Hello, my dad has for about 10 years had this finger infection, what is odd is it appears once a year, and always near the month of may. This time it seems to be swelling a lot more than normal and we are concerned. He went to the doctor and she was sort of pondering it could be a sign of gout, so i figured this would b a logical place to post! The finger is swollen,reddish and has 4 small black dots near the finger tip,and he also has a red vein going up his arm. picture bellow
http://imageshack.us/m/543/7011/fingerh.jpg I really appreciate any help!