After being overworked, my fingers are stiff and swollen in the morning. Is it normal? How to deal with it

Finger joint swelling and pain after overwork is generally not a big problem. It is very likely that after excessive use of the finger joint, the soft tissue around the joint is damaged, and the tendon tissue or fascia tissue has a small tear. , slowly produces aseptic inflammation, which can lead to the appearance of finger symptoms.

Moreover, these torn soft tissues will form scars during the healing process. When sleeping at night, the fingers often do not move a lot, so they will not stimulate the local tissue, but when you get up in the morning, when you move your fingers, it may stimulate the formation of Scars cause swelling and pain, but with the increase of activity, blood circulation will gradually speed up, and the swelling and pain will disappear. As long as this problem does not exceed half an hour, don't worry too much.

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How to deal with this situation?

In fact, this situation is often caused by overwork, so if this pain does not affect work, you can reduce the use of your hands during work, try not to stimulate the already symptomatic fingers, and cause damage A chance for repair, and slowly symptoms will ease.

In addition, you can use hot water to bubble your fingers before going to bed to promote local blood circulation. Remember that the temperature should not be too high, about 45 degrees, and the time of hot compress should not be too long, 15~20 minutes is enough .

In addition, you can also give the fingers repeated topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesics during rest. Generally, it can be used for 1 to 2 weeks to help patients relieve symptoms. Please note that the number of smears must be enough during the use process. , It is recommended to smear the affected area more than 6 times a day, and rub the affected area repeatedly for about three minutes after each application, so that the external medicine can better penetrate into the injured part, and the parts like fingers are generally more superficial. enough.

In addition, you can also perform finger exercises before going to bed to promote local blood circulation and stretch tense tissues, which is also helpful for relieving this kind of pain in the morning.

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Other possibilities!

For this kind of finger pain after overwork, we also need to consider another possibility, that is, why did the heavy work before, the fingers may not hurt, why are the fingers painful now?

Long-term physical labor, especially repeated excessive use of the hand, will cause certain damage to the joints, muscles and tendons of the hand. If you are careful, you will find that many people who engage in heavy physical labor have relatively large palms, and The palms are usually thicker as a result of prolonged heavy physical labor, but over time the joints of the fingers may wear out.

This kind of injury is gradually accumulated, and there may not be any symptoms in the early stage, but the heavy labor accumulated over time will gradually cause symptoms to appear under a certain incentive, such as an excessive exertion, which is A signal from our body indicates that the worker's hand is overwhelmed, so we should go to the hospital for an X-ray examination of the hand to determine whether there is a joint problem of the finger, such as osteoarthritis of the finger.

If there is any abnormality in the x-ray, you should consult a professional doctor for symptomatic treatment, and you should also protect your hands in your daily work. For example, when you are still working hard, should you consider wearing a glove to reduce the weight of your hands? If you want to stimulate yourself to relieve symptoms, then some of the methods mentioned above, such as hot compresses before going to bed, such as finger exercises, can also play a certain role.

In addition, we cannot rule out the possibility of rheumatoid or gout, so what should we do? The easiest way is to go to the hospital on an empty stomach to perform 4 tests for rheumatism. This test includes rheumatism factor, rheumatoid factor and blood uric acid. The test results are quicker and the cost is relatively low. Consult professional rheumatism according to the results of the test sheet. The immunologist conducts the appropriate treatment.

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Summarize

Finger joint swelling and pain after exertion, especially in the morning, it is very likely that the fingers may be overwhelmed, and there is a problem with the soft tissue.

However, it cannot be ruled out that there is already a joint problem, and a certain overwork is only an incentive, so it is necessary to carry out corresponding examinations, such as x-rays, such as blood tests, to clarify your own problems and then carry out scientific and systematic treatment. Good to help yourself, what should I do? It has been introduced in the article. If you have any other doubts, you can leave a message below, and we will discuss it together.

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