Another diagnosis of cellulitis, same
finger, same joint. Since both of these episodes, the
finger is discolored where they occurred. (My stepmother, who is a nurse, speculated that either I had a parasite from traveling abroad or gout in the finger--although the condition seemed strictly limited to the skin). The second symptom was a rash that was limited to my buttocks, elbow, and hip. It developed after being out at the beach (just sat on the sand, no beach chairs).