I had a itchy swollen finger last night after eating chicken and spam but why now i've been eating chicken and spam and never had any allergic reaction in my whole life and untill now its still itch and swollen, I tried some lotion and creams and never work. It does'nt itch when I don't touch it but, once I scratch it a little it will itch like crazy and it feels like it's inside my skin thats why im using my teeth to scratch it.
It sounds like a response to something, but it may not be related to the food. Was your find exposed to a chemical that you wouldn't ordinarily come into contact with? How about a plant. Did you traumatize your finger, (hit it against something; brief heat or cold exposure), without thinking twice about the event? If you think it was the food, here are some considerations: Did the food come from an outside source that you had not had food from before, i.e. (a friends, a new restaurant, etc.). Have you had discomfort in this finger before, but it wasn't as bothersome? Maybe it was the seasoning on the food and not the food itself. Sometimes we develop new allergies as we get older. I have developed some allergies in response to different weather conditions and I've never had problems like that before. Think about some of those things If the problem continues, see a doctor to make sure it's not a circulatory system problem. I sure hope you don't have to give up chicken...yummy!