Slight finger swelling that comes and goes

Hi everybody,

I'm writing here as my wife has been experiencing some symptoms for the last few weeks and we are a bit stressed about it. About 2 months ago after coming back from holiday she mentioned that she felt her index finger of her right hand a bit swollen but it just went away so we never really worried about it, 3 weeks ago after coming back from work she complained that her pinky finger was quite swollen and she had the ring finger slightly swollen. She went to the GP and she sent her to do some x-ray and blood tests for "peace of mind", the thing is that some days after the tests the fingers went back to normal. All the blood tests (including Rheumatoid factor and sedimentation rates) came back normal, except a little low vitamin D, and the x-rays were also okay so the GP didn't really bothered and since her fingers got better we also forgot about it.

That happened about 3 weeks ago and last Thursday she complained again and had her index finger quite swollen as well as her pinky, over the weekend the fingers got better although her skin got a bit red on the tip of her pinky and ring fingers. She hasn't described any pain, only a bit of stiffness when the fingers were swollen, she works with the computer all day and her desks both at home and at work are not great so we were wondering if this could be a potential cause. Internet got us a bit scared as some of the symptoms seem to resemble those of Rheumatoid arthritis although she hasn't experienced any pain and her symptoms do not last long.

Has anyone experienced anything similar?

thanks!

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