Just this year I started experiencing a very weird symptom. My fingertips would get hard and sore. By the next day my fingers would start itching and swelling. I could stretch my fingers out and see these hard white places that were bumps under the skin. I would also have this happen on the sides of me feet. Omg, the itching was so bad, if I was a dog I would have chewed my own limb off. Miserable doesn't even begin to describe it! This went on for several weeks. Overall the symptoms would last for 3 days go away only to start all over again. I wanted to make this post in the hopes of helping someone who may be experiencing this. After suffering for months with this and wondering what could be causing it one day it suddenly popped into my mind, the only thing that I was doing different was I had started drinking lemonade using splenda. I immediately quit drinking this and by the next day all of my symptoms were gone and have not returned. I hope this is the easy answer for some of you who are experiencing this same torment. olivehymn