Diagnose me?

[ray1970]

Who wants to play doctor?

So, yesterday evening out of the blue and for no apparent reason I got a sharp, stinging pain in one of my finger joints. The pain happens when I move that joint and feels almost like a bee or wasp is stinging me. In fact, when it first happened I thought maybe something had stung me. No signs of any sort of bite or sting though but every time I move it (especially when making a fist) I get that sharp, stinging pain. No apparent swelling either. I don't remember doing anything that might have caused me an injury. I've don even things in the past lifting awkward, heavy objects or pushing or pulling on wrenches in odd spots and have strained or sprained fingers before but this seems different. It's really odd and annoying.

Anyone have any guesses?

I'm going to give it a week or two but if it doesn't go away I might have someone's look at it.

[Mazin]

^Like

Could be just a little arthritis starting to act up. Lay off using that hand for extra curriculalr activities a little bit and see if it eases up.

[Erni]

Does it affect your grip strength? Like ehen it acts up you just loose strength when gripping something? If so arthritis would be my guess.

[20X11]

Welcome to the classification of "old man" my friend

[MCD-48]

How old are you and what kind of work have you done in the past? Did you injure your hands often as in bending wrenches?
You may have Gout. It is a build up of uric acid in your body and usually goes to the toes but can go to any extremity or any joint. It makes crystals in the joint and they tear and irritate. It can happen in any joint.
Go to the DR. and have some labs done. There is medicine for gout that works well
I hope you get better. Mike

[jslo]

While it's not the most affected joint, gout maybe? I know when I would get attacks, big toe, it would come on quick and like bee stings. Haven't had any major attacks for 5 or 6 years, but when I did, the worst pain I have ever had.

[BushMasterBoy]

I wear a BioFlow magnet when I get arthritic pain. It is a bracelet with a magnet. I got mine on Ebay. "BioFlow Sport" on Ebay search.

The magnetic field concentrates the virus that causes arthritis. Your immune system can then destroy the virus. The analogy would be "shooting ducks in a barrel".

https://www.bioflow.co.uk/

[jslo]

How old are you and what kind of work have you done in the past? Did you injure your hands often as in bending wrenches?
You may have Gout. It is a build up of uric acid in your body and usually goes to the toes but can go to any extremity or any joint. It makes crystals in the joint and they tear and irritate. It can happen in any joint.
Go to the DR. and have some labs done. There is medicine for gout that works well
I hope you get better. Mike

Can they now tell from lab work? When I developed what they felt was gout, my daughter-in-law who worked for a urologist, told me the only way they could definitively determine gout was to stick a needle into the joint to look for uric crystals. Being it was as painful as gout itself they prescribed medication based on the symptoms.

[OtterbatHellcat]

You work with any metal recently? Those damned little slivers can be chameleons whether you feel them or not. Hope it's not your trigger finger....

[20X11]

Masturbate with the other hand?