(Concern) My finger hurts.

These days, my finger joints often hurt.

In the past, after eating a lot of salty foods or having a company dinner, my whole body would swell the next day and my fingers would hurt, but then it would get better.

For the past few months, my hands have been swollen when I wake up in the morning.

My finger joints, not my hand, are hurting.

Both of my index fingers are in pain.

Even my pain only starts to improve a little by evening after taking medicine, and lately I've been worried about this.

What kind of illness is it? I keep postponing going to the hospital because I don't want to go.