Updated April 11, 2017. Speech pathologists, officially called speech-language pathologists and sometimes called speech therapists, work with people who have a variety of disorders that include the inability to produce certain sounds, speech rhythm and fluency problems, and difficulties with their voices.
Some of the most common causes of swelling fingers include arthritis, fluid retention, and pregnancy. In addition, finger edema can be caused by cardiac problems, abnormal kidney function, and allergies.
A swollen finger can occur due to many reasons, 1  Cause for swollen finger includes injury, infection, repetitive motion and broken finger. 2  Nail biting also causes serious infections. 3  Paronychia is another condition where pus is formed below the nail and skin leading to a inflammation and redness around the area.