Common causes of Hand swelling

Causes of Hand swelling that are very common

The following causes of Hand swelling are diseases or medical conditions that affect more than 10 million people in the USA:

• Obesity
• Premenstrual syndrome - may cause general puffiness.

Causes of Hand swelling that are common

The following causes of Hand swelling are diseases or conditions that affect more than 1 million people in the USA:

• Pregnancy - causes general swelling including the hands

Causes of Hand swelling that are uncommon

The following causes of Hand swelling are diseases or conditions that affect more than 200,000 people, but less than 1 million people in the USA:

• Gout - knuckle swelling
• Hand fracture - Hand swelling
• Scleroderma - swollen fingers
• Sickle Cell Anemia - dactylitis

Causes of Hand swelling that are very rare

The following causes of Hand swelling appear in the population at a rate of substantially less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:

• Acromegaly - tight gloves
• Hemolytic uremic syndrome - swollen hands
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever - hand swelling
• Turner Syndrome - hand swelling

Causes of Hand swelling without any prevalence information

The following causes of Hand swelling are ones for which we do not have any prevalence information.

• Acromegaly - tight gloves
• Anaphylaxis - swollen hands
• Axillary vein thrombosis
• Broken finger - swollen finger
• Broken hand - swollen hand
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders - hand swelling
• Encephalopathy progressive - optic atrophy - swollen hands
• Enlarged hands
• Epidermoid carcinoma - hand swelling
• Exercise induced anaphylaxis - hand swelling
• Ganglion cyst - swollen hand
• Gigantism - causes large hands
• Glomerular Disease - swollen hands
• Hand conditions - Hand swelling
• Hand injury - Hand swelling
• Hemoglobin S/hemoglobin Lepore, Boston - hand swelling
• Hypertension of pregnancy - hand swelling
• Hypothyroidism
• Idiopathic edema - hand swelling
• Idiopathic minimal change nephrotic syndrome - swollen hands
• Immunoglobulinic amyloidosis - swollen hands
• Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis - hand joint swelling
• Lupus nephritis - swollen fingers
• Lymphedema
• Lymphedema, microcephaly and chorioretinopathy syndrome - swollen hands
• Lymphoedema - Microcephaly - chorioretinopathy - swollen hands
• Lymphoedema - Microcephaly - Chorioretinopathy Syndrome - swollen hands
• Manual labor - causing muscular growth of the hands.
• Microcephaly - lymphoedema - chorioretinopathy - swollen hands
• Microcephaly - lymphoedema - Chorioretinopathy Dysplasia Syndrome - swollen hands
• MLCRD Syndrome - swollen hands
• Nephrotic syndrome - swollen hands
• Obesity
• PEHO-like syndrome - swollen hands
• Pregnancy - causes general swelling including the hands
• Pregnancy toxemia /hypertension - hand swelling
• Premenstrual syndrome - may cause general puffiness.
• Proteinuria - hand swelling
• Pulmonary edema - swollen hands
• Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome - hand swelling
• See also causes of swelling, edema
• See also causes of wrist swelling, swelling, edema
• Sickle Cell Anemia - dactylitis
• West African Trypanosomiasis - hand swelling
• Young Simpson syndrome - Hand swelling

All Causes of Hand swelling

The full list of all possible causes for Hand swelling described in various sources is as follows:

• Acromegaly - tight gloves
• Anaphylaxis - swollen hands
• Axillary vein thrombosis
• Broken finger - swollen finger
• Broken hand - swollen hand

See full list of possible disease causes of Hand swelling

Drug side effect causes of Hand swelling

• Hytrin
• Terazosin hydrochloride
• Pentosan Polysulfate
• Elmiron
• Letrozole

Drug interaction causes of Hand swelling:

• Blocadren (Timolol) and Adalat (Nifedipine) interaction
• Blocadren (Timolol) and Procardia (Nifedipine) interaction
• Blocadren (Timolol) and Calan (Verapamil) interaction
• Blocadren (Timolol) and Isoptin (Verapamil) interaction
• Blocadren (Timolol) and Verelan (Verapamil) interaction

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