Spots On Hands

[Matilda]

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[frenchiemama]

I have DH on my elbows, knees, ankles, lower back, hips, sometimes face, sometimes scalp and hands. However I have something on my fingers and occasionally my palms that looks just like one of the pictures in that link you posted. I suspect that I have that too.

About your infections, have you been on anti-biotics yet? If not, get thee to a physician post haste. I used to get boils all the time too, so I feel your pain.

[anerissara]

Wow, that sounds exactly like what's on my hands!!! Awhile ago a dr. told me it was dh, however he did not do a biopsy and was a general md rather than a dermatolagist so in retrospect I wonder how he came up with that.

Besides the hand rash, I also get the red bumps (much bigger) on my legs, arms, and sometimes on my scalp (I've got a bunch along the back of my hairline on my neck right now). I just assumed that the little blisters on my hands were dh of a different type...now I'm wondering if the other rash is dh or something else too? Right now, my finger is so covered with blisters I can't bend it and every time I try the skin cracks at the knuckles. Ouch!

I understand about being unsure. I felt soooooo much better the first 3 weeks, now I'd have to say I feel *worse*. Although I guess I dont' feel worse than I did at my worst, which was about 6 months ago.

How are you doing today? It sounds like antibiotics might be in order for the infected cut. Hope you're doing much better soon!

[frenchiemama]

Right now, my finger is so covered with blisters I can't bend it and every time I try the skin cracks at the knuckles. Ouch!

See, that's what I have too. The blisters on my fingers and knuckles (also on my palms occasionally) are different than the ones that I have elsewhere. The skin on my knuckles cracks and is very painful, and I get clusters of these tiny little blisters on the sides of my fingers. Just like the picture on the upper left of that website that was posted.

[Matilda]

I'm much better today, thank you. Immune systems's finally bucked itself up!

Matilda

[vera]

This is weirding me out... I had no idea so many people with DH also had dyshidrosis... me too... I get it mostly on my feet. Ack. Hydrogen peroxide helps.

There is a yahoogroup on the topic, if you want to join another forum!

[artistlady]

I'd been thinking the itchy, blistery spots on my hands might be a mild version of DH - mild in that they're just on my hands and not like the awful pictures you see if you google DH pics.

Well, I read all through the DH section here  Blimey, loads of people have spots on their hands! The linked pictures of spots on the palm looked just like mine. Also I have exposure to iodine skin wash at work so thought maybe that would make it come out on my hands only. Also I thought it got worse when I took non-steroidals.

I'd seen dermatologists before, so went back to my current one to ask for a biopsy. I thought that might be a good way to bypass the gluten-free/duodenal biopsy problem. I'd had a bad outbreak recently and had a few recent spots for her to look at. She said, " That would be ridiculous. That's not DH. That's pompholyx!"

So I looked that up and it does sound and look very much like my spots.

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It's also common. It's a type of eczema, affecting hands and feet, also known as dyshyditic (sp?) eczema. I thinks it was Stephanie who wrote about "tapioca pearls" and that's exactly how it was described in one of the google sites I read, but basically clusters of blisters and spots, very common in people with nickel allergy.

Anyway, I told the dermatologist that the strong steroid cream didn't work so she gave me samples of some new stuff called Protopic ( generic tacrolimus). I think dermatologists get quite excited at having a drug other than steroids to use. I used it 3 or 4 times before I looked up the data sheet and decided I didn't want it - warnings about immunosupprssion, lymphoma etc. I decided I'd rather carry on tackling things with diet change rather than add in a new complication.

This week I've lapsed though. I'm waiting for Enterolab results and I think that's made me feel a bit unsure about  what I'm doing. Maybe I'm about to find out there's no problem with gluten and I've imagined the whole thing, so twice this week I've eaten food I hven't been sure of because I wasn't confident enough to refuse! And I'm feeling relly crappy.

I'm feeling so run-down, I don't know if this is what's causing the problem, or whether it's the new ointment. Now I've got a nail-bed infection, 2 tiny cooking-cuts have turned into big p%$#@# things, and I've got a horrible boil-type thing on my fingetr, that's swelled up like a banana, and now it's spreading onto my palm. Honestly, if it's any worse tomorrow I think I'm going to have to go to the ER.

I'm sorry, I don't know if this is celiac related. Thanks for reading anyway.

Matilda

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[artistlady]

I have those pearl like spot on my hand and feet, the creams work for a while but didn't get rid of them totally. As soon as I went on gluten free diet for 3 months my spots on my feet,hands,and elbows went away. Also, my face clear up and became super clear. People ask if I am wearing make-up and i am wearing no make-up. Before my face would breakout seasonal. so would me hands,feet and elbow. I am convince that I have celiac disease, but I have not tested, because lack of health insurance.

[mouse]

I have had the blisters on my fingers and palms, on and off, my whole life (age 63). I remember that my Dad had it so bad that his hands would crack and bleed. I used to think it was nerves. When I got the Celiac diagnosis, my GP thought it was DH, but after my other diagnosis with Scleroderma, the skin specialist said it was not DH, but something else. I was so relieved that I only had Morphea Scleroderma and not the Systemic that I was originally told, that I was bawling so bad, that I have no idea what he called the hand thing. I do know that since I have been gluten-free for a year and a half that I have had only one very minor outbreak of blisters on one finger only. So, I am assuming that Gluten aggrevates the problem. I do know that my GP diagnosed one woman with celiac disease because her hands were just covered with blisters. He thought of my hands and then tested her. She had no other symptoms.

Armetta

[Luka]

I'd been thinking the itchy, blistery spots on my hands might be a mild version of DH - mild in that they're just on my hands and not like the awful pictures you see if you google DH pics.

Well, I read all through the DH section here  Blimey, loads of people have spots on their hands! The linked pictures of spots on the palm looked just like mine. Also I have exposure to iodine skin wash at work so thought maybe that would make it come out on my hands only. Also I thought it got worse when I took non-steroidals.

I'd seen dermatologists before, so went back to my current one to ask for a biopsy. I thought that might be a good way to bypass the gluten-free/duodenal biopsy problem. I'd had a bad outbreak recently and had a few recent spots for her to look at. She said, " That would be ridiculous. That's not DH. That's pompholyx!"

So I looked that up and it does sound and look very much like my spots.

Open Original Shared Link

It's also common. It's a type of eczema, affecting hands and feet, also known as dyshyditic (sp?) eczema. I thinks it was Stephanie who wrote about "tapioca pearls" and that's exactly how it was described in one of the google sites I read, but basically clusters of blisters and spots, very common in people with nickel allergy.

Anyway, I told the dermatologist that the strong steroid cream didn't work so she gave me samples of some new stuff called Protopic ( generic tacrolimus). I think dermatologists get quite excited at having a drug other than steroids to use. I used it 3 or 4 times before I looked up the data sheet and decided I didn't want it - warnings about immunosupprssion, lymphoma etc. I decided I'd rather carry on tackling things with diet change rather than add in a new complication.

This week I've lapsed though. I'm waiting for Enterolab results and I think that's made me feel a bit unsure about  what I'm doing. Maybe I'm about to find out there's no problem with gluten and I've imagined the whole thing, so twice this week I've eaten food I hven't been sure of because I wasn't confident enough to refuse! And I'm feeling relly crappy.

I'm feeling so run-down, I don't know if this is what's causing the problem, or whether it's the new ointment. Now I've got a nail-bed infection, 2 tiny cooking-cuts have turned into big p%$#@# things, and I've got a horrible boil-type thing on my fingetr, that's swelled up like a banana, and now it's spreading onto my palm. Honestly, if it's any worse tomorrow I think I'm going to have to go to the ER.

I'm sorry, I don't know if this is celiac related. Thanks for reading anyway.

Matilda

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[Luka]

I have had the same spots on my hands and around my fingernails also once on my shin since I was a kid (36) It's awful! maybe it is celiac related.

[GFManiac]

I had this on my hands too, it persisted even after going off gluten. It has been done for good (I HOPE) since I gave up all dairy products too. I've read that both caseins and gluten can cause or irritate eczema.

[nettiebeads]

Oh wow!!! I just love this forum. I've had those itchy bumps for years on my fingers, fortunately they were just irritating but not painful. Just like on the upper left hand pic. on your link. THANKS!! My dr. said the bumps were probably because I handle paper all the time. He said that the copy paper is coated to help it slide through the copiers and printers and that the coating can be an irritant. I didn't really think so since I would occaisionally get them on my feet, mostly my heels. Learn something new every day.

BTW, boils are nothing to fool with - get thee to some medical help!!!

[likegiants83]

I, too, have Dyshidrotic Dermatitis--aka Pompholyx, Vesicular palmoplantar eczema--on my fingers, which seems to pop up or worsen with stress. I seriously doubt it has anything to do with excess sweat during periods of stress like many articles suggest, since I hardly sweat at all to begin with.

I also think, from my experience, that it gets worse and/or I have outbreaks of it when I am exposed to gluten. If I break down and consume something or ingest it unwittingly, the little bubbles seem to pop up on my fingers. I hadn't had an outbreak of them for a while, but all of a sudden lately it's been bad, with several on one finger and on other parts of my hand all at once.

I've also noticed two other possibly related skin problems on my hands lately---1) intense itching below the skin at the skin fold of the top knuckle on both my index fingers. It feels as if there is a layer of skin beneath the top layer that is itching, and it's near impossible to resist the urge to scratch and pick at it to get rid of the top layer. There's no real visible problem, but the skin feels sort of tougher, thicker, and coarser than the rest of my skin. And 2) the skin seems to be peeling back along the edges my fingertips. Anyone else ever have either of these issues?

--- like-giants

[jesse]

ive had erosions on my fingers like one of the top two pics, left and middle, for months maybe a year. is there anything i can do to get rid of them?

amen they arent painful, but they aren't something i care to see anymore either.

hope to hear from someone,

jdog

p.s.: can someone help get a pic of me posted? it says talk to a board administrator though i dont know how to get a hold of one. please lmk.