Arthritis is commonly known as joint pain. We have different types of arthritis, such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriatic arthritis. Rheumatoid Arthritis is an autoimmune disease that mainly affects the joints and other parts of the body. Development of each differs from each other, but all types can affect the hands. Hand arthritis causes pain and usually inflammation. With time, the use of the muscles in your hand might be affected.

Arthritis gloves are usually used as part of the management tools for people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and undifferentiated inflammatory arthritis (IA). Some of these gloves apply pressure on the hand thereby relieving pain, stiffness and improving its function.

The gloves are usually tight, often fingerless, and are meant to improve symptoms? But are they effective? Yes, they do depend on the usage.

How Do Arthritis Gloves Work?

Arthritis gloves mode of operation falls into these three categories. They are:-

1. Thermal gloves provide warmth to the hand. This makes you feel comfortable and eases some of the pain.

2. Some gives extra support to the hand. These types are called glove splints.

3. Compression type of glove provides pressure on the fingers and hand joints. When you’re having a flare in the fingers and joints, this can be very uncomfortable. The compression gloves can help reduce the swelling. It can also help ease some joint stiffness as well.

The gloves are designed to be worn for 8 hours. Some prefer to use it during the day while some prefer using it during the night while they sleep. Anyhow it is being used, it has to be used well to enhanced good performance regarding your Swelling, hand pain, joint stiffness, and the use of your hand.

Rules for Using Arthritis Gloves

• The gloves have to fit your hand well. Too tight or too loose will not produce good benefits from using it.

• It is an 8-hour rule of usage, stick to it.

How Should l Wear Arthritis Gloves?

Wear the one that fits well into your hand. Too tight or too loose is not recommended. Before you can get good relief from the symptoms, you’ve got to wear the arthritis gloves for some time. Wearing the gloves for an hour or less will not give you a good result. Also wearing it on and off without maintaining the 8-hour rule will not give you a good result. You might wear the glove at night to sleep, or during the day. It all depends on you.

Depending on what you do during the day, the downsides of wearing the gloves might be taking them on and off to perform one task or the other. In the case washing of your hands, you have to be careful about getting them wet. If the warm type of arthritis glove seems to be too hot for your hand during the day, depending on the weather, you might choose the compression type and use the warm type during the night. It all depends on your choice.

The overall advantage of using the arthritis gloves is that it can make patients feel more relaxed and calm with a reduction in symptoms.