WHAT is the cause of swollen fingers?

Answer 1

In your search bar- Type in --Swelling of fingers and hit search. I found some pretty good stuff there. Don't you plat a guitar a lot? That is also answered.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

There could be a number of reasons... Heat, if you are hot the hands and fingers tend to swell due to the blood rushing to the surface to cool down, irritation in the joints of the hands due to things like repetitive strain injury etc, Either way you can apply ice or other coolling substances to reduce the swelling. The important thing to do is to determine the activities that aggrivate the swelling in order to determine why the swelling occurs and essentially prevent it happening again.

Answer 4

Electrolyte imbalance:Electrolytes are the salts in your bloodstream, which must be kept in balance to prevent swelling in the tissues. Sweating without replacing the lost salt can upset this balance. Too much salt can swing you in the opposite direction and still cause swelling."If you are not taking in adequate electrolytes, the imbalance in salt levels between the blood stream, the cells, and the extracellular spaces essentially results in a trapping of the water in the tissues as the sodium is lost in sweat. The same thing can happen if you are taking in too much salt.

Answer 5

Finger or hand injury
Finger infection
Arthritis
Water retention
Lupus nephritis (inflammation of the kidneys)

It's probably nothing, if your fingers swell. However, if your hands/fingers are swelling and accompanied by other symptoms, such as temperature sensitivity, hallucinations, joint and/or other extremity swelling, etc, definitely get it checked out.

Answer 6

It's called edema (swelling) and you should visit your family doctor to see what's happening!

Answer 7

Water retention for one.

Answer 8

Have you recently closed the car door on your hand?