Your fingers have amazing functional capabilities. And any interference with a finger’s use can make simple tasks difficult.
There are several conditions that can cause your fingers to become less productive. These conditions can affect finger:
- finger sprain
- broken bone
- bone cancer
- Osler’s nodes
- joint infections
- psoriatic arthritis
- Buerger’s disease
- rheumatoid arthritis
- Raynaud’s phenomenon
- juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Numb or tingling fingers usually indicate a nerve or blood flow problem. Couple of causes for your fingers to tingle or feel number are:
- digital embolism
- cervical spondylosis
- carpal tunnel syndrome
- ulnar nerve inflammation
- systemic lupus erythematosus
Chronic numb and tingling fingers should be checked out by a health care type.
A finger dislocation occurs when your finger bones are out of alignment. A dislocated finger is usually very painful and typically caused by:
- over extension
- jamming the end
- forcefully twisting
- bending back beyond normal limits
A dislocated finger is crooked, painful and swollen. Ofttimes, stretching and damaging the involved joint’s ligaments as well.
A dislocated finger causes the joint to be loose, weak or unstable. Therefore, wearing a finger splint or taping your injured finger to another allows for healthy healing.
A seriously dislocated finger should be tended to by a physician for dislodging and restoring it to its correct position.