What’s wrong with my left hand when I wake up every morning?



The common causes of left hand swelling every morning are compression, rheumatoid arthritis, kidney disease, cardiovascular disease and so on.

1. Compression: Sleeping at night in an improper posture, the left hand is compressed for a long time, resulting in the left hand circulation is blocked, resulting in swelling.

2. Rheumatoid arthritis: rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, mainly characterized by erosive arthritis. Early manifestations of the disease are morning stiffness, swelling and pain in the joints. In the late stage, the seriousness of the disease will also lead to joint deformity.

3. Kidney disease: Chronic nephritis is a disease originated from glomerulus, which often leads to the decrease of glomerular filtration rate, sodium retention, which leads to the swelling of the left hand, and combined with other manifestations, such as high blood pressure, proteinuria, hematuria, and so on.

4. cardiovascular system diseases: right heart insufficiency, resulting in upper extremity venous return obstruction, thus increasing the hydrostatic pressure of the upper extremity blood vessels, resulting in swelling of the left hand.

There are other reasons for the left hand swelling every morning, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, give targeted treatment or treatment.