My grandma has these hard bumps forming on her finger joints near the nails. Why is this spreading?

and increase the surface area of the joint. These osteophytes manifest as the hard nodules or bumps on the joints, such as Heberden’s nodes on the DIP joints. This

 

 

process not only affects the joints’ function but can also lead to visible changes in the hands’ shape.

4. Why the Bumps Seem to Be Spreading From One Finger to Another

The appearance of these nodes on multiple fingers is often due to the progressive nature of osteoarthritis. As the disease advances, it can affect more of the joints in the