Swollen fingers and toes

[1whitestar]

Happy new year everyone. Does anyone have swollen fingers and toes with fibromyalgia red sore warm itchy. When I had my bloods done it was rumertied positive but consultant said it wasn't r.a. because the markers were not high enough. I am going back again now for xray and back to rumerthogly.

[Blearyeyed]

I know a few people , including myself , that have circulation issues to fingers and toes and Raynaud's Syndrome which can cause swollen itchy digits and more chance of Chilblains.You could still have some type of arthritis occurring, many Rheumatologists don't always check for things like inflammatory arthritis or reactive arthritis, the symptoms can come and go and the markers are not always as high.

Keep track of your symptoms and take photos of your fingers and toes on the worst days when very swollen or discoloured in case you don't have symptoms on the day so that you have evidence of what is happening.

Try and keep your fingers and toes warm and dry with good gloves and socks during the winter. Compression socks and gloves can often improve the circulation and reduce inflammation in the joints.

Magnesium spray or lotion often helps or a cream called Akilhiver or Akilwinter.

[1whitestar in reply to Blearyeyed]

Thank you for replying thats good to know .

[LhasaMomma]

Another Raynaud's here ..... My fingers go white, numb, sometimes turn grey .... But often as the circulation starts to return, my fingers go red and itchy.

[1whitestar in reply to LhasaMomma]

Thank you for your reply

[JazzElvis1]

I don’t think that’s fibro

[1whitestar]

Hi I've bean having issues since April last year stiffness so bad I'm bed ridden for 4 to 5 days everytime I've bean back to work or do anything physical I'm bed ridden then I went to rumerthogly and I'm rumertied positive they said it wasn't high enough then my finger and now toe are swelling and are hot to touch feet painful like nails hard to walk on . I have an xray soon and then back to rumerthogly hopefully they can help me more 🙏