What's wrong with Prince Charles' fingers?

Closeup!

Gout from Alcoholism

Lizard people poster in 3...2...1.

Arthritis? It causes inflammation, and thus swelling.

His feet are like that, too. Does he have arthritis in his feet?

Short-fingered vulgarian.

There were at least a couple of guys on A&E's Intervention who looked finger-bloated like that from opiate addiction: I would never think that could happen to anyone in the BRF. Or could it?

Blood pressure problems.

They've been stuck up his arse too long.

Diabetes?

Looks like rheumatoid arthritis. My dads fingers look exactly like that when he has a flare-up. It's an autoimmune disease that is fairly common in the elderly, and treatment is symptomatic. It can be extremely painful.

That ring's gotta be permanently stuck on his finger.

He had ugly hands as a young man.

heart failure

r13 Is the vengeful ghost of Princess Diana

If you think that's bad, you should see his toes!

Drunk, he claims his red nose is rosacea but everyone knows he's a drunk

Will he ever be king?

Wow. Looks painful.

They're Wall's "Bangers"!

Another vote for edema, which is usually a sign of congestive heart failure, but given how long-lived his immediate ancestors are, I somehow don't see Chuck dropping dead in the next few weeks.

So maybe it is rheumatoid arthritis.

His toes are fine!

They’re just the right girth, thank you.

I started a thread last year on Charles' "swollen member" - It's been deleted.

Wow! They are really swollen...seems like he needs a water pill or two.

I bet he could feed world’s hungry three times over with those sausages!

Edema or some other heart related condition.

They look like Weird Al's in his "Fat" video.

There is a type of arthritis called spondyloarthritis that causes an overall bloating and inflammation of the hands unlike rheumatoid arthritis that usually causes swelling and inflammation in the knuckles and the finger joints.

R29 but would it also cause the swelling in his feet?

Looks like the classic case of psoriatic arthritis. I used to see patients with it time to time at the rheumatology clinic where I did part of my training.

Also from that photo of his feet, if those are his feet, he appears to have nail psoriasis, which is linked to poorer prognosis in psoriatic arthritis. Some patients also have facial rash or ruddiness on the face.

[quote] [R29] but would it also cause the swelling in his feet?

Yes, it does.

That ain't the half of it.

R22, those toes are NOT fine. I would not take my shoes off even to shower if my feet looked like that.

Each individual finger has more girth than Donald's pecker. Gross and amazing.

This is a systemic problem and more than likely a form of arthritis. R 29, R31 and R32 suggested types would be part of a differential diagnosis, but more information is needed to make a definitive diagnosis. Having this type of condition involving ones digits can be debilitating.

There are successful biologic treatments for the conditions associated with Psoriatic Arthritis. Which makes me think that this make not be Psoriatic Arthritis.

I remember your thread R24. I thought I was tripping, I knew I'd seen a thread on Charlie's sausage fingers before.

I’ve said it on other threads and I’ll say it again; Elizabeth will outlive Charles.

They will have to cut his finger off to get that ring.

Another and zoom in on the hand

Reminds me of this moment

I really hope you're wrong r39. I sometimes think that William is going to be lonely when he gets to the top. Queen, Charles, Philip, (not in that order), Harry (MIA and having his own existential crises), etc. That whole upper tier will be gone sooner rather than later. Makes the Markles' public squabbles look so petty, so mean-spirited, so vile.

This is old news

I had a picture book of Charles as a young man and his hands and nails were unattractive even then. His hands were not swollen but it's obvious he has always been a nail biter.

I met Alex Guinness the year before he died and his hands were exactly like that.

^Alec. FFS.

R45 Rubbish.

Q: "What's wrong with Prince Charles' fingers?

A: They are attached to Prince Charles.

If he was a lesbian he would be considered "well hung" with those fingers....

Ok. That was properly funny, r50

Fluid Retention From Congestive Heart Failure.

This is what Prince Philip looked like at Charles’ current age of 71.

Damn, 71 yr old Prince Philip could get it.

Nothing I couldn’t solve!

Chas had too much sun

Those fingers are typical of either fluid retention or cardio disease.

I don't know what chilblains are but I always thought they are chilblains.

Renal insufficiency/ cardiac and BP problems

Maybe he should take digitalis.

Lovely "toad in the hole" with Charles' sausagey-fingers! It's for tea!

Swelling of both my hands similar to this led to my diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. I have been on methotrexate and Humira and it took almost 6 months for the swelling to go down. My hands peeled after they deflated. I have lived a long time and this is the worst thing I have ever had. I feel for him. Its very painful.

R41 Wow, the skin on his hand in that pic is so taut that it's shiny.

Does the queen have that?

The only time Camilla can feel anything when he's fingering her fanny is when his fingers are in that particular state.

R64 No. She is in very good health.

In some of his photos, you can see a glimpse of a compression sleeve.

HIs whole face is a sausage.