Finally, I found someone with a similar condition to mine!

Last year, my fingers began to swell, and red spots appeared on most of the swellings. I've had ones in my toes also, but they were gone early.
These swelling didn't hurt (unless I pressed on them), and didn't bother my finger movements (unless I want to bend them more than 90 degrees). In the morning, the swelling is bigger.

This year, in the same time of year (first days of january), I had the same story.

The swelling is not necessarily on the joints, it's also next to them. I thought it might be the cold weather (my house get a bit cold in winter, and my hands become freezing).

I also thought it might be erythromelalgia, which only involves the skin, and a burning sensation, but I saw some scary pictures and decided I don't have it (thank god).

Can anyone please help me :cry: , and my friend sweendog here. (yes, they do look aweful :roll: !!)

Hmmm nobody is gonna help us, im gonna go to the doctor this weekend probably.

About 90~95 % of uric acid in the blood and body fluids exists as monosodium urate (msu). When msu crystallizes inside joint capsules, it causes painful acute gout (also called gouty arthritis). Sometimes, msu crystals (also called tophi) form under the skin to cause a condition called tophaceous gout. The shapes of tophi can look like pebbles, bumps, nodules, swelling, lumps,... The location of tophi can be on inner or outer sides of fingers, as well as, anywhere in the body. They are usually not painful.

To verify if you have tophaceous gout, you need to draw the fluid from the swollen sites to check for msu crystals. You may also like to test the blood to see if you have high level of the blood uric acid (hyperuricemia). If the results are both positive, you need to lower your blood ua level to about 6 mg/dl to reduce the size of tophi and to avoid further problems. Rheumatologists are the best to treat gout

I was searching for info on gout and found this post.
This is exactly what is happening on my index fingers. Comes and goes. I am starting to associate it with very greasy, sodium rich food. Any news out there?