Hello all, first thing: I'm a 29 year old male, average height with some weight to lose (about
20 over where I need to be). I was outside this past Saturday trying to rake (Mind you, it wasn't freezing cold...just mid 40's) without any gloves on, and I noticed a weird itch on a couple of my fingers. When I went inside, I noticed my hands beginning to tighten up, and three of my fingers (two of which had the itching issue) pads began to swell pretty firmly and turn a little red. I also lost sensation in a few of the fingers as well. I've experienced tightness in the hands before, but I've had so many blood tests for unrelated problems without anything serious coming up that I didn't really think a lot of it until now, as it has become more of an issue then in the past. Now, I don't know anything about
my father or his family history, but on my mothers side, my Grandmother does have RA, while my mother has Raynauds (I'm destined for greatness, eh? Lol) . Is it possible I'm beginning to experience one or the other here?
I should also mention, yesterday I began losing feeling in my left hand, just around the index , and middle fingers/knuckles, and a bit onto the hand itself. It seems somewhat exaggerated by resting my elbow on something for a duration of time, but could this sudden onset also be a warning sign for one of the above?
Already have a doctors appointment for next week, but I figured you folks might be able to give me a heads up, and some peace of mind.
Post Edited (JamesPlagued) : 11/12/2014 5:56:26 PM (GMT-7)