Swollen joints especially on hand fingers
Straight one thinks straight with joint swellings at the fingers or hands, often of rheumatic illnesses like the rheumatoide Arthritis. A joint swelling caused by a joint injury occurs less frequently on the hand/fingers than for example on the knee or ankle. Unfortunately, rheumatic diseases often manifest themselves on the finger joints first.
Usually several joints are affected. Typical for rheumatic diseases is that they are accompanied by morning stiffness of the affected joints. Particularly if the complaints remain for longer than six weeks, one should look particularly after a rheumatic illness.
In addition to rheumatic diseases, however, arthrosis symptoms in the fingers are not uncommon. How can one differentiate between arthrosis swelling and rheumatic swelling? An important clue is the location of the swelling.
In osteoarthritis, the finger end joints are often affected, which are characteristically never affected in rheumatoid arthritis. The thumb saddle joint is also frequently affected by arthrosis and is therefore more indicative of arthrosis. The middle joints are also frequently affected, while rheumatism usually affects the basic joints.
Swollen joints after sports
If a joint swelling occurs after exercise, this can indicate overloading. A typical joint for overloading is the knee joint, for example after jogging or playing soccer. The affected joint should be spared for a few days after overloading, and the swelling usually disappears on its own.
However, if the swelling remains, a doctor should be consulted for clarification. A joint swelling after sports can also be related to an injury, this happens more often in team sports such as soccer.The event that ultimately led to the swelling must not have been so drastic that it leads directly to the termination of the sport, but can also have been caused by a collision, in which the swelling only develops slowly after the sport is finished. It is important in the case of joint swelling after sport to protect the joint for a few days afterwards and to cool it down. The following topic may also be of interest to you: The most common sports injuries
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