This is not neurological I'm sure, but I have pains in my bones suddenly. Started with a pain in the front of my shin bone. I thought it was from the tight clutch in my car not that I drive it much. Then a few days ago it was like an hot needle stabbing pain. I gasped. Then my toes in the same leg decided to play up. That all was fine. Went away.

Then the past couple of days I've had a fever and felt restless and the knuckle joint on my little finger has swollen and is also painful in a line right up to the wrist, following the 5th metacarpal. Surely this is not a symptom of a flu or virus. I have an itchy bite on my wrist near where the pain is but I'm sure it's not related although I did a heap of gardening this past week. I do feel better tonight all over, but am not sure what's going on with the huge red lump of a knuckle I now have developed on my right hand. It's not hot or anything. Just painful to use my hand.

I took some aspirin earlier and it feels so much better and has allowed me to type for the moment. I feel a bit embarrassed posting this here on a Neuro site, but just wondered if anyone had any ideas.

Why would I have a fever and feel restless and have a swollen knuckle so suddenly?

Drat, I have so much to do...