I hope your hands get better soon. I wish you had a doctor to call you in a prescription for Kenalog Spray! Years ago, I had a problem, and a dermatologist in Jackson, MS prescribed the Kenalog. I soaked my hands 3 times a day in tepid water with 3 tsps. of Boric Acid for about 15 minutes. Then I sprayed them with the Kenalog, and after it dried I used a good lotion like Lubriderm. It would be good if you could sleep in some white cotton gloves also. Maybe you should ignore this...my husband says I practice medicine and law w/o a license!
All....what happened to JusticeDenied?
TY! Wish I had *any* magic potion that would rid me of this affliction permanently. I have the gloves, but they irritate and aggravate the rash. I just wrap the hands in gauze when I sleep or have to go out to do something.
I just can’t leave that infected finger wrapped for very long because it tends to “incubate” whatever germy type things are “in there.” But leaving it unwrapped makes it open to knocking about and cracking the blisters open. It’s a no-win situation.
I’m pretty sure now that they are itch mites, because the first long bout didn’t affect the webs between my fingers, but this time around, that’s where it started. But the bad places are on the underside (palm side) of my middle fingers - the very middle is completely infected except the fingertip.
Unfortunately, my last best hope was that Neosporin would heal it - it works on everything else. But alas, I’ve developed either an allergy to it or it’s just totally ineffective (and it’s a new tube). The blistery place just keeps growing.
I take a “super Benadryl” every day for my breathing problems from mold spore allergies, so I can’t use the spray on my hands - too much diphenhydramine or whatever. But I finally succumbed to the temptation to just take a little pink Benadryl tonight, thinking it might help, since it *is* indicated - thinking maybe my one-a-day isn’t enough, since it doesn’t prevent this.
Well, knocked me sideways and down - which means it’s not the answer. When it’s working on an allergy, I don’t get sleepy at all - but if I take it for something that turns out not to be an allergy, it puts me right to sleep. So much for that. I also take an Advil or nsaid for the inflammation, but it doesn’t do much except stop it from hurting so much.
The hydrocortisone cream stops the horrid itching, but I save that for the very last thing, so there’s still something that will work when nothing else does. Don’t like to put it on these open blisters, tho.
I soak them in Burow’s solution (Domeboro) 2-3 times per day, but just the infected blistery part - it dries out the rashy part too much, plus the rest of the skin on my hands - and I can’t use any kind of lubricant - even aloe vera spray does *nothing* for it.
And I keep spraying them with Bactine as often as possible - every time I touch something new or have to wash my hands again. Also, Lanacane. Even Listerine. Just so the bacteria aren’t on it.
Anyway, at this time, any kind of ointment or lotion or cream is not helpful, as it makes the germs and the rash grow, for some reason. Copious amounts of ice water poured over them from a jug I keep in the fridge just for this are my first line of defense and very effective. Before this outbreak, the last ice water treatment made it go away completely for 6 weeks - except for the damaged skin where it had gotten infected. But even that was better and not bothering me.
Nighttime is the worst for it - and of course, that’s my waking time. If I do sleep, it wakes me up. The itching is beyond belief.
Anyway, I do wish I could get a doctor to just give me an antibiotic for the infection. I can deal with the itching and rash, but not the infection. I can’t bend my middle finger at all because the skin is so swollen.
Sorry to go on and on - I haven’t anyone to tell it to except y’all - and usually, the good Lord helps me out when I get it off my chest! Thanks for letting me!
I’m here. I don’t have very much time to stay on one site. But believe me I am lurking. One thing I’m working on now is the fact that Michelle Logan Stern, Howard’s sister-in-law is a D.A. In Los Angeles. I am very curious to know if Michelle tipped off Howard to the raid. A few e-mails to A.G.Jerry Brown might just spoil their game. I have found that to get ahead of these people you have to run like mad.lol