health sectionhealth sectionSometimes the causes of tingling hands are minor. For example, you may experience tingling hands for a minute or two if you fell asleep lying on top of one or both of your hands. But tingling hands can also be a sign of something more serious -- even an imminent medical crisis.
Fingers are used often in day-to-day activities. Therefore, any diseases or problems with the finger joints may cause chronic or excessive discomfort, especially if pain is linked to movement or mobility. There are several complications that directly or indirectly affect the finger joints, including osteoarthritis, gout and tendonitis.
Shaking hands can be a symptom of many conditions. Some can be very serious and long term and others can be situational and fleeting. Tremors of the hands can be a natural part of aging or side effect of a medication. Many central nervous system diseases can cause this symptom, but there are usually more symptoms involved in these cases.
Numbness in the hands can be a symptom of a more serious problem, like poor circulation or carpal tunnel syndrome. Talk to your doctor if you have any of these types of numbness in your hands for more than a few days.
Pseudogout is an arthritic condition similar to true gout. It is characterized by calcium crystals in the joints that trigger warmth, redness, sudden swelling and pain. The exact causes for this crystal formation are unknown, and once present, the crystals cannot be eliminated. Still, treatments exist to effectively manage pseudogout's more debilitating and disruptive effects.
Sweat is normal but when it is so excessive that it is interfering with your life, causing your feet to stink and your hands to become so wet that you resist shaking hands, this is not normal.
Hand arthritis occurs when cartilage in the hand is damaged, generally by trauma or infection. Without healthy cartilage, the joints in the hand can't move easily and painlessly. The body reacts by producing a fluid around the joints, which unfortunately causes a variety of uncomfortable symptoms.
Arthritis of any kind, whether osteoarthritis of the hips or knees, or the systemic inflammations associated with rheumatoid arthritis, can be disabling. When arthritis affects the hands, however, it can have a debilitating effect that makes even the simplest activities of daily living much more difficult to perform.
Arthritis affects many adults, regardless of age or ethnicity. It is important to seek out a diagnosis of arthritis in the hands to rule out other joint problems, such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, lupus, or carpal tunnel syndrome. When treated, people who have arthritis can live healthy and normal lives.
