Dactylalgia

Dactylalgia (from the ancient Greek words dactyl - "finger" and algos - "pain") is chronic pain in the fingers and toes. This is a common disease that often occurs in people whose work involves frequent movements of the fingers and hands.

The main causes of dactylalgia:

1. Arthritis and arthrosis of the finger joints. These diseases lead to inflammation and destruction of cartilage tissue in the joints.

2. Tenosynovitis and tendinitis. Inflammation of tendons and tendon sheaths due to excessive stress.

3. Tunnel syndromes are compression of the nerves in the canals of the hands and feet.

4. Injuries and fractures of fingers.

The main symptoms of dactylalgia:

1. Pain in fingers that gets worse with movement.

2. Swelling and redness of the fingers.

3. Numbness and tingling in the fingers.

4. Weakness of the grasping function of the hand.

5. Deformation of the finger joints.

Treatment for dactylalgia includes taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, physiotherapy, wearing special splints and bandages, and surgical treatment if necessary. Prevention consists of proper ergonomics of the workplace, adherence to work and rest schedules, and wearing strengthening bandages.

Dactymalogy is a rare but quite common pathology, which is a partial atrophy of the muscles of the fingers. It develops against the background of a disorder of nerve conduction in the tissues of muscle fibers. The most common causes of the symptom include benign tumors of the peripheral nerves, the formation of a polyp that compresses the nerve trunk