Swelling and tightness in the hands after waking up in the morning may be related to arthritis, trauma, stenosing tenosynovitis of flexor tendons and other causes.
Finger arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, gouty arthritis and other violations of the joints of the hand, in the morning when you get up there will be obvious stiffness, swelling phenomenon.
Trauma can cause soft tissue damage to the hand will cause soft tissue swelling, the morning after waking up will be due to swelling to limit the joint activities appear to make a fist tightness.
Flexor tendon stenosis tenosynovitis is more serious, in the morning when you wake up will appear to make a fist tight stiffness, serious will cause activity restrictions, inflammatory substances will be caused by oozing out of the surrounding tissues caused by swelling.
If you are engaged in overly heavy manual labor, you may also experience swelling of the fingers and tightness in the fist when you wake up in the morning after a night’s rest.
If the above symptoms do not improve with activity and rest, it is recommended that the patient go to the hospital for a clear examination of the cause of the disease and targeted treatment.