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Question: Please Identify this
| edgecrush_td
- Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:30 am |
This is a rash I have on my hand. It has been recurring off and on for around five years in the same spot on my hand. It can go a day or two without Itching as it heals, then it flares back up and itches a grat deal. Does anyone have an idea of what it may be?
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| Dr. Tamer Fouad
- Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:11 am |
 Hello,
It could be Herpes Zoster. Is it only on one hand? Is it painful?
Have you shown this to your doctor?
Anyone else have any ideas?
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| edgecrush_td
- Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:33 am |
I have shown it to general practitioners a few times. They just have given me a cream but no real diagnosis. Been so long I can't recall what the cream was. I do have an appt. with a dermatologist this coming month.
It's painful only when it's scratched raw by me. Other than that it's only a terrible Itch that comes while it's healing.
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| mjamesdrn
- Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:19 pm |
Try dabbing it with a dandruff shampoo with a high Selenium content and let it dry there -- can't hurt. Aso, try sunning your hands, but don't get burned obviously. Psoriatic conditions respond to Selenium and Vitamin D (naturally from sunlight).
let me know if this helps.
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