a weird development... pa related???

January 17, 2005

hi everyone,

i noticed a very strange thing saturday night (and it hasn't gone

away...).

mid-last week my left middle finger, middle joint, had that puffy,

tingly, itchy feeling like it was going to flare. it would last for

about an hour, then recede, then be gone, then hours later, or the

next day it happened again... it happened i guess 4 times. as i

did not notice any evident swelling i thought it was probably

tendinitis (i have fibro as well as pa) as the joint was

also 'tight'. my pointer finger of the same hand had the tingly

feeling as well on one occasion. mid-week it stopped and nothing

more happened.

jump to this weekend. saturday night i happened to glance at my

hand and noticed that both finger joints - middle and pointer

finger - were bright red - redder than anything i've ever seen with

joint inflammation - i actually initially thought i had a transfer

of food dye or something (although could't think of what on earth i

had used that could transfer red dye onto my finger joints). on

close observation (and by feel) i could see there were bumps on the

joints - like a corn or a bunion. there is no longer any pain or

stiffness at all - and the skin on the pointer finger is very rough,

like it is chapped. i'm wondering if i am now developing plaque pa

on my pointer finger. that would be a first for me as my ps type is

the less common plantar/palmar pustular psoriasis.

has anyone ever had a hard lump develop like this? i'm wondering if

they could be RA nodules - i have a positive ra factor (not high

though). my rheumy is fixed on my diagnosis being pa only - won't

even consider anything else and considers my positive ra factor to

be false positive... could be, but now wondering about it again

because of these two bumps.

thanks for reading,

karen

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