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| marjendust12302
- Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:34 pm |
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My husband Mark, has had a itchy "rash" on his fingers, it has dried out something awful and is cracking and weeping and forming little red blisters. This "rash" has spread down the back of his hand and up his arm. He has tried anti-itch creams and lotions, and nothing seems to be healing this up. What could this "rash" be and what do you think has caused this? I thought maybe an alergy, but he has never had this before. What do you think?
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| Dr. Yasser Mokhtar
- Fri Aug 22, 2003 3:33 pm |
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 Dear Turners,
Skin rashes must be seen to be able to judge their nature and what caused them and preferably before applying anything to them.
Thank you very much for using our website http://doctorslounge.com and i hope that this information helped.
Yasser Mokhtar, M.D.
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| modechick
- Thu Sep 11, 2003 12:39 pm |
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Dear Turners:
I am not a physician, but possibly what I'm going to say may help. I was diagnosed with dyshidrotic eczema. It is rare and, to date, medical experts are unsure what causes.
The classic symptoms are little blisters, beneath the skin, on the fingers, hand and or the feet. Sometime in really bad cases, it can spread to the arms and legs, and even possibly elsewhere. If you scratch or rub these blisters, they break causing them to ooze out a clear liquidy substance. Then the blisters scab over or become dry and cracked.
The severity of the blisters varies from person to person. Also the frequency of outbreaks. Doctors usually prescride a topical corticosteriod to rub onto the affected areas. In some cases, oral setroids are usued.
Doctors believe that nickel can exascerbate the disease. So in some cases, the doctor will request that the person lower their nickel intake and to avoid wearing nickel jewelry, etc. And, in some case, it is believed that heat can cause and worsen the onset of this disease.
Whatver you do, avoid rubbing or scratching the areas. This can make it worse and cause future dryness and thickening of the skin.
I'm not sure if this helped or if it is necessarily what you're husband is suffering from, but hopefully it helps.
Good Luck
- C :lol:
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| leapshun
- Sun Nov 09, 2003 1:07 am |
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I am wondering about a rash i get only on the under side of my wrists and forearms, it starts looking like hives, grows larger... blisters up..itches. then the spots fill with fluid, that ooze clear fluid, then become like blood blisters then they scab over and leave scars... they look almost like a burn when they start????????????
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| Dr. Tamer Fouad
- Mon Nov 10, 2003 7:18 pm |
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 Leapshun,
Skin disease depend primarily on visual examination (inspection). Unfortunately this cannot be achieved to a large degree via the internet. I would have to rely on your description and my interpretation of it. Anyways, according to your description it looks like you may have an eczematous reaction (eczema).
For more info on eczema check our eczema info:
eczema.htm" class="postlink">Click here!
Regards,
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| leapshun
- Mon Nov 10, 2003 8:55 pm |
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thank you Dr.Fouad, yes I looked at the links of photos you have left for others and I was thinking that may be the case, I don't have the dry scaling, but i read that You may not have all the symptoms, I live in a basically rural area, and Its almost impossible to get an appt. when the spots are there, becuase usually they dissapear after a day or so... I tried taking photos to give to the dr. but they really didnt help. I have found that allegra calms it down.. I am wondering if it could be an immunity issue becuz I have had the chicken pox 8 times..... i just don't build an immunity to them. but thank you for your time
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