My 19 year old daughter went for a run. about 6 miles, without incident. She returned to her dorm room, removed her shoe & her left heal was in immediate, excruciating pain. She said it was worse than when she broke her foot. The broken foot she gave an 8 on the pain scale, this she rated as a 12! There were 2 hard lumps, inflammation, hot to the touch - even after icing. The symptoms spread to the ball of her food, near the toes. There were no breaks in the skin. I took her to an urgent care clinic where an x-ray showed nothing out of the ordinary. The doctor said she was a medical mystery, her best guess was plantar fasciitis & to take ibuprofen & stretch before getting up in the morning. The next morning it had spread & started to itch. Her right foot was now showing the same type of symptoms. We went to the ER & this doctor was stumped as well. He prescribed prednisone & an antibiotic & told referred her to a podiatrist if she wasn t showing improvement within 48 hours. Since she was improving, she did not go. She has had 3 recurrences none nearly as severe as the first. Up until last weekend, all symptoms have been in her feet. A few days ago, however, the tip of her finger swelled up to the size of a grape with the same pain, lump, etc. No one has been able to give us a definitive answer as to what could be causing this. Any ideas?