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You probably use your hands for numerous activities throughout the day. Your hands help you dress, brush your hair and wash your face every morning. You use your hands to eat, drink and perform your daily work. However, like many people, you may not think about your hands until they start to hurt. A number of conditions can cause the joints in your fingers to ache. Getting relief from hand pain requires finding the cause and treating any underlying conditions.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is of one of three types of arthritis. RA is an autoimmune disease that can happen to people at any age, although it is most common in people who are 40 to 60. It affects women more than it does men, according to the Health Guide from “The New York Times.”RA is most common in the wrists, fingers, feet, ankles and knees.

Common warts grow on your fingers and hands; plantar warts grow on the bottom of your feet. Both types of warts are caused by a strain of the human papillomavirus. Warts are also contagious. You can spread your warts to others by sharing towels or anything else that comes in contact with them. You can also spread your wart to other parts of your body by touching it. A wart can clear up on its own, but several remedies you can try might help you get rid of it faster.

Common warts won’t hurt you, but neither are they attractive–either on your own skin or that of your child. Caused by a virus called the human papillomavirus (HPV), common warts are simply a rapid overgrowth of skin cells. Most common warts eventually disappear if you just give them enough time, say doctors at the Mayo Clinic. But when warts cause embarrassment or discomfort, there are ways to rush them along.

Conventional ways of dealing with warts–burning, freezing and cutting–aren’t likely to send you racing to your doctor’s office when one of these small, fleshy bumps first erupts on your skin. And why should you, when there are natural alternatives that are far less painful? Purveyors of old folk cures and complementary and alternative practitioners suggest slapping a variety of disparate and sometimes surprising ingredients on warts, from school board chalk to raw meat to a castor oil-baking soda paste. Start simple, using ingredients you can reach for on your kitchen counter.