Swelling and pain in the joints of the fingers may be caused by tenosynovitis, gout or rheumatoid arthritis, etc. The cause of the disease should be further clarified before medication, surgery and other treatments can be used.
1. Tenosynovitis: tenosynovitis is generally caused by strain, trauma, infection, etc. Non-infectious tenosynovitis can be treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as naproxen and indomethacin, and infectious tenosynovitis needs to be treated with targeted medications according to the pathogens, for example, bacterial infectious tenosynovitis can be treated with cephalosporin and penicillin antibiotics.
2. Gout: gout attack patients can appear finger joint pain, swelling symptoms, this time you can take colchicine or ibuprofen, naproxen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to relieve the symptoms, symptoms should be relieved actively take allopurinol, benzbromarone and other drugs to reduce uric acid.
3. Rheumatoid arthritis: Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that can lead to morning stiffness, joint pain, joint swelling and other symptoms, in addition to taking naproxen, loxoprofen, celecoxib and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to alleviate the symptoms, you can also apply adalimumab, methotrexate and other medications for anti-rheumatic therapy.
Swelling and pain in the joints of the fingers may have other causes, and it is recommended that patients with these symptoms go to the rheumatology and orthopedics departments of regular hospitals for further diagnosis and standardized treatment as prescribed by the doctor.