What about finger rheumatoid arthritis?

Rheumatoid arthritis of finger joints is part of systemic rheumatoid arthritis. Treatment should proceed from the overall situation and standardize treatment. Joint swelling, pain, morning stiffness, can eat non-steroidal anti-inflammatory painkillers or small doses of hormones for treatment. At the same time, after excluding hepatitis B, tuberculosis, tumors and other diseases, you can add slow-acting anti-rheumatic drugs, commonly used are methotrexate, leflunomide, tripterygium wilfordii, hydroxychloroquine, etc.; when the effect is poor, you can choose biological agents to treat. Rheumatoid arthritis treatment to regular follow-up, monitoring of disease activity changes, according to the disease adjustment treatment plan, finger joint flexibility, the function of both hands has an important role. Single finger joint swelling, pain, but also local injection of triamcinolone acetonide closed treatment, pain improved, to strengthen functional exercise.