I don't know if I have arthritis or not as no doctor has stated I have. But for some time now my hands have been hurting from time to time. It centers around the bones in the palm area to the back of the hand. Also in the joints a little.
Three days ago my right hand started to hurt in this area something terrible. Today I can barely close into a fist or hold any weight to it. Push, pull, pressing down, etc causes a lot of pain. Probably on scale of 1-10 a 7 generally. And even more when I try to close the hand.
Now I haven't done anything in the past week that would have hurt my hand. I was on vacation at home so no activity other than watching TV, playing with the kids, etc. But I honestly do not recall any reason to cause this issue. Also it has swelled up a bit. Especially around the small fingers into the palm area.
In my past my hands have pained me before but not like this. Usually rubbing them, applying heat, or pain meds does the trick. But not now for some reason.
Could this be the start to arthritis? Maybe I did injure it and just don't know. There's not really any tingling going on or redness. I'll go see a doc if this persists but thought I would check on here first for any ideas.