Dyshydrosis

[calzephyr]

What's not to love about the Internet, especially when oje can type in "tiny blisters on my fingers" and find out that one is having an occasional flare up of dyshydrosis.

I first noticed it happening in 2003, after applying some suntan lotion, but it cleared up within a day or two. Unfortunately there isn't an easy way to pinpoint this itchy flare up - it could have been from dusting or cleaning on Friday, feeling stressed, my bird or a hand cream I sampled at Bath and Body Works. It could have even been too much Purell drying out my fingers from a recent cold. I would say this is the worst incident of it yet, because previous times did not itch so badly. It looks mildly gross too, like something from The X-Files. Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize seems to be the answer at least.

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[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link. It turns out Mom was affected in the same way, and I broke out into bumps on my hands from being out in the sun. That's definitely a new thing :-P