind of stiffness, and some will also be puffy or joints localized enlargement, deformity. This condition is mainly seen in patients with rheumatoid disease, and the hand swelling in the morning may be both swelling and distension. Edema is a common symptom in patients with kidney disease, or a manifestation of idiopathic edema. If it is swelling, it can be seen both in diabetic peripheral neuropathy, peripheral neuritis, and more often in a variety of rheumatic and immunologic diseases morning stiffness.