Inflammation and swelling of the fingers may be caused by tendonitis, rheumatoid arthritis or gout. The cause of the symptoms should be further clarified, and medication, surgery and other treatments should be chosen according to the cause of the disease.
1. Tendonitis: patients with overuse of finger muscles and repeated pulling may develop tendonitis, which is characterized by pain, pressure and swelling in the affected area, etc. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as diclofenac and etoricoxib may be used to alleviate the symptoms, and ice may be applied to the affected area during the acute stage, and surgery is required if necessary.
2. Rheumatoid arthritis: Rheumatoid arthritis can involve the peripheral joints including the finger joints and lead to morning stiffness, joint swelling and joint pain, etc. Rheumatoid arthritis can be treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as celecoxib, indomethacin and other anti-rheumatic drugs such as methotrexate and azathioprine, etc., and surgical treatment is needed if necessary, such as synovectomy.
3. Gout: gout is a systemic metabolic disease, the onset of patients can appear unbearable joint pain, redness and swelling and other symptoms, this period of time patients can take colchicine or indomethacin, etoricoxib and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of the symptoms to be relieved need to be actively corrected after the hyperuricemia.
Finger inflammation and swelling of this symptom may also be caused by other diseases, it is recommended that patients to the regular hospital orthopedics, rheumatology, immunology and other related departments to further clarify the cause of the disease and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment, do not self-medication.