Comments on: Dyshidrotic Eczema

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:04:56 +0000

Hello all. I had a visit with my dermatologist today about my blisters on my hands and feet and my skin on my hands constantly peeling. It is Dyshidrotic Eczema not herpes, so it should not be treated with herpes medication. I was prescribed a high potency steroid ointment. A very good lotion that is very helpful is Amlactin. It used to be Rx, and is now sold OTC. It is not very cheap and it does burn when putting it on, but it is supose to. The burning is due to the acidity of the lotion. The ointment I have is to only be used when the blisters get bad as it thins the skin. I wear gloves when I wash my dishes because the hot water is extremely painful on my hands. Some great OTC things that I have found to work great are: Aveeno Baby Eczema Cream, Avon Intensive Therapy Cream, Amlactin, and Vaseline. I cake on the cream before I go to bed and put my hands into socks so the creams stay on my hands and feet and not on my bedding. I hope this helps.

By: Jane Louie

Jane Louie — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:48:43 +0000

If you look at the clusters of blisters, they resemble cold sores. Mine have never been bad enough to take herpes medications, but I do use a topical coldsore ointment when I have an outbreak. Cortisone cream makes it much worse, but it’s always the first thing they give you. I think the otc ointment is zylactin. A friend who has a much worse case actually takes Acyclovir and finds that he has very limited outbreaks now. If you’ve got the blisters and have ever had chicken pox, mono, shingles etc., I would try the herpes medications first.

By: CV

CV — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:55:18 +0000

I first got this while I was an auto tech. thought it was the latex gloves, so I tried nitrile. I tried cloth mechanics gloves…nothing worked. every day for four years my hands were splitting, oozing, itching etc… Couldn’t take it anymore so I had to quit my job. I started selling insurance again and all was well for about 8 months…until about a week ago. I went floating in the sun with some friends down the river and today (4 days later), I’m itching and have about 500 little blisters…damn, almost had it beat. I decided to check the interweb and, wow, It’s not just me! Sucks, but some good ideas on helping with it at least

By: BJ

BJ — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:53:45 +0000

After being referred to a dermatologist by my primary care doctor I found out yesterday that my conditions maybe related to “abnormal sweat glands”. I’m still not clear as to what that means. With me the
problem started years ago. Small blisters on the side of a few fingers. This would last three or four days “dry up” and go away. Then I may not experience it again for 2, 3, 4 months. This time however,
the outbreak started in early April with a few blisters as normal (for me anyway) but then erupted to blisters on my palms, all my fingers, and a few on the back of my hands. By the way today is June 21, 2011.
Still blistering to some extent but mostly dealing with large areas of peeling hard dry skin.
Would love to hear from anyone with like experience so I can gain a better understanding. Thanks

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 14 May 2011 19:10:16 +0000

I have been to two doctors; a dermatologist and a podiatrist. I have tried cortisone, lotrisome,and florasome as well as other natural treatments. I tried benadryl, caladryl, alcohol, and prescription antihistamine to stop the itching. Finally, after 1.5 years, I couldn’t take the itching anymore. I started using Anbesol on my foot everytime it began itching. It worked. After about 3 days, I even stopped itching at night. The skin began healing. Finally, I had no more symptoms after about one month. In the middle of the course, I wore socks and sneakers somewhere. Afterward, my feet were so sweaty, they were intensely itching. Of course, I scratched and opened some blisters. What I did was put the Anbesol and then use poison ivy spray for itchiness that got through the Anbesol. That worked! So, after that time, anytime that I wore sneakers and socks, I had the poison ivy spray and the Anbesol ready to apply as soon as I took my socks off. The year and a half that I had these symptoms was horrible. I hope this helps someone.

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