What to do if you wake up in the morning with pain and stiffness in the joints of your hands

Hand joint pain and stiffness in the morning may be due to insufficient sleep and rheumatoid arthritis and other reasons, need to further clarify the causes of the symptom and targeted selection of appropriate rest, massage and medication and other ways to relieve. 1. Insufficient sleep: the human body has insufficient sleep, finger joints, wrist joints and other parts of the surrounding soft tissues may be due to tissue exudate or congestion and edema caused by joint stiffness or swelling, at this time the patient can massage the affected area or adequate rest and other ways to alleviate the symptoms. 2. Rheumatoid arthritis: patients with rheumatoid arthritis may have obvious and persistent morning stiffness, in addition to joint pain, joint swelling and other manifestations, need to be treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as celecoxib, etoricoxib and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and antirheumatic drugs such as adalimumab and methotrexate, and need to undergo surgical treatment such as synovectomy if necessary. Drugs need to be used under the guidance of a physician, morning stiffness and pain in the joints of the hands may also have other causes, it is recommended that the patient to the orthopedics, rheumatology and immunology departments of regular hospitals to further clarify the cause of the disease, and comply with the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment.