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. 

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Flexor Tendon Injuries Make It Difficult For You to Bend Your Fingers

Flexor tendons are the tissues that help control your hand movement. These tissues may get damaged by a deep cut on the palm side of your finger, hand, wrist, or forearm. If you suffer from a flexor tendon injury then you might find it difficult to bend your fingers and thumb. Tendons are the tissues which connect muscles to bone. When the muscles contract, tendons pull on the bones and this results in the movement of the fingers. 

Apart from cuts some sports activities can also cause flexor tendon injuries. These injuries are common in the sports like football, wrestling, and rugby.  The form of sports that require a lot of arm and hand strength for instance rock climbing, there is a maximum chance of the tendons and/or their sheaths to be stretched or torn.

Many health conditions are responsible in making your tendons or flexor weak and make them tear. One of the common conditions is rheumatoid arthritis. You may suffer from this without any prior warning or injury and all of a sudden you might not be able to bend your finger.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is another health condition that affects tissues and other organs. It is a systemic disorder that mainly attacks synovial joints. Since joints are the primary areas to be affected, other problems involve with different organs are also likely to occur. In spite of advanced technologies and developments into the medical field, the cause for RA is not yet known. However, it is believed that this disease is genetically inherited by one.

RA is an autoimmune disorder and it occurs when one’s immune system mistakenly attacks his own body's tissues. Causing pains to the joints, rheumatoid arthritis can also at times affect other organs of the body including skin, eyes, lungs and blood vessels.