The earliest symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis

So the early symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in finger joints actually mainly affect three parts of our hands. We call this the proximal fingertip joint, this is called the metacarpophalangeal joint, and this is called the wrist joint. These are our rheumatoid joints. The area where inflammation is common, the most distal joint is called the distal fingertip joint, and is generally rarely involved. once there is swelling and pain in the distal fingertip joints, we will probably consider osteoarthritis, so the above three joints are our rheumatoid arthritis, the most commonly involved hand joints.