Flexor Tendon Injuries May Lead to Rheumatoid Arthritis

The band of tissue, which connects a muscle to a bone, is known as tendons. Each finger has two tendons known as flexor tendons. They let you bend and straighten your fingers. The finger bone is joined to the muscles in the forearm making finger movement possible. The flexor tendons are smooth, flexible and they work as bicycle brake cable sliding in and out of your fingers letting them to bend. Flexor tendon injuries lead to stiffness in the fingers making them unable to either fully bend or straighten. Injuries to the flexor tendons are required to be treated immediately because even a small cut into the tendon can be a big problem.

In most of the cases, flexor tendons are injured from a cut or a tear. The special creases present in the fingers let the skin fold while making a fist. In such a situation, tendons are easily injured even by a small cut since they are located just beneath the skin. Sometimes, tendons may tear due to a sudden pull against a strong grip. Flexor tendon injuries will create problems like

• Inability to bend the finger
• You will experience pain while moving the finger
• Stiffness and numbness in the finger 
• Rheumatoid arthritis

Due to the injuries in the tendons, you will suffer pain in the finger joints indicating that you are suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. It is a very painful disease in which, you experience inflammation in your joints. You experience pain, swelling, stiffness and discomfort when your finger joints are inflamed. This further makes it difficult for you to carry out the daily household works smoothly. It is an autoimmune disease and over the time, its symptoms can worsen. Hence, immediate treatment is required. You can opt either natural remedy or surgery to get the best possible result. 

Wrist Arthritis - Diagnosis & Various Treatments

The bone fracture of the radius in the forearm is called distal radius fracture. It is often results due to a fall onto an outstretched hand. It is also known as wrist fracture because of its proximity to the wrist joint. Pain in your wrist may be a sign that your joints suffer from arthritis. This inflammatory condition includes symptoms like stiffness, swelling, and pain in the affected joints. There are specific types of distal radius fracture namely, Colles’ fracture, Smith’s fracture, Barton’s fracture, Chauffeur’s fracture. These names are applied to the specific patterns in which the radius suffers a fracture.

In order to diagnose your wrist arthritis, a doctor will examine if your wrist is swelling or not. Identifying the area of swelling the doctor can tell which wrist joint are most affected. From the movement of your fingers, doctors can easily diagnose the condition of the fracture and pain. Problems in the wrist can further affect the peripheral tendons. Initially, a doctor may advice you to wear a wrist splint for temporary or long-term arthritis relief. In order to get relief from pain, you need to avoid manual labour and playing any kind of sport and keep your hand at rest.

If you suffer from a moderate pain then steroid injections can bring you relief. However, if you suffer from disabling pain despite of medication and exercise, a doctor then recommends surgery as treatment for wrist arthritis. Wrist acts as a stabilizer for a hand and its efficient functioning and pain in wrist joints hinders proper functioning of the hand. In such a situation, doctors advice a patient to undergo a surgery. Surgery is recommended when all other treatments have failed to relieve you from pain. In a surgical treatment, a surgeon removes bones, fuse bones or replace them.