Rheumatologist here: I agree you should see a rheum. It sounds like it might be some sort of artritis, but it has to be seen in person before a diagnosis could be made. You don't have psoriasis, uveitis or an inflammatory bowel disease? Swelling in other joints? What is your ethnicity? In case of genital ulcers, we should also think of diseases like Behets, but like I said, it should be seen by a rheum.A bit odd that he can't send you with normal lab tests. Clinical presentation is way more important than a blood test.
[F26] Fingers swollen, stiff, w small 'lumps'/bumps around joints?For the past two weeks + my fingers on one hand have all been pretty swollen and stiff, to the point where I haven't been able to bend them all the way down. There has also been some redness on some of the joints. However, in the past week as the bigger swelling has gone down a bit/the problem has persisted, I've noticed small bumps around the joints  most of these are kind of hard to capture in pics, but you can feel them lightly running your finger along the skin (i.e. you don't have to press down to feel them). See pics: https://imgur.com/a/TQRDVQSI've been finding this really painful, especially as I work typing all day so it's not been ideal. I've had a p busy 2 weeks so haven't made it to the dr yet, but also keep thinking its about to resolve itself and it just keeps on going  Not itchy at all, just painful.They're worst in the morning in terms of swelling  by the end of the some days I've nearly been able to get them all the way down, or get some of them fully down, & I think its on the way out but then they're just as swollen and stiff the next morning. EDIT: Just realised I should probably say I haven't injured or burnt the hand/fingers recently, or at least if I did it was so unmemorable I really doubt it is the cause!For the past ~year I've had a fair amount of joint pain and some stiffness which is worst in the mornings, mainly in my hands & knees. However, never had it where it lasts throughout the day for so long & the little bumps are also rly weirding me out. Does anyone know what this is??? Or how I fix it?? Should I get it checked by my GP or is it likely to self resolve?I've also been experiencing a lot of other health complaints (you can prob see in my reddit history lol), like recurrent episodes of mouth and genital ulcers, rashes, etc. All my blood tests ordered by GP have been clear & generally normal  tho have all been done when im generally asymptomatic had one while at A&E for the first flare up of the genital ulcers & had high CRP and monocytes (CRP was 14.9, monocytes 12%  tho monocytes have been between 0.85 and 1.09 in other blood tests which I know is above the 'normal range' in some labs but not the ones used here). So far my GP and some of the community referrals I've had (dermatologist, ophthalmologist) are a bit stumped  waiting on two hospital referrals atm, one for patch testing and one to see a specialist vulval dermatologist. All of the community referrals I've had have suggested my GP refer me to rheumatology but he can't with normal bloods (& wants to wait on hospital referral first to see what they say).