Arthritis Hand Pain
Arthritis hand pain can occur mostly in three areas, such as wrist joint, finger joints, and knuckle joints. When there is arthritis hand pain occur it become to do the daily activities like writing, threading needle or tying shoelace etc. Out of all forms of arthritis which affect the joints, hand arthritis is very perilous. However there are some natural remedies that help in getting relief from hand pain.
There are some symptoms of arthritis hand pain which are:
- The initial symptoms include pain in hands with inflammation. The pain increases if the hands are stressed out with activities like lifting weight, knitting, writing or any constant and regular movement. Sometime severity of pain becomes so much that one cannot even sleep at night.
- Swelling with pain is another symptom of arthritis hand pain. It occurs if stress continues for a longer period of time. Because of swelling, further joint movement also get restricted.
- With persistent pain and swelling there is stiffness which increases with time. In the morning or colder climate stiffness gets increases.
Use of Alternative Medicines is found to be very successful in relieving pain. One of the most accepted alternative medicines is the use of herbs & massages. Acupuncture and visiting a chiropractor may also be used and they are also helpful in curing hand pain. The other method of treatment of arthritis hand pain is non-surgical treatment. The common and popular types of non surgical treatments are medications, splinting and injections. However these three methods of non surgical treatment are very effective in curing the arthritis hand pain but there are some side effects of each of these methods.
The first method of non surgical treatment is medication which works as anti-inflammatory drugs. These are helpful in stopping the body from producing chemical which are responsible for swelling & pain. Medication helps in giving relief from pain but they are unable to restore joint cartilage or joint damage.
Second method of non surgical treatment of arthritis hand pain is injections which contain a long lasting anesthetic & steroid. Injections are used when medications are ineffective. These injections are capable of providing pain relief. Depending upon the amount of doses the pain relief varies from weeks to months.
Splinting is the third method of non surgical treatment which is used when joint hurts. The splint helps to support and sustain the joints. Splinting works along with injections as supplementary.
When non surgical treatment gets fail in curing the arthritis hand pain then surgical treatment is used. In providing long term pain relief surgery is considered as best option. One of the popular methods of surgical treatment is joint replacement.
All these methods of curing hand pain are effective but these can have possible side effects like lightening of the skin, weakening of the tendons and ligaments.
