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You should have your thyroid checked out. She continually has her hypothyroid medicine increased. I like I said they are not 100% sure if the hypothyroidism was causing the problem with her hands but it has improved greatly since the doctor discovered her thyroid problem a couple years ago and put her on the thyroid medicine. Rarely does her hands break out now and that is why we suspect that her poorly functioning thyroid was causing it.

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I want to mention that her doctor said she should have been on thyroid medicine a long time ago before this doctor discovered the problem with her thyroid. She is now 65+ but she has had the hand rashes for 25+ years. She went to many doctors trying to figure out the cause of it.

Then about 5 years ago she got a new regular doctor who checked her for thyroid problems due to some other symptoms she was having. Once she got on the thyroid medicine her hands started to clear up... We also knew many years ago for sure that she was allergic to metal - which included gold. She would break out with the small blister rash even if she wore a watch that had a small metal buckle on the band. The same type of hand rash would also appear where the metal would touch her skin in other places on her body. She even had to quit wearing jeans when she was younger because of the metal button on the jeans because she would break out in the areas where the metal buttons and rivets would touch her skin.

Since the she started the thyroid medicine she can now wear a watch with a metal buckle on it without breaking out. She could probably wear jewelry again but she has not really tried as she lost the interest in jewelry some 25+ years ago when it the outbreaks started.