Every so many months, the top of one or more of my fingers will swell out hard and red. I always have joint swellings from arthritis, but this is something different: it's in the space between the joint and my fingernail. The whole thing swells out red, hard, and with shooting pains like arthritis. If I press on the flesh, it's actually quite white inside. It's almost like a thickened area of calcium.
The fingernail itself then gets disfigured and very lumpy, and even sometimes falls off. Eventually, the swelling goes away, but there's often residual sharp pains for a month or so.
I'm going through one of these bouts right now. Does anyone know what it might be? I've never had one while I've actually had a doctor's appointment. I've shown it to friends with lupus and RA and they don't know what it is either.
The fingernail itself then gets disfigured and very lumpy, and even sometimes falls off. Eventually, the swelling goes away, but there's often residual sharp pains for a month or so.
I'm going through one of these bouts right now. Does anyone know what it might be? I've never had one while I've actually had a doctor's appointment. I've shown it to friends with lupus and RA and they don't know what it is either.