But in patients with the problem of arthritis of the joints of the fingers - treatment can be successful if it is started in a timely manner, it is conducted promptly and comprehensively. Such an attitude can save the patient from coming immobility and as a consequence - of disability. Because at the first sign of the disease do not need to self-study, and immediately consult your doctor.
What it is?
Arthritis of the fingers - an inflammatory disease of the articular or periarticular tissues. Under the influence of inflammatory joint cartilage becomes thin, supple and gradually destroyed. The reason in this case may be quite different from disorders of the immune system to the common cold or flu.
The causes of disease
The causes of the disease are as follows:
- Infectious diseases: brucellosis, gonorrhea, influenza, scarlet fever, syphilis, tuberculosis, dysentery and chlamydia. Also small focal lesions such as chronic tonsillitis. Pathogens are Staphylococcus and Streptococcus.
- General metabolic disorders cause non-infectious arthritis. This form of the disease most often affects older people with occupational diseases, disorders of the endocrine glands, which had microtrauma;
- Traumas of joints, injuries and operations on them.
Can not be discounted genetic predisposition, although claim that arthritis inherited, is also incorrect.
The symptoms of arthritis of the fingers
Common symptoms of the disease can vary depending on what caused it. However, there are common signs that are characteristic of arthritis of fingers of any etiology:
- Joints in arthritis affects the hands symmetrically, may appear in the subcutaneous nodules;
- Responding joints replaced the weather as well as the atmospheric pressure;
- Pain syndrome. Pain accompanies arthritis of any etiology. As a rule, initially the pain is severe and appears at night. Then become painful movements of the joints and the pain starts after undergoing the load on the joints. Since arthritis is characterized by a gradual progression to seizure in the pathological process of new joints, painful manifestations as "flow" of the brush.
- The skin on his knuckles and around the diseased joint becomes red, hot to the touch, stretches;
- Stiffness of the hands, the inability to move his fingers, especially bright this symptom manifests itself in the morning, immediately after waking up. A feeling similar to what seemed at hand wearing the glove narrow. Often to perform activities of daily living, a person must first develop the hands and fingers;
- Around the joints formed edema and swelling. This makes hands like a pillow, fingers thicken;
- Body temperature rises locally - in the place where the diseased joint. But sometimes, e.g., in infectious or rheumatoid arthritis, may increase the overall body temperature, fever often observed;
- During the movement of the fingers can be heard creaking typical articular - crepitus. It should not be confused with the conventional mouse, which are the norm.
Sometimes there is weight loss associated with an inflammatory process occurring in the body, as well as fatigue and weakness. Most often these symptoms are observed in rheumatoid arthritis. Hands become spindle-shaped.
Diagnostics
Correctly identify the etiologic form of arthritis of fingers only by competent rheumatologist or arthrology.
At primary survey draws attention to the link debut of arthritis with acute or chronic diseases of the patient, the number and symmetry of joint damage, the presence of the strain, the nature of pain, extra-articular manifestations and other Clinical signs. If necessary, the patient should be counseled traumatologist, an allergist-immunologist.
Required diagnostic system includes a radiography of fingers and toes, small joints ultrasound, MRI, CT. Biochemical examination of blood involves determining uric acid levels, CRP, fibrinogen, rheumatoid factor, and the sialic acid seromucoid, cryoglobulins, and CEC al. a study of synovial fluid obtained by percutaneous aspiration under ultrasound to confirm the diagnosis and etiology of arthritis toes important.
How to treat arthritis of the fingers?
Arthritis of the joints of hands is very important to diagnose at an early stage and pick up individual treatment. Only in this case the patient can be cured. Proper diagnosis determine the cause of the disease and the type of arthritis (there are up to 150).
Drug treatment of local disease form is made as follows:
- Medicines based hondoprotektorov - glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate. The peculiarity of the use of funds is a long duration of the reception - at least 3-4 months. During this period of hyaline cartilage tissue can largely restore its structure.
- During the acute phase of the disease requires the exchange NSAID (ketonal, ibuprofen, voltaren, ibuklin, diclofenac). The preparations of this series are particularly indicated for patients with marked by pain, redness, swelling.
- Systemic antibiotics (penicillins and macrolides) may be administered at a bacterial infection.
- Vasodilators (Trental, aktovegin, teonikol). Applied in the form of intramuscular injection, intravenous infusion rate to 10 sessions.
- Corticosteroids and antimalarials (Plaquenil, methylprednisolone) are used extremely rarely in the case of persistent and severe course of illness.
- Vitamin complexes, calcium preparations.
- Physical therapy methods - heating, paraffin therapy, magnetic therapy, hydrotherapy, etc.
- Manual therapy, massage, acupuncture, exercise therapy.
Outer therapy may include the use of means with NSAIDs (diclofenac ointment, diklak, Fastum gel, duty, etc.). Such treatment is preferably oral NSAID, because exerts minimal adverse impact on the gastrointestinal tract. The good effect is obtained by using liquid "Bishofit" when used in the form of applications or trays rest. Also practiced warming massaging creams, ointments with bee or snake poisons, lotions with a solution Dimexidum and novocaine.
Exercise therapy for arthritis
A set of exercises performed on doctor's advice, standing or sitting and is in repetitions of each exercise 4-5 times, avoiding the onset of pain in the joints:
- Stress-free stretch your arms in front of you and slowly with a large amplitude to produce rotation of the wrist joint, first clockwise, then counterclockwise.
- Open and close the fingers.
- Bent at the elbows pull ahead, palm lower down of brushes produce bending left and right wrist joint.
- Again, repeat the exercise 1 - rotational movement.
- Relax the hands.
Therapeutic exercise for the development of the joints of patients are shown in the period of remission, when there is no swelling and pain subside during exacerbations exercises are contraindicated. Exercise helps to regain range of motion, improve nerve and blood supply of the joints.
Treatment of folk remedies
Traditional medicine also provides many useful recipes in the fight against disease. With unconventional techniques can be effectively controlled with symptomatic manifestations of arthritis at home, besides some herbs effectively they reduce inflammation and regulate the exchange substances.
You can use the following recipe:
- Packs potatoes, well relieve pain. How to make it: Wash and chop the potatoes with the skin. Put all the water and bring to a temperature of 38 degrees. Taking out the potatoes, not pressing, put in a burlap sack. It is better if the bag is sewn on the shape of the hand. Carefully put on hand to wrap a plastic bag. With compression you can walk all day or go to bed. Impose on the night, seven times. If the pain goes away in the first few days, then compress to continue to do. Daily use of potato juice, relieves pain and restore flexibility to the joints. Cut into several medium potatoes into thin slices with peel, put in cold water overnight. In the morning strain and drink on an empty stomach.
- Ointment mustard: vial at 70% rubbing alcohol take 50 ml of the oil of camphor, here was added 50 g dry mustard powder. All components of the mix, add separately beaten egg whites 2 egg mix. This ointment impose on the gauze, which wrap the affected area, to consolidate and compress sleep with at night.
- Treatment of bees - apitherapy, or bee stings are treated quite a long time. In fact, apitherapy reminds medicinal acupuncture. The biologically active points administered bee venom, which causes the blood flow to the affected area and as a consequence: analgesia, removal of edema, improvement of metabolism.
- Sea salt is heated in the oven, the fabric wrap is superimposed on painful joints, the top layer is put wool put on cotton gloves. Compress hold an hour, then rub the joints of pure pine oil, which do not need to drop more than 5 drops on each hand.
- Honey has antiseptic properties and antioxidant properties cinnamon. Reliable means to relieve pain, it is honey wrap. One item. l. honey mixed with 1 tbsp. l. vegetable oil and 1 tbsp. l. dry mustard. A mixture of warm up and apply to the joints 1 hour. Repeat daily. A mixture of honey and cinnamon, from 1 tbsp. l. honey and ½ hours. l. cinnamon, should be used on an empty stomach every day.
All folk remedies can only be used as a preventive and temporary measure. To avoid the unpleasant effects still in the early stages of the development of arthritis in the joint tissues of the fingers should seek specialized help.
Effects
In that case, when the disease occurs in the elderly, or after trauma, a major unpleasant consequence of it is the curvature of the fingers and wrist strain. This leads to loss of efficiency and patient disability. Also dangerous when Arthritis becomes chronic. Wherein pain occurs periodically, and the process of bone destruction goes unnoticed.
prevention
Use the following guidelines:
- "On his feet" Do not carry colds.
- Exercise.
- When working at the computer periodically engaged Qigong hand, or use some wise hand.
- In the diet to include foods with high amounts of omega-fatty acids.
- Do not lean on meals of fatty meats or fish.
Thus, arthritis of the joints of the fingers - a disease that can have many causes. Each of these requires a different approach in the diet, as well as in a set of drugs for the treatment. The main thing - to pay attention to the disease in time, since it tends to progress, and this can lead to complete loss of the ability to cater for themselves.
