If rheumatism and rheumatoid rheumatism involve the small joints, the joints can be stiff and swollen in the morning, which is due to poor circulation in the joints of the fingers in the morning, resulting in swelling and pain. When cervical spondylosis compresses the nerves, some patients may also experience stiffness, swelling and pain in the joints of the fingers in the morning, and this should be diagnosed and treated with cervical spine X-ray, CT and MRI.