Middle finger joint pain if there is no injury, calcification can cause it. In addition, inflammation of the joints is another cause of middle finger joint pain.
What is arthritis and what are its symptoms?
Mild arthritis causes little to no damage to the fingers. Arthritis is a painful inflammation of tissue, such as the bones, tendons, ligaments, and muscles.
Inability to complete or increase the amount of one’s everyday activities is another symptom of moderate and severe arthritis. Symptoms include reduced function of one’s everyday activities and pain and discomfort in the middle finger joint area.
Cervical spine syndrome occurs if a person has difficulty opening or closing the middle or proximal ligaments and muscles of the cervical spine. The spinal cord of the patient may be injured by the trauma of a fall, accident, or surgical procedures.
Cervical spondylosis is an overgrowth of the spondylar plates of the cervical spine caused by ligament or tendon injuries. These injuries are found in the cervical spine. These spondylar plates may lead to pain in the middle finger, distal finger, thumb, and ring finger.
Dysarthria, or loss of speech, is an involuntary rhythmic repetitive speech sound when the person speaks. The most common symptom of dysthymia in children is loss of speech, as well as other speech disorders such as speech impairment, vocal cord disorders, and dysgraphia (a word or phrase that sounds like a phonetic alphabet without words).
Anemia is a condition in which red blood cell counts or hemoglobin levels are markedly reduced. It can also occur due to an increase of a blood clot which can form in the middle finger and proximal/distal joints.
Other symptoms include reduced range of motion of one’s joints (kinesiophobia), pain, swelling in the proximal joints (phimosis) and in the joint that extends from the wrist (palpitation) and the middle finger (palpifica). The symptoms may occur at a rate of up to two-fold more than normal, and symptoms can be mild to severe.
If left untreated, these symptoms can result in injury or permanent disability. One cause of arthritic pain is injuries caused by sports or physical activities which may cause the middle or proximal joints (i.e., the flexor or extensor muscle tendons) to be overstretched and tendons to stretch and become overactive. As more and more tendons and muscles are overactive, the pain can be aggravated.
The tendons are the primary mechanism responsible for moving the fingers. When tendons become overactive, the pain and swelling can be accompanied by muscle spasm and weakness in the middle finger joints and/or in the fingers. If any type of injury is present, it is possible that the joint pain may also result from inflammation of some of the underlying joints.
Causes of Middle Finger Joint Pain
There are other causes of joint pain that may occur as a result of a disease process and not necessarily due to pain in the middle finger joint.
Lacunar neuritis (nerve damage) can cause joint pain that is not due to pain in the middle finger joint. In addition, this condition can occur when the ligaments of the wrist or ankle become overactive and restrict motion. This type of joint pain is sometimes called numbness of the finger.
Congenital problems of the bone and joint may also cause inflammation of the middle finger joint. The problems include disc herniation (partial or complete break down) of a disc, degeneration of the ligaments of a joint, or damage to a joint due to bone marrow disease.
Ankylosing spondylitis (knee arthritis) is an inflammation of tendons in the lower legs, usually at the ankle, that causes symptoms of knee pain in the medial (mid) third of the knee.
Arthritis can also result from the formation of soft cartilage of the knee joint called articular cartilage.
When Arthritis is Chronic, What Is the Cause?
There are different causes of arthritis, but usually all three of the following are present:
Physical or emotional pain
Medical conditions, including arthritis and arthritis-associated diseases (RAAD) or osteoarthritis (OA)
Severe trauma to the joints and/or to the tendon, ligament, or muscle
The cause of arthritis may also change with the person’s age. Arthritis is not a lifelong disease, but may be treated. The condition can respond to many different treatment techniques, and it generally improves after appropriate rest and therapy.
