The irreversible processes in the body with age become the cause of various diseases.Degenerative processes influence the joints, which leads to unpleasant sensations, deformations and other events.Often in the elderly, the joints of the fingers hurt, the motor function of the fingers is disturbed.In the presence of these symptoms, it is necessary to seek medical assistance to identify the cause and prescribe the subsequent treatment of the pathology.
Anatomical characteristics
There are more than 300 joints in the human skeleton.The smallest joint devices are located between the fingers.The surface of the joints is small, the connective shell is thin.Due to the anatomical characteristics of the structure, these joints are more susceptible to pathologies.
The articulation is the joint of the bones with a connective tissue, which consists of a joint cavity filled with synovial fluid, cartilage IALINA, a synovial shell and a bourgeois (joint bag).The finger consists of three phalanges: proximal, medium and distal.Each phalanx is connected to the following using the joint.
The appearance of joint pain can report serious diseases in the body.
The reasons for the apparition
Pain in the joints differs in intensity and location.There are two types of pain: mechanical and inflammatory, which can be caused:
- Rheumatoid arthritis.Accompanied by morning pain.
- Psoriatic arthritis.It affects the skin tissue, the unpleasant sensations are located in a distal phalanx.It appears swelling, a change in the color of the skin (redness with bluish) on the thumbs of the hands.
- Infectious arthritis.It is accompanied by intense long pains (up to several days).Local hyperthermia is observed, heat and chills are possible.
- Gouty attack.People are subject to the most advanced age category due to compromise metabolism processes in the body.Characterized by a pain burning in the field of pathology.
- Osteoarthritis.It designs in women due to age -related hormonal disorders.The clinical picture is pain syndrome in the fingers, a change in the anatomical structure of the fingers (inspection of the joints).
- Ligamentics with stenososator, who is similar in a clinical picture with arthritis and arthrosis, affects the joints -shaped ligaments of the joints.The movements of the brush and fingers are painful.
- Tunnel syndrome.The pain appears on the index of the left hand.
Rizartrosis can also cause fingers.It develops against the background of overvoltage, infectious processes, injuries or severe poisoning.
The pain complicates the implementation of simple movements in everyday life and at work.
Illnesses
The joints of the fingers damage the following diseases:
- Arthritis of rheumatoid genesis.The most common pathology that affects small joints.With this disease, the symmetrical joints of the fingers of the higher ends are affected.An inflammatory process is observed, dense growth on palpation - nodules are felt.The course of the disease alternates with attacks with remissions.In advanced conditions, the hand is deformed.
- Osteoarthritis and polite arthrosis - diseases are more often observed in women over the age of 40.The causes are a violation of the hormonal background of the body (reducing the production of estrogen hormone), inheritance, excessive loads and other factors.With the pathology, the joints of the fingers are deformed.
- Gotta develops against the background of metabolic disorders (protein metabolism) and uric acid salts accumulate in the joints.In the first phase of the pathology, the fingers are affected and then the hands.It is accompanied by severe pain, swelling and a change in the color of the skin in the area of inflammation.Pathologies are more often subject to men over the age of 40.
Other
Depending on the pathology, the joints of the fingers can hurt in the morning.The movements can be accompanied by characteristic clicks (symptom of arthritis).In the area of index and ring fingers, inflammation develops.
The joints can hurt in the morning with gout.The inflammatory process develops in the thumbs, the clinical picture is accompanied by swelling, a change in the color of the skin.
A sign of various joint pathologies can be pain in the joints of the fingers after sleep.During pregnancy, serious hormonal changes in women's body can cause pain.
Numbness occurs in people of all ages.This symptom complicates a normal lifestyle.The timely appeal to a specialist will help to avoid complications.The reasons for numbness can serve:
- stress;
- osteochondrosis of the cervical column;
- Vascular system pathology;
- Carpal valve syndrome - The pinch of the wrist nerve leads to innervation and altered blood circulation, which causes numbness.
Diagnostic methods
With the pathologies of the joints of the fingers, the following symptoms are observed:
- deform processes in the field of inflammation;
- Palpation pain;
- Intensive pain syndrome;
- redness of the skin;
- hyperthermia;
- difficulty of movement;
- inflammatory processes and swelling near the affected area;
- the aspect of Nodules around the joints;
- The pain attacks are similar to waves, intense at night and insignificant - during the day.
After the initial inspection, laboratory and hardware methods are performed to examine the patient:
- Biochemical blood test;
- General blood and urine exams;
- radiographic examination;
- MRI;
- Blood is examined for the presence of a rheumatoid factor, anti -abratococcal antibodies, purines.
A state of neglected pathology can lead to disability, so the pain should not be ignored.The joints of the fingers damage due to other pathologies, therefore, when the symptoms appear, it is necessary not to delay the doctor.
Treatment
After the diagnosis, medical measures are prescribed.The classic treatment of all diseases, when the joints on the fingers is based on the intake of drugs.Therapy aims to remove the main symptoms of the finger of the finger on the arm: inflammation and pain.Show LFK and therapeutic massage.
Medicines
Pharmacological treatment includes: painkillers, anti -inflammatory drugs non -short (NSAIDs), with autoimmune pathologies - hormones, local drugs - gel, ointments, creams.
Appoint:
- Fanss;
- corticosteroid drugs;
- Local drugs.
In cases of emergency, when pain syndrome is very serious, drugs are used.
If necessary, the drugs that restore the cartilage tissue are prescribed.
Therapy and massage
A series of exercises is selected by a specialist.LFC strengthens the joints of the fingers, improves blood circulation, accelerates the recovery process in the areas concerned.
The massage sessions are performed during the remission period (in the acute period, it is not recommended to do so).The massage procedure improves blood flow, reduces pain and swelling.
A global approach to the treatment of pathology will allow you to return to the usual lifestyle in a short time.
Diet
With these pathologies, it is necessary to adhere to dietary nutrition.In acute periods, when the joints of the fingers hurt, it is necessary to avoid the use of desserts, sweet dishes, salt, savory and in brine, smoked foods, dairy products -high -level.You shouldn't consume tea, meat, spinach, acetosis.Acid -milk products can only be included in the diet (low fat).
Popular treatment
In addition to the pharmacological treatment, it is allowed to use traditional medicine methods.
At home, if the joints of the fingers are painful (especially in the exacerbation phase), it is possible to carry out the compressions from a mixture of vodka, aloe and honey.The duration of the picture is 3 hours.
You can apply the oil conditioner.Add the vitamin A to the olive or sesame oil, mix.Rub the oil in painful areas.
Allens the tincture of the pain of the lilac: pour a glass of flowers, pour 200 ml of vodka, insist in a dark place for two weeks.Before going to bed, rub in the inflammation area.
Brusnik's infusion reduces pain with exacerbation of diseases.Apply 2 times a day for 200 ml.
Prevention
The main preventive measures to avoid the development of pathologies, accompanied by unpleasant sensations in the joints, are:
- sport;
- adequate nutrition;
- Regular massage sessions.
By adhering to a healthy lifestyle, you can avoid many problems.