This is quite a common problem in women from middle-age onwards, and is due to osteo-arthritis of the finger joints - which is the "wear and tear" type of arthritis. The surface of the bones at ...
Surgeons have grown new living finger joints in patients with ... of a hand of one of the patients show how the new joints helped to reduce swelling over a period of several months.
Rheumatoid arthritis leads to swollen, warm joints, morning stiffness, and potential finger deformities,” says Dr Laftah. “But sometimes people get swollen knuckles if their protein levels are ...