Anyone had anything like this?
A few weeks ago the upper fingers joints in my right hand developed red dry areas around them in three fingers - one finger was so bad the skin cracked and looked like a cut, I needed to keep a plaster on when out and about because catching it onto anything hurt so much.
The skin has improved a little with regular moisturising (Bepanthen a few times a day and Body Shop Hemp hand cream regularly) although still look red. In the past couple of days I've noticed the middle joints in those three fingers now feel stiff and a bit painful when I move them. Compared to my other hand they look a little swollen too, especially the finger that had the worst soreness/cut.
I'm nearly 40, never had anything like this before although I've had some foot and knee pain in the past that I thought was mainly exercise and/or injury related. I'm about a stone overweight if that matters. My dad did have something like osteoarthritis so I'm wondering if that's what this could be and if it's hereditary. I have a desk job that involves using a computer and a mouse most of the day.
Will obviously speak to GP but it's really hard to get an appointment at the moment and this feels relatively minor.