Probably easier to describe as the main first knuckle of the ring finger, along with the equivalent 4th toe joints, both hands and both feet.
They’ll just start hurting suddenly and randomly, for seemingly no good reason. Popping those knuckles/joints usually relieves the pain at least.
I figure it’s gotta be a genetic defect of sorts, as it affects the same exact joint, left or right, hands or feet, equally, and I recall as early as age 7, perhaps even earlier, having to pop my knuckles to relieve the pains.
Just curious, does anyone else have oddly specific pains like that, where you’ve basically had those pains all your life but just done got used to them?
I have ehlers danlos syndrome, which you might want to look up. I wasnt diagnosed til my thirties because no doctor I spoke to had heard of it, and I hadn’t either. It’s a genetic disorder that causes weakness in the joints.
I have never been officially diagnosed with this condition, but yeah, I’m double jointed and can easily bend my fingers extra far backwards, dislocate my shoulders at will, and even dislocated a hip once (that was an interesting experience)…
I used to suffer from similar joint pain in my fingers that would be relieved if I popped them. It’s a lot better after going on a low inflammation diet, may be worth a try.
Okay, I’m quite open to suggestions…
What sort of ‘low inflammation’ diet might you suggest?
As a first step I’d try eating only whole foods and cut out refined sugars and carbohydrates, for maybe about 4 weeks, and see how you feel.
It could theoretically be something like ulcerative colitis: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/ulcerative-colitis-and-joint-pain
Even if you have no GI symptoms, its an autoimmune disease so it can affect plenty of other things before you notice GI stuff.
That’s unusual. I don’t have pain, but an unusual thing I do is sneeze repeatedly while or just after I eat breakfast, and this is only at breakfast.
