Even after I washed all my clothes inside out 3 or 4 times it was still there. I had been and still am going through a lot of stress so now we think it is shingles.
Like you, I have tried hydro-cortisone cream, but found aloe worked better for me. It’s quite inexpensive and most drug stores carry it.
Before I started using aloe I was even scratching them while I slept and I’d wake up with blood all over my sheets. That hasn't happened since I started using Aloe gel.
Just a thought, because I know what you are going through.
Thanks! Yes, my hydrocortisone cream has aloe in it and the gel I use when it’s more “on fire” than itchy, is mainly aloe-based.
I don’t use them much, so that when I need them, they really knock out the itch. The problem is, they don’t get rid of the dang rash itself.
I don’t use fabric softener and I only use “clear” detergent because of my bad perfume allergies, so it’s not from clothes, in my case. It’s just on the tops of my hands and fingers and sometimes around the wrist.
It *is* like shingles, but nowhere could I find that shingles localizes like that - and almost nowhere could I find info on hands, specifically, regarding shingles.
Good luck to you - we can keep comparing notes. My problem is that I’m very poor, no money, no doctor anymore, no car, no one to take me anywhere, on and on. Not a new situation anymore, but new to me these past 3 years out of 30 not like this.
HAPPY EASTER!